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AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
When Royal Papworth Hospital had to cancel its staff awards event due to Covid-19, the internal comms team found a new way to recognise the finalists from its dedicated workforce.
WORDS: ISABEL OVERTON
On 18 March 2020, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge was due to hold its annual staff awards ceremony. With just a week’s notice, however, what was due to be a glitzy event at a Cambridge University college to recognise a monumental year for the trust was cancelled – preparing for a global pandemic had taken priority.
“Letting nominees know about the cancellation...
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