2023 Shortlist - leadership

Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year

WINNER: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 
Michael Mark Dalauidao

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

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)

WINNER: Practice Plus Group 
Ryan Burfoot

Jenny Brown 
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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

WINNER: North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 
Amy Dewhurst

Joanne Bowen 
Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership

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

WINNER: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

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

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

WINNER: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Christine Picton

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

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

Preceptor of the Year

WINNER:  East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Akeem Fernandez

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

WINNER: Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

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

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

WINNER: Hywel Dda University Health Board 

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

Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff

WINNER: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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

Katharine House Hospice
New business as usual

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Internal transfer guidance for career development

Best Use of Workplace Technology

WINNER: Spectrum Community Health Community Interest Company

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)

Workforce Team of the Year

WINNER: Isle of Wight NHS Trust

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

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 TrustCovid-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

WINNER: Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust 

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

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

WINNER: North Central London Integrated Care System

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

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

WINNER: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Paul John Alegado

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

WINNER: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Barking Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Intern Team Barts Health NHS Trust Cultural Intelligence Programme

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

WINNER: NHS England North East and Yorkshire & South West Regions, NHS Englad Retention Team

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

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

Swansea Bay University Health BoardSharing Hope – The art of healing together

Best Staff Wellbeing Initiative

WINNER: Swansea Bay University Health Board

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

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

University of Hull
HEI Faculty of Health Sciences Lecturing Team

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Staff wellbeing offer