Congratulations to Sahara B ward at Queen’s Hospital, which has become the latest to achieve silver in our ward accreditation scheme.

Ward accreditation is part of our ongoing efforts to improve and standardise the quality of care given to patients at our hospitals and sees wards assessed by corporate nurses and subject matter experts.

They provide a report that tells the ward what they're doing well and what needs to be better to reach the next level. This covers things like patient experience, safety, how staff are feeling, how efficiently the ward runs, and how well they're doing on equality, diversity and inclusion.

Sister Toni Fedayi said: "It means everything to us to receive silver and is a reflection of the hard work and dedication that the team has put in over the past year."

Sahara's move up from bronze to silver, means we now have one gold ward, 16 silver, and 21 bronze.