Many congratulations to Afsana Islam, who not only has been named West Midlands’ Young Apprentice of the Year, but has also won the final and is now the National Young Apprentice of the Year.
During the last two years, Afsana has studied for a Young Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care, at the NHS Health Careers Academy based at the hospital.
This involved her gaining a Btec in Health and Social Care and completing a total of 50 days work experience in this sector.
Afsana has consistently achieved high grades on the course and positive reports from all of her placements, from whom references were requested for the competition.
Afsana received her regional award at a ceremony in Ironbridge and received a certificate and trophy in May.
Afsana then went through to the National Competition and attended a celebration event on Wednesday 29 June at Blackfriars in London, where she was announced as the overall winner.
Afsana attended the NHS Academy on Thursdays for 2 years and attended various placements on Fridays.
She has been very dedicated to the course, has achieved high marks throughout for her Btec modules, receiving outstanding comments from her placement supervisors.
Afsana telephoned this morning to let us know and said thank you for all the support and backing she has been given.
We wish Afsana all the best on her journey towards a career in medicine
