A Stockport NHS school nurse has received national recognition for her excellent performance in providing safeguarding training for colleagues.

Anne-Marie Gallogly was named as a ‘Safeguarding Star’ and was presented with her award in an online commendation from national safeguarding lead Cath Randall, National Associate Director of Safeguarding for NHS England, and Sharon White, Chief Executive Officer of the School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA).

Anne-Marie, trained at Stepping Hill Hospital in 1990 and has been with the Stockport NHS school nursing team for over 14 years. She regularly delivers training for her health colleagues so that they can maintain the highest standards of promoting the welfare of children and protecting them from harm.

On behalf of SAPHNA she provided the Care Quality Commission’s inspectorate team with a special training session which demonstrated these high standards, which are now being shared with NHS colleagues at both a regional and national level as best practice to follow.

Cath Randall said “The Safeguarding Star is a new award which recognises those who have shown the most exemplary standards and have gone above and beyond in promoting safeguarding, and Anne-Marie has shown that she truly deserves this. I hope she wears her Safeguarding Star badge with pride!”

Fran Jackson, Service Lead for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust School Nursing service said “Anne-Marie is a hard working and well respected colleague and is passionate about  safeguarding children and young people, and that really comes over in the training she provides. All her colleagues are really proud that she has been recognised as the Safeguarding Star we know her to be.”