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Northern Care Alliance Staff Awards
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Staff Awards took place on Friday 29 November 2019. They recognised achievements across Group and all four Care Organisations, listed below are the winners for each category.
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Award for clinical excellence - Sponsored by Dell Technologies
Winner - Ante natal clinic - North Manchester
Highly Commended - Vascular Service - Oldham
Quality improvement and innovation award - Sponsored by Hitachi
Winner - Renal haemodialysis shared care team – Salford
Highly Commended - Care Home Extra Support (CHES) team Bury & Rochdale
AHP / technical / scientific / social worker of the year award - Sponsored by DAY
Winner - Linda Saldler OT, Wolstenholme unit – Rochdale
Highly Commended - Shazia Ali, AMU pharmacist - North Manchester and Diagnostics & Pharmacy
Doctor of the year award - Sponsored by BLOCK
Winner - Dr Prakash Kamath, paediatric consultant – Oldham
Highly Commended - Dr Gavin Freeman, consultant cardiologist – Salford
Nurse of the year award - Sponsored by NHS Professionals
Winner - Julie Winterbottom, lead nurse A&E – Oldham
Highly Commended - Rachel Baird, lead nurse PANDA unit – Salford
Midwife of the year award - Sponsored by Vinci Construction UK
Winner - Ann Dunn, specialist midwife for mental health (Mel Wildman collected) – Oldham
Highly Commended - Jean Davies, midwife, North Manchester
Support worker of the year award
Winner - Marie Welby, care support worker – Salford
Highly Commended - Cameron Watterson, porter, discharge unit – Oldham
Administration / secretarial worker of the year award
Winner - Joanne Leggott, cellular pathology support manager – D&P and Salford
Highly Commended - George Higgs, clerical officer, health records – Oldham
Leading by example award - Sponsored by Consort Healthcare
Winner - Katie Lomax, team leader, Swinton integrated care team – Salford
Highly Commended - Helena Spencer, midwife - North Manchester
Team of the year award - Sponsored by Engie
Winner - Breast surgery and radiology team North Manchester
Highly Commended - Overseas visitors and private patients’ team – Corporate
Research worker / team of the year award
Winner - Dr Deborah Antcliff, advanced physiotherapy practitioner, Bury integrated pain service – B&R
Highly Commended - Neurology research team – Salford
Volunteer of the year award - Sponsored by CIF (Construction Impact Framework)
Winner - Sylvia Cheetham, patient activity volunteer, occupational therapy – Salford
Highly Commended - Alan Hughes, theatres – Oldham
Patients’ choice award - Sponsored by IT Health
Joint Winners - NICU – Oldham and ward B7 – Salford
Salford Care Organisation
Saving Lives Award - Sponsored by Hill Dickinson - Major trauma team
Improving Lives Award - Sponsored by Citrix - Ben McDermott, stoma care nurse general surgery, S&TM
Oldham Care Organisation
Saving Lives Award - Sponsored by Hill Dickinson - Kay Tobias-Reid, biomedical scientist, haematology
(awaiting photo)
Improving Lives Award - Sponsored by Citrix - Royal Rover team
Bury and Rochdale Care Organisation
Saving Lives Award - Sponsored by Hill Dickinson - Emergency department
Improving Lives Award - Sponsored by Citrix -Pam Town
North Manchester Care Organisation
Saving Lives Award - Sponsored by Hill Dickinson - Hepatitis prison team
Improving Lives Award - Sponsored by Citrix - Katherine Gray, young parents’ specialist midwife (Jenny Brown collected the award on her behalf)
Diagnostics and pharmacy
Saving Lives Award - Sponsored by Hill Dickinson - James Oldroyd and radiology IAT team at Salford
Improving Lives Award - Sponsored by Citrix - Karen Lloyd and Diane Elford, pharmacy at Fairfield
Group corporate services
Saving Lives Award - Sponsored by Hill Dickinson - Danny Rowbotham, QI team
Improving Lives Award - Sponsored by Citrix - Ruth Bell, Lead Nurse for Learning Disability and Autism
Chief Executive’s Award - Sponsored by Kainos
Dr Krystyna Walton, Neuro rehabilitation consultant, Salford
Chairman’s Unsung Hero Award - Sponsored by Salary Finance
Security teams