2023 Shortlist - leadership

Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year

Leone Alexander
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Dale Carrington
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Mark Doblas
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Roisin Fitzsimons
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Emma George
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Louie Horne
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Michael Mark Dalauidao
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Joan Pons Laplana
Health Education England

Agimol Pradeep
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Frances Rintoul
University Medical Centre, Canterbury

Carolin Tomlinson
Nottingham CityCare Partnership Community Integrated Care

Aldarico Velasco
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust


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Manager of the Year (Non-clinical)

Jenny Brown
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Ryan Burfoot
Practice Plus Group

Jennifer Devine
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Dean Gimblett
NHS England

Rebecca McSorley
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lyn Thomas
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Sue Truman
The Murree Medical Centre

David Wilmott
Cygnet Group

Nurse Manager of the Year

Joanne Bowen
Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership

Amy Dewhurst
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Natasha Grapes
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Christina Harrison
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

Manju Khanna
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Jenny Labaton
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Darren Lount
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Clare Mechen
The Adam Practice

Lola Omotoso
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Helen Stevens
Practice Plus Group

Mariam Tolentino
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

2023 Shortlist - Learning & Development

Best Workplace for Learning and Development

Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
The Chief Nurse Fellow Programme

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Achieving Care Excellence (ACE) programme

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) Foundations for Nursing Care in the NHS Programme

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Clinical Nurse Tutors

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Developing our senior workforce – an internal step 4 programme

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior staff nurse role enhancement

NHS Shetland
Showcasing remote and rural nursing by increasing undergraduate placement capacity

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Cancer Internship Programme

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
Clinical upskilling pilot

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Transforming critical care education post pandemic

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric OSCE Bootcamp

North Central London Integrated Care System
CPEP Project – expansive learning in practice

Practice Educator of the Year

Jerome Alagao
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Paul John Alegado
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Hannah Cherry
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Kerri Fletcher
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Gail Gray
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Hayley Ingleson
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Ariel Lanada
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Riel Mart De Guzman
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Anna Morrison
NHS Western Isles

Shalini Ramguttee
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Sarah Rowling
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Kerry Siau
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Christine Picton
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Preceptor of the Year

Akeem Fernandez
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Jade Jackson
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Honeylyn Sarao
North Bristol NHS Trust

Wendy Shaw
Barnsley Healthcare Federation and Integrated Care Board

Preceptorship Programme of the Year

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
InsideOut Preceptorship Programme

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Training Hub
General Practice Nurse Fellowship Scheme

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Preceptorship Programme

Lincolnshire Training Hub
Career start in primary care

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
#PreceptorshipMatters

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Preceptorship Pathway 2023

NHS England: National Preceptorship Team
National Preceptorship Programme for Nursing

Nottingham CityCare Partnership Community integrated Care
Preceptorship Development Programme

Nottingham CityCare Partnership Community Integrated Care
THRIVE: Empowering Nurses for Resilience and Wellbeing

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Multidisciplinary Preceptorship Programme

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
SWLSTG Preceptorship: ‘Proud to belong’ - setting our Nurses and Nursing Associates up for success.

2023 Shortlist - Organisational

Best Social Responsibility Programme

HCRG Care Group
Social Value – supporting the local North Kent community

MSI Reproductive Choices UK

Period Poverty – providing free reusable sanitary pads in abortion care

NEU Professionals with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Essex Partnership University, North East London, and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trusts
Innovative Southern Africa recruitment events in conjunction with nursing unions

Nuffield Health
The Green Healthcare Leadership Programme

University of the West of England
Crossing Borders – undergraduate choice module future nursing students

Hywel Dda University Health Board
Cost savings and waste reduction through sustainable procurement

Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing train to retain masterclasses

Katharine House Hospice
New business as usual

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Mental health & learning disability - Health Care Assistant, progression to Registered Nursing Associate & Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Career pathway

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Internal transfer guidance for career development

Best Use of Workplace Technology

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Spiritual Pastoral and Religious Care Digital App

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Implementation of minuteful for wound management

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Digital Education Team: Data driven education to promote efficient nursing workflows in a digital system

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Using a learning management system (Moodle) as an e-Portfolio platform: an alternative to current subscription systems

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Patients' care in the comfort of their home provided by Stoma & Pouch Care Department at St Mark's Hospital

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Acute hospital at home service

NHS England: Chief Midwifery Officer’s Team
Maternity Workforce Deployment Tool

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Virtual Ward Dashboard tool

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Use of Employee Online (EOL) to implement self/team rostering

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Virtual Hospital (digital innovation)

Spectrum Community Health Community Interest Company
Breaking free online

Workforce Team of the Year

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership
Learning Environments and Placements (LEAP)

Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Careers for Young People – pre-apprenticeship

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Nursing Recruitment Strategy

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Legacy Mentoring – valuing experience

NHS England South East - Nursing Workforce Team
International Recruitment Fellowship Programme

North Bristol NHS Trust
SimSpace

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Cancer Internship Programme

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Workforce Team

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The Workforce and Education Hub – New to Care (N2C)

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Covid-19 Vaccination Programme

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The Trainee Nursing Associate Program


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2023 Shortlist - Recruitment

Best International Recruitment Experience

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
International recruitment programme for nurses

Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System
International Recruitment Team

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Welcome to ours

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Overseas recruitment and retention – for each IEN to be thriving in their roles and supported from the outset

NHS England North East and Yorkshire Region
International midwife recruitment program

North East London NHS Foundation Trust & NEU Professionals
Mental health nurse recruitment campaign 2023

Northern Care Alliance
Achieving the International Nursing Pastoral Award – building a strong foundation present and future

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Day 0 to day 365

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Retention and progression

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Workforce and Education HUB: international nurse recruitment

University of Chester
International Nurse Post-OCSE Support Programme

Best Recruitment Experience

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
HCSW widening participation

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Nursing recruitment strategy

Lincolnshire Training Hub
Return to practice (nursing) with general practice placement

North Central London Integrated Care System
Capital Nurse Graduate Guarantee Scheme

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Pre-employment initiatives

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Academy – introduction of a new to care clinical support worker role

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Widening Access for Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) Recruitment

Overseas Nurse of the Year

Paul John Alegado
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Jethro Conde
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Agnes Correya
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Sherwin Criseno
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Michael Mark Dalauidao
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Mark Doblas
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Harry Galsote
Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Meldrick Magsino
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Joan Pons Laplana
Health Education England

Maria Sagucio
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Wilfredo Vitao Jr
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

2023 Shortlist - Retention

Best Employer for Diversity and Inclusion

Barking Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior Intern Team

Barts Health NHS Trust
Cultural Intelligence Programme

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Review, refresh and re-launch of our staff equality networks: staff equality networks becoming “agents for change” and effectively influencing EDI at a strategic decision making level, reporting directly to the CEO

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Autism/ADHD acceptance delivered by Autistic/ADHD NHS and volunteer services

Cygnet Group
Multicultural Network

HCRG Care Group
Leading the way in supporting employees through the menopause

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Ensuring EDI is at the heart of everything we do

Locala Health & Wellbeing
Invisible illness and disability group

Practice Plus Group
Enhancing equity, diversity and inclusion together through reverse mentoring (RM)

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Overseas Recruitment and Retention – for each IEN to be thriving in their roles and supported from the outset


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Best Employer for Staff Recognition and Engagement

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Reward, Recognition and Communications programme

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Career and Wellbeing Trolley programme

Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Nurses Day Awards – staff recognition schemes

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
What 3 Words – a word association staff survey to inform where we are and where we need to go

MSI Reproductive Choices UK
Colleague celebration of success

NHS England North East and Yorkshire & South West Regions
#StayAndThrive – international retention

Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Revising the tide in staff engagement at Rosebrook PICU with ImproveWell

Swansea Bay University Health Board
Sharing Hope – The art of healing together

Best Staff Wellbeing Initiative

Barchester Healthcare
WeCare

Barts Health NHS Trust
Wellbeing on the way in

Barts Health NHS Trust

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ramadan Allies

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
GloSTaRs: Gloucestershire Staff Transition and Retention Support Network

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Lime Arts: Create+

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Grounded Research teams up with Chimp Management to evaluate wellbeing interventions with NHS nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
What Matters to Staff Programme

Swansea Bay University Health Board
Sharing HOPE - the art of healing together

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

University of Hull
HEI Faculty of Health Sciences Lecturing Team

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Staff wellbeing offer