Health and Social Care Hero

The National Health Service is celebrating 60 years with an awards ceremony to find the 'Health and Social Care Heroes' of Yorkshire and Humberside and you are helping them to do it. Your 'Health and Social Care Hero' could be a nurse, a porter, surgeon, midwife, or anyone working in the health sector.

Click here to see Margaret Edwards of Yorkshire and the Humber NHS talk to Calendar's Gaynor and John about the awards and hear Health Secretary Alan Johnson lend his support.

Nominations have now closed and the NHS has selected a shortlist of three people who will be featured on ITV Calendar beginning TUESDAY MARCH 25th   

A postal vote will decide which of the three finalists has won the Health and Social Care Hero Award and it will be announced at an NHS Awards event in April 2008.

To place your vote

Email:  hero@nhsregionalawards.co.uk

Write the name of individual you are voting for in the subject line of your email. Please note only one vote will be accepted from any one individual email address. The closing deadline for email is 11:59pm April 2nd 2008 

Please note this email address is not the responsibility of ITV

Postal:

Please send either a post card or envelope to the address below to cast your vote. Please write clearly the name of the individual you are voting for on either the post card or reverse of the envelope.

Calendar NHS Hero Award

PO BOX 216

Unit 3-5

Carlton Trading Estate

Leeds

LS12 9BR

The closing date: votes must be received in the post April 1^st 2008.

Timetable

-          March 1^st close of Nominations

-          March 7^th shortlisting to be complete

-          March 25^th to 27^th see shortlist nominations on
      Calendar

-          March 27^th to April 2^nd postal and email voting

-          April 3^rd – Winner announced at NHS Yorkshire and 
      The Humber ceremony