Nominations open for WAST Awards 2023

THE Welsh Ambulance Service is inviting nominations for its annual awards ceremony.

You can nominate staff and volunteers in any part of the organisation in 18 categories in total, including the much-coveted Team of the Year Award and Volunteer of the Year Award.

The People’s Choice Award enables members of the public to extend a special thank you to a team or individual for providing excellent care.

You can also nominate a member of the public for a Public Recognition Award, designed to celebrate those who go above and beyond to help people in their community.

The WAST Awards 2023 will this year be back to the pre-Covid format of a formal dinner, which will be held in Cardiff at the start of October.

Anyone can submit a nomination, including staff, volunteers, patients, members of the public and partner agencies. 

Chief Executive Jason Killens said: “Our people are the heartbeat of the Welsh Ambulance Service – we simply couldn’t do what we do without them.

“It’s incredibly important to celebrate their contribution and recognise their mammoth efforts over the past year.

“The WAST Awards are a chance to say a big thank you and to recognise the achievements of just some of our people, although in doing so we thank all our incredible staff and volunteers.”

Click here to submit a nomination, the closing date for which is Friday 21 July 2023.

Once entries have closed, staff and the public will be able to influence the winners by casting a vote online.

Use the hashtag #WASTAwards23 to follow the conversation on social media.

Editor’s Notes
For more information please call Lois Hough, Head of Communications at the Welsh Ambulance Service on 07866 887559, or email Lois.Hough@wales.nhs.uk