Myleene Klass to host ‘Oscars’ style event celebrating incredible NHS staff

Radio and TV big Myleene Klass volition big a peculiar solemnisation spotlighting the unthinkable enactment of NHS unit and attraction teams astatine the 2024 gesh CARE awards this December

Myleene Klass is "honoured" to big the ‘Oscars’ of the NHS - giving awards to hard moving unit and attraction teams who person made differences to others's lives.

The 46-year-old TV big and designer has talked astir her parent successful the past, who arrived successful the UK signifier the Philippines wherever she worked successful the NHS and fell for her father. The erstwhile Hear'Say prima volition beforehand a ceremonial organised by St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group arsenic a ‘thank you’ to staff.

Myleene's parent was a caregiver for 40 years aft she arrived successful the UK successful the 1970s. Patients, families and carers tin nominate a squad oregon idiosyncratic to triumph the ‘Outstanding CARE of the Year Award’.

Speaking astir her engagement successful the awards, Myleene said: “I americium the arrogant girl of a Filipina NHS caregiver truthful I cognize the sacrifices healthcare workers marque to attraction for patients. It is my implicit honour to beryllium capable to convey the devoted workers astatine St George’s, Epsom and St Helier and I americium looking guardant to gathering them each successful a country filled with love.”

Jacqueline Totterdell, Group Chief Executive, said: “I americium truthful arrogant of the astonishing contributions our unthinkable teams and individuals marque to people’s lives. This volition beryllium our biggest-ever awards lawsuit and means unit who spell supra and beyond volition beryllium recognised and rewarded.”

And shot commentator Martin Tyler is besides supporting the gesh CARE awards aft receiving attraction that saved his voice. He underwent 2 operations and a people of code therapy astatine St George’s which saved his vocation that has spanned 5 decades. Martin, 79, said: “Without the dedicated teams astatine St George’s I would person mislaid my dependable for good. I americium truthful grateful for everything they person done. The attraction I received was exemplary and shows however invaluable the NHS is to america all.”

NHS unit tin besides nominate co-workers to triumph awards astatine the lawsuit - which volition instrumentality spot connected Tuesday 10 December astatine the Oval cricket ground. Myleene and her parent took portion successful a BBC documentary successful 2016 wherever they shared Magdalena's transportation to the wellness service.

Sharing the shocking prejudice she encountered portion trying to attraction for others, Magdalena revealed: "Because I was a foreigner immoderate radical were reluctant to judge my help. They didn’t deliberation I could talk English. But I’d importune connected helping them." Myleene besides shared her joyousness astatine learning astir her mum's past astatine the time. She said: "It was truly peculiar to marque this amusement with my mum and find retired however earlier generations of nurses made astonishing sacrifices and overcame immense challenges to dainty their patients. I truly didn’t cognize that overmuch astir my mum’s enactment but having this penetration has helped maine recognize her. You can’t assistance reasoning nurses are the backbone of the NHS. There’s thing humbling astir seeing the enactment they do."

For further accusation connected the gesh CARE awards and to nominate, delight spot sojourn here.

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