Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust announced Avtar Bansal as its latest healthcare hero award winner.

Based in the heart of the Black Country, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is proud to serve more than 400,000 people living in Dudley and the surrounding areas. The first hospital trust in the area to be awarded coveted Foundation Trust status in 2008, The Dudley Group successfully integrated community services into its profile in 2011. The Trust provides a wide range of medical, surgical, community and rehabilitation services. With a workforce of over 4,500 working across three hospital sites and several community locations, we have more than a million patient contacts per year. We are proud of our dedicated and committed staff, who strive to offer the highest standards of care in line with our Trust values of care, respect and responsibility making The Dudley Group a place where people matter. Our hospitals are among some of the most technologically advanced in the country, where the use of state-of-the-art equipment in modern, purpose-built buildings offers patients high quality care and a positive patient experience. Our community teams provide excellent generic, specialist and therapy care closer to home, thereby proactively avoiding hospital admissions. The Dudley Group has award-winning staff and a strong reputation for leading the way in innovation and quality improvement. We have excellent staff engagement and hold regular events throughout the year that put staff at the centre of change and innovation.