Huge congratulations to all colleagues and teams who have been shortlisted for this year’s UHL Recognition Awards.
After a record number of nominations, with more than 750 submissions across the 15 award categories, our internal judges have assessed and scored the anonymised entries to create the shortlist of finalists, recognising excellent work, commitment and dedication across our hospitals. The standard of entries was exceptionally high, particularly for the Compassionate and Inclusive Leader Award, where the scores were so close that there are eight finalists this year.
A special thank you to all our patients, carers, and families who nominated in our Patient Choice Award category.
A panel of internal and external judges will now select the winners in each category, who will be announced at the awards ceremony on 3 October at Athena, Leicester. The finalists are:
Compassionate and Inclusive Leader Award
- Jennifer Boston, Deputy Director of Operations, Research and Innovation
- Julie Needham, Matron, CenTre Neonatal Transport team (WINNER)
- Sandra Speller, Head of Therapies
- Helen Harrison, Transformation Programme Manager
- Dr Aleem Ahmed, Consultant, Infectious Diseases
- Sunita Patel, Head of Charity
- Dr Mervyn Thomas, Honorary Consultant, Ophthalmology
- Dr Rahul Patel, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Digital Champion Award
- Mark Ainsworth, Deputy Chief Nursing Information Officer
- Neonatal Digital team, Neonatal Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary (WINNER)
- Mr Kunal Kulkarni, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Education and Professional Development Award
- Ebony Anderson, Lead Midwife for Education (WINNER)
- Dr Sudhakar Marineni, Higher Specialist Doctor, Maxillofacial Surgery
- Katie Mogg, Paediatric Critical Care Network Educator
- Emergency Department education team
Excellence in Research
- Dr Hannah Young, Specialist Physiotherapist
- Maria Alcaide, Senior Specialist Dietitian, Critical Care Outreach
- Tuberculosis research team (WINNER)
Green Impact Award
- Prostate cancer remote monitoring team, led by Jo Wortley, Lead Prostate Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Joyel Varghese, Energy Manager
- Estates and Facilities grounds team at the Leicester General Hospital and the Glenfield Hospital (WINNER)
Outstanding Contribution Award (Individual) – Clinical
- Yemi Oni-Martins, Senior Healthcare Support Worker, Dermatology
- Chloe Ferguson, Specialist Nurse, Inherited Cardiac Conditions service (WINNER)
- Kishan Karia, Principal Pharmacist for Care Homes
Outstanding Contribution Award (Team) – Clinical
- Ward 27 Shared Decision Making Council, Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Respiratory Support Unit team (WINNER)
- Operational Support Pharmacy Technician group
Outstanding Contribution Award (Individual) – Non-Clinical
- Lindsey Allen, Medical Physics Technician, Children’s Intensive Care Unit
- Jasmine Jelfs, Midwife, Leicester General Hospital Delivery Suite (WINNER)
- Katherine Vanham, Deputy Head of Operations, Renal, Respiratory and Cardiovascular
- Syed Rahman, Specialist Biomedical Scientist, Pathology
Outstanding Contribution Award (Team) – Non-Clinical
- Cardiovascular research team
- Leicester Excellence Accreditation Framework (LEAF) Data Leads
- Learning and Development team
- Security Bravo team, Emergency Department (WINNER)
Valuing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award
- Stephy Harshal, Pathway to Excellence Facilitator
- Dalvir Kandola and Flo Cox, Consultant Midwives (WINNER)
- Sarah Holliehead, Head of Procurement
Volunteer of the Year
- Ray Sandal, Leicester General Hospital (WINNER)
- Fraser Annis, Ward 33, Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Diane Nightingale, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Young Adult Learner of the Year
- Dr Anika Tahsin, Junior Clinical Fellow, Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Ellie Dutton, Team Leader, UHL in the Community (WINNER)
- Shayna Basir, Domestic Assistant, Cardiac Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Patient Choice (nominated by patients and families)
- Donna Bentley-Carr and Sharon Whyman, Ward 42, Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Research team for UK Antimicrobial Registry (UKAR)
- Mr Graham Offer, Consultant Plastic Surgeon (WINNER)
Audit and Quality Improvement Award (finalists are the quarterly Audit and QI Programme winners)
- Rhea Bunce, Aalet Sunny, Mital Lad, Jessy Mathew and Ade Adewole, Ward 22, Leicester General Hospital, for their work on reduction in COVID-19 outbreak
- Katrina Fleet, Caroline Rogers, James Taylor, and Kim Troth, Ward 24, Leicester Royal Infirmary, for their work to improve deconditioning (WINNER)
- Joyti Solanki, Therapeutic Radiographer, for their work to improve the accurate filling of the Imaging form used for Radiotherapy treatments
- Sahil Dattani, Associate Practitioner, for their work on reduction in time spent locating samples for testing in Special Chemistry