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Sustainability Award
This award recognises staff or teams who are making a significant contribution to creating a greener, safer, cleaner or more sustainable environment.
Finalists:
- Care Home Medicine Returns Pilot Team – Heather Fraser, Senior Pharmacist Primary Care, Louise Swindon, Senior GP Pharmacy Support Worker & Margaret Cherry, Practice Pharmacy Support Worker
- Maryjane Young, Prescribing Support Nurse, East Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership
Read their amazing nominations below and vote for your winner!
Care Home Medicine Returns Pilot Team
Heather Fraser, Senior Pharmacist Primary Care, Louise Swindon, Senior GP Pharmacy Support Worker & Margaret Cherry, Practice Pharmacy Support Worker
The Care Home Medicine Returns Pilot Team has delivered a collaborative initiative aimed at cutting medicine waste across NHS Ayrshire & Arran. By introducing a standardised returns process, comprehensive staff training, and clear documentation, the team worked with eight high‑waste care homes to reduce unnecessary medicine returns and improve safety. Their approach – built around the ‘3D Criteria’ (Deceased, Date expired, Discontinued) – has led to significant projected financial savings, lower CO₂ emissions, streamlined pharmacy workflows, and safer medicines management in care homes. With strong staff feedback and measurable environmental and operational benefits, the project is now preparing for a full rollout across all care homes in the region.
Maryjane Young, Prescribing Support Nurse, East Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership
Maryjane Young has delivered exceptional, patient‑focused pharmaceutical care across NHS Ayrshire & Arran, strengthening services from District Nursing and CTAC to Care Homes, General Practice, Prison Healthcare and Podiatry. A key achievement has been leading the rollout of PECOS for ordering wound products – reducing waste, improving access to formulary items, lowering costs and freeing up clinical time. Through strong relationships with nursing teams, finance, procurement, community pharmacy and national partners, Maryjane has guided services through major change with confidence and clarity. Her work has already saved £251,696 since October 2023 and improved both patient and staff experience, supporting greener, safer and more sustainable care. Her leadership, compassion and commitment to doing what’s right have transformed wound‑care pathways, creating a service that is clinically effective, efficient and truly patient‑centred.