Home Who we are What we do News Blogs Contact us Our jobs & careers portal Contact our services My Difference Today - Virgin Care You are here: Home / Blogs / My Difference Today How we’ve improved appraisal rates, to help us deliver improved outcomes August 13, 2019 A happy team delivers better outcomes. Our people director Samantha writes on our blog today about what we’ve done to ensure we have a happy team. How I am improving the lives of older people with incontinence June 17, 2019 Brian Kinsella is Clinical Lead and Clinical Nurse Continence Specialist in East Staffordshire. Over the last 18 months, Brian and Learning Disability Nurse Steph Brinklow, have been visiting care and assisted living homes together, educating staff about continence issues and helping to change the lives of people they care for. Improving engagement and motivation in West Lancashire April 15, 2019 Carmen has been with Virgin Care since the company began its partnership with the NHS in the area in May 2017, stepping up from nurse practitioner to clinical lead nurse a little over 12 months ago. She works across the Skelmersdale and Ormskirk sites, splitting her time between clinical practice and managerial work. Grimbsy and Scunthorpe’s ray of sunshine April 10, 2019 Adele Dick is a healthcare assistant at dermatology centres in Grimsby and Scunthorpe. She was nominated for a Feel the Difference award by her area manager for her unwavering cheerful demeanour. Bringing colleagues together with Single Point Access April 3, 2019 Anna Dobie is locality business support manager for Wiltshire Children’s Services. As part of a wider transformation project which started this year she helped form a new Single Point of Access team for all children’s services across the region. She was nominated for a Feel the Difference award for her positive management during this challenging transition. A new way of working for Wiltshire’s Health Visitors March 31, 2019 Jacqui manages seven large teams of health visitors across the county and has recently transformed the way colleagues work with the implementation of mobile working Bold and courageous community practitioners December 27, 2018 Helen Tilke is a community public health nurse team leader for Devon Integrated Children’s Services and was recently nominated for a long service award. She started nursing 34 years ago. Going the extra mile during times of severe weather December 9, 2018 Martyn O’Neill-Cooper works as a staff nurse at Norwich Prison, where they can have up to 212 prisoners at any one time. He was nominated for a Feel the Difference award for his generous spirit during the adverse weather conditions at the start of the year. Stigma on incontinence: how we are helping those who suffer December 5, 2018 Melanie has been focused on raising awareness of the service she offers to the community and encouraging people to seek treatment for incontinence-related conditions. She has been in the role for two and a half years, having previously been a community nurse at Farnham Hospital. Best health visitors in the country November 13, 2018 This year Debra was instrumental in the Health Visiting Service in Bath and North East Somerset achieving stage three accreditation in the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative. She also took two local children’s centres through the assessment process for the first time and they achieved full accreditation alongside the service in May. 1 2 Next Hear about the difference we're making This form collects your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy I consent to receiving updates from Virgin Care about its work. * Contact us FTD Awards Media contacts Feedback Compliments and complaints You can also follow us online. Site by Information governancePrivacy policyLegal informationSafeguarding statementRights and responsibilitiesPatient privacy notice