A big thank you to everyone involved in this year's Staff Recognition Awards. You can find our full list of nominees below. We will launch our 2025 awards later this year, so please keep an eye out for details so you can get your nominations in!
| Name | Job Title |
| Care and Compassion Award | |
| Brooke Johnson | Discharge Liaison Officer |
| Abby Davison | Healthcare Assistant |
| Alex Held | Midwife |
| Ann Atkinson | Admin support for Specialist Palliative Care Team at South Tyneside |
| Carol Lyons | Community Staff Nurse |
| Claire Bennett | Staff Nurse |
| Claire Challoner | Medical Secretary |
| Domestic Abuse Health Advocate Team | |
| Dominic Kay | Sleep / respiratory Physiologist |
| Donna Wilson | Healthcare Assistant |
| Emma Lee | Clerical Support |
| Gateshead and South Tyneside Talking Therapies Team | |
| Imran Aziz | Trust Doctor |
| Jayne Billings | Matron |
| Jessica Jackson | Sister |
| Jodie Wilkinson | Ward Manager |
| Jonathan Hidmarsh | Palliative Care Pharmacist |
| Kayleigh Clark | Admin Manager |
| Keith Fordy | Consultant Anaesthetist |
| Laura Newton | Healthcare Assistant |
| Lesley Perry | Alcohol Recovery Navigator |
| Majd Abu-Harb | Paediatric Consultant Cardiologist / Neonatologist |
| Mayflor Bernal | Matron for NMAHP International Recruitment |
| Michele Milburn | Safeguarding Children Advisor |
| Natalie Young | Healthcare Assistant |
| Neil Labitoria | Staff Nurse |
| Nnenna Obinna | Junior Sister |
| Paul Jorgenson | Healthcare Assistant |
| Peter Nash | Clinical Team Manager |
| Rachel Moseley | District Nurse |
| Rachel O'Connor | NMAHP Team |
| RaCI Team | Rehabilitation after critical illness assistants |
| Recovery at Home Team | |
| Rob Lamb | Stores |
| Sandia George | Consultant Paediatrician |
| Sarah Robson | Sleep Service Healthcare Assistant |
| Susan Mattheson | Staff Wellbeing Advisor |
| Talhum Begum | Healthcare Assistant |
| Vicki Martin | Speech and Language Therapist |
| Championing Equality Award | |
| Assessment of Breathing Clinic Team | |
| Dawn Garrett | Peripatetic Nurse Assessor |
| Haven Court Reablement / Rehabilitation Unit Team | |
| Health Literacy Team | |
| Jake Higgin | Senior Inclusion Advisor |
| Kirsty Spalding | Speech and Language Therapy Assistant |
| Management Team at Haven Court | |
| Mayflor Bernal | Matron (NMAHP) |
| NMAHP Education Team | |
| Sharon Stothard | Respiratory Nurse Specialist |
| Steps to Health Team | |
| Targeted Lung Health Check Team | |
| Workforce Development and Education Team | |
| Customer Service Awards | |
| Margaret Johnson, Sue Holt, Angela Kelly | Assistant physiologist, clinical outcome secretaries |
| Cardiology RACPAC Admin team | |
| Claire Baxter | Admin (Community specialist palliative care team |
| Claire Challoner | Medical Secretary |
| Durham Diagnostics and Treatment Centre Reception Team | |
| Gemma Rooney and Brooke Johnson | Discharge Liaison Officers |
| Joanne Eden and Shelli Adamson | Endoscopy Ward Clerks |
| Karen Dobbing and Nina Wilkinson | Community Midwives |
| Lee McIntosh | Education Centre Manager |
| Margaret Johnston, Angela Kelly & Sue Holt | Neurophysiology Weekend Team |
| Natasha Harris | HR Advisor |
| Samantha Gordon | Business Support |
| Shareen Lancaster | Clerical Officer |
| Susan Garrett | Medical Secretary |
| Therese Bull | Team Lead |
| Vascular Admin Team | |
| Vicki Martin | Speech and Language Therapist |
| Innovation | |
| Alison Thompson | Senior Nurse Patient Safety |
| Alykhan Bandali | Cardiologist |
| Arthroplasty Recovery Team | |
| Assessment of Breathing Clinic Team | |
| Beth Halliday | Speech and Language Therapist |
| Cancer Personalised Care Team | |
| Catherine Etheridge | Junior Nurse Practitioner |
| Claire Cook | Nursery Nurse |
| Diane Knowles | Senior Specialist Podiatrist |
| Gateshead Peer Support Team | |
| Hospice Inpatient Unit Shared Decision Making Council | |
| Kirsty Maier, Laura Buglass, Deborah Branch and Matthew Hope | Children's Well-being Practitioner, Senior Children's Well-being Practitioner, Early Years Mental Health Practitioner, Primary Mental Health Specialist. |
| Lee Stewart Theatres, Louisa Robinson Theatres, Gemma Taylor and Adrienne Clarke | Gemma Taylor Workforce development, Adrienne Clark Apprenticeship Lead, Lee Stewart Anesthetics Theatre Manager, Louisa Robinson Theatre Manager |
| Mark Taylor and the Physiologist team | |
| Mayflor Bernal | Matron |
| Natalie Spark and Lauren Olivier | Advanced Clinical Practitioner |
| Nnenna Obinna | Junior Sister |
| Practice Education Team | |
| Puveendran Arrullendran | Consultant, ENT |
| Sharon Stothard | Respiratory Nurse Specialist |
| Targeted Lung Health Check Team | |
| Vikkie Abbott | Diabetic Specialist Nurse |
| Leadership | |
| Amy Lindsay | Junior Lymphoedema Specialist Nurse |
| Andrea Bell | Ward Manager |
| Anne-Marie Cole | GP Clinical Lead |
| Anthony Watson | Head of NMAHP Workforce and Education |
| Ashley Sykes | Junior Sister |
| Chris Allison | Clinical team manager for the In patient unit at St Benedicts |
| Chris Black | DM - Medical Specialities |
| Deborah Carr | Matron |
| Debra Young | Head of Neurophysiology |
| Diane Palmer | Deputy Director of Nursing |
| Helen Cocks | Clinical Director - ENT |
| Jane Lewandowski | Clinical team manager |
| Jane Middleton | Matron |
| Jay De La Cruz | Ward Manager |
| Jayne Robson | Ward Manager |
| Jeanette Wardle | Clincal Team Manager |
| Jill Clark | Operational Manager |
| Joann Donkin | Ward Manager |
| Joanna Peart | Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant |
| June Innes | Ward Manager |
| Kim Fraser | Help Desk Operator |
| Kirsty Wright | Matron |
| Laura Thompson | Renal Service Lead |
| Lesley Spoors | Ward Manager |
| Lisa Blades | Fraily Community Nurse Practitioner |
| Mandy Bates | Directorate Mamanger - UEC |
| Marie Stevens | Department Manager - SDEC |
| Mark Turner | Head of Potering and Security |
| Mayflor Bernal | Matron NMAHP |
| Natalie Graham | Delivery Suite Manager |
| Nnenna Obinna | Staff Nurse |
| Phil Davey | Clinical Director and Consultant, Vascular Surgery |
| Puveendran Arrullendran | Consultant, ENT |
| Rachael Baister | Unit Manager |
| Rachael Hutchinson | Deputy Head of Facilities |
| Rachel O'Connor | Practice Placement Facilitator |
| Rafaela Schelle | Orthoptic Department Manager |
| Rhys Walton | Deputy Admin Manager |
| Roisin Burdis | Lead Alcohol Care Team Specialist Nurse |
| Sam Carmichael | Ward Manager |
| Sophie Wood | Senior CT Radiographer |
| Teresita Carlos | HCA Development Nurse |
| Tom Harris | Senior Clinical Pharmacist |
| Lifetime Achievement | |
| Carol Witham | Specialist Nurse - SEI |
| Christine Hutchinson | Sister |
| Deborah Carr | Matron |
| Deborah Pratt | Ward Manager |
| Deborah Sangster | Contracts Manager |
| Denise Simpson | Matron |
| Alistair Roy | Consultant, ICCU |
| Richard Jones | Consultant Neurologist |
| Elizabeth Annison | Staff Nurse - Community |
| Joan Cannell | Healthcare Assistant |
| Lance Cope | Consultant Radiologist |
| Larry Stores | Head of Facilities |
| Mark Robinson | Nurse Practitioner - SEI |
| Martyn Farrer | Cardiologist |
| Mary Spearman | CD Therapies and Head of Podiatry |
| Mayflor Bernal | Matron - NMAHP |
| Melanie Wade | Operation Manager - Children's Speech and Language Therapy |
| Pauline Wright | Oral Health Promoter |
| Susan Beattie | Department Manager |
| Susan Gatenby | Healthcare Assistant |
| Adrienne Clark | Apprenticeship Manager |
| Hayley Roberts | Widening Participation manager |
| Joanne Falconner | Sister |
| Julie Bennett | Specialist School Nurse |
| Susan Crossman | Lead Nurse Colposcopist |
| Outstanding Contribution | |
| Andrea Thompson | Domestic |
| Andrew McNair | Consultant, Respiratory Medicine |
| Anna Watkinson | Clinical Nurse Educator |
| Ben Hall | Clinical Director (Diagnostic Imaging) and Consultant Radiologist |
| Bency Reseena | Legacy Mentor |
| Carol Witham | Specialist Nurse - SEI |
| Charlotte Britcliffe | Deputy Manager, Cedar Unit |
| Danielle Neilson | MRI Lead Radiographer |
| Dawn Jarvis | Housekeeper |
| Grace Gonzaga | Staff Nurse |
| Hanna Castillo | Staff Nurse |
| Hayley Roberts | Widening Participation manager |
| Helen Myers | Lead Nurse Tissue Viability |
| Jason Deegan | ODP |
| Kay Brown | Team Lead and Diabestic Specialist Nurse |
| Kelly Craggs | Lead Cancer Nurse |
| Lauren Kirikal | Ward Manager |
| Mark Lee | Clinical Lead and Consultant in Specialist Palliative Care |
| Mayflor Bernal | Matron - NMAHP |
| Mickey Jachuck | Clinical Director, Cardiothoracic |
| Nnenna Obinna | Junior Sister |
| Puveendran Arrullendran | Consultant, ENT |
| Santy Nocon | Department Manager - SEI |
| Sue Robason | Domestic and Linen Manager |
| Susan Paul | Medical Secretary |
| Viv Cockburn | Ward Manager |
| Research | |
| Gayle Dent, Helen Rumford, Shelley Yates, Helen Ward, Sean Cope, James Tullock, | Anaesthetics Research Team |
| Carly Brown and the NMAHP Research Programme | |
| Colodetect Research Team | |
| Dan Dowen and Yan Cunningham | T&O Consultant and T&O ACP |
| Laura Neilson | Consultant gastroenterologist |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research Team | |
| Parkinson's Disease Research Team | |
| Research Nursing and Administration Team (Sunderland Eye Infirmary) | |
| Rheumatology Research Team | |
| Speech and Language Therapy | |
| Stroke Research Group | |
| STSFT Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Team | |
| The Paediatric Emergency Research Team | |
| Yan Cunningham | Advanced Clinical Practitioner |
| Rising Star | |
| Aoife Stancliffe | Healthcare Assistant |
| Benjamin O'Neil | Clerical Officer |
| Chris Black | DM - Medical Specialities |
| Danielle Leigh | Healthcare Assistant |
| Faith Urwin | Healthcare Assistant |
| Jeanette Wardle | Clinical Team manager |
| Jessica Jackson | Sister |
| Laura Hayden-Duck | Matron |
| Laura Newton | Healthcare Assistant |
| Leah Torr | Trainee Assistant Manager |
| Lee McIntosh | Education Centre Manager |
| Lorna Dawson | |
| Lydia Barrett | Radiology Support Worker |
| Mayflor Bernal | Matron - NMAHP |
| Shelley Campbell | Healthcare Assistant |
| Tiffany Garvin-Pierre | Staff Nurse |
| Team of the Year (Clincal Acute) | |
| Acute Matron Team | |
| Acute Medicine Team - Urgent and Emergency Care | |
| Arthroplasty Optimisation Group | |
| Assessment of Breathing Clinic | |
| B20 | |
| B28 | |
| C31 | |
| C32 | |
| Cardiac Physiology Team | |
| Cardiology team | |
| Care of the Elderly Ward Managers | |
| Cataract Treatment Centre | |
| Chester Wing Opd -General | |
| Critical Care Unit | |
| D40 | |
| Deputy Department Managers - EAU | |
| Domestic Abuse Health Advocate Team | |
| DOSA | |
| E54 | |
| E55 | |
| EAU | |
| ED Reception Team | |
| ED Team | |
| Endoscopy Nursing and HCA teams | |
| Endoscopy Team | |
| ENT Outpatient Transformation Team | |
| ENT Performance Team | |
| F63 | |
| Heads Of Service Therapies and DM spport | |
| Home Dialysis Team | |
| Kate and Kath (E55) | Environmental Assistants |
| Macular Department (Sunderland Eye Infirmary | |
| Main Theatres and Day Case Unit, Sunderland Eye Infirmary | |
| Medical Physiotherapy Team | |
| Neurophysiology Team | |
| Niall Quinn OPD | |
| OHDU | |
| OMFS Head & Neck Cancer Team | |
| Oncology Advanced Pharmacists | |
| OPD A and Glaucoma | |
| Orthoptists | |
| Parkinson's Disease Team | |
| Post Covid Assessment and Management Service | |
| RADIOGRAPHERS - MRI SCAN ROOM SRH 1+2 | |
| Radiology services | |
| Renal Home Therapies | |
| SDEC | |
| SEI A&E Department | |
| SEI Theatre team | |
| Sleep service | |
| Sunderland Diagnostic Interventional Nephrology (SDIN) | |
| Targeted Lung Health Check Team | |
| The Frailty Team | |
| The Paediatric Emergency Nurse Practitioner Team | |
| The RACI Team | |
| The STSFT Headache team | |
| Tissue Viability Team | |
| Trauma and Orthopaedics | |
| Urology Team | |
| Vascular specialist nurses | |
| Ward 6 | |
| Ward 8 | |
| Team of the Year (Community) | |
| Bladder and Bowel Continence Team | |
| Bunnyhill and Riverview District Nursing Team | |
| Bunnyhill Community Integrated Team | |
| Care homes dietetic team | |
| Cedar Unit - End of Life Team | |
| Childrens Community Nurses South Tyneside | |
| Community Dermatology | |
| Community Frailty Team | |
| East and North Community Integrated Teams | |
| Frailty CNP team | |
| Gateshead and South Tyneside Talking Therapies | |
| Healthy Minds Team | |
| ICAR unit | |
| Inpatient Unit - St Benedict's | |
| Palliative out of hours and day team | |
| Recovery / Reablement Unit - Haven Court | |
| Recovery at Home | |
| Specialist Palliative Care Nursing Team | |
| Team of the Year (Corporate and Support Services) | |
| Cancer Personalised Care Team | |
| Choice Hard FM | |
| Communications and Engagement Team | |
| eRostering Team | |
| Finance Department | |
| Legacy Mentor Service | |
| Library Services Team | |
| NMAHP Education Team | |
| NMAHP Workforce and Education Teams | |
| Radiology Portering Team | |
| Research Governance Team | |
| Safeguarding and Cared for Children team | |
| Switchboard Team | |
| Thrive Service | |
| Workforce Development and Education Team | |
| Unsung Hero (Clinical Acute) | |
| Alison Thompson | Senior Nurse Patient Safety |
| Andrea Cairns | Gynaecology & Sexual Health Lead Nurse/Department Manager |
| Ann-Marie Donaghy | Sister |
| ashleigh bramley | Ward Clerk |
| Bency Raseena | Legacy Mentor |
| Beth O'Neill | Healthcare Assistant |
| Cara Lovell | Senior Specialist Dietitian - diabetes |
| Charlotte Haywood | Paediatric Emergency nurse Practitioner |
| Chris Hartley | Consultant, ENT |
| Claire Challoner | Medical Secretary |
| Dan Dryden | Staff Nurse |
| Division of surgery matrons | |
| Emma Parker | Admin Support |
| Gail Stoker | Healthcare assistant |
| Gemma Garlick | Tissue Viability Equipment Coordinator |
| Gina Towart | Emergency Nurse Practitioner |
| Helen Myers | Lead Nurse Tissue Viability |
| Ilva Lumley | Midwife |
| Jackie Lay | Healthcare assistant |
| Janine Beezer | Pharmacist |
| Jay Dela Cruz | Ward Manager |
| Jayne Robson | Ward Manager |
| Jenny Jackson | Heart Failure Specialist Nurse |
| Jodie Wilkinson | Ward Manager |
| Jonathan Hindmarsh | Palliative Care Pharmacist |
| Judith Middlemass | Medical Secretary |
| Julie Wanless | Senior Domestic Abuse Health Advocate |
| Kate and Kath (E55) | Environmental Assistants |
| Kay Fairley | Tissue Viability Equipment Coordinator |
| Kelly Gillan | Nurse Practitioner |
| Kim Pollard | Antenatal & Newborn Screening Failsafe Officer |
| Lisa Johnston | Deputy Neurophysiology Manager/Chief Clinical Physiologist |
| Lisa Pattinson | Healthcare Assistant |
| Lorraine Robson | Orthopaedic technician |
| Louise Burdis | Orthopaedic Technical Instructor |
| Lynn Stobbs | Healthcare Assistant, Theatres |
| Megan Milley | Discharge Liaison Officer |
| Neurodisability Secretaries | |
| Nicola Peat | Ward Manager |
| Peter Phelan | Healthcare Assistant |
| Puveendran Arullendran | Consultant, ENT |
| Rachel O’Connor | Practice Placements Facilitator Midwife |
| Romel Magbanua | Emergency Environmental assistant |
| Sally Athey | Consultant Radiologist |
| Sarah Gibb | Consultant Anaesthetist |
| Sarah Matthews | Admin Support |
| Sarah Trewick | Staff Nurse |
| Susan Potts and Medical Equipment Library Staff | |
| Tim Pinnington | Senior Radiographer |
| Vicki Martin | Senior Speech & Language Therapy Assistant |
| Unsung Hero (Community) | |
| Amanda Ashman | Healthcare Assistant |
| Amy Cooper | Orthopaedic Outreach Sister |
| Amy Lindsay | Junior sister |
| Anne Wilson | Staff Nurse |
| Chris Wheatley | Healthcare Assistant |
| Ellen Tieke-Roberts | Staff Nurse |
| Jessica Naisbett | District Nurse |
| Jill Somerville | Staff Nurse |
| Leron Peacock | Staff Nurse |
| margaret moore | Staff Nurse |
| Sophie R | Diabetic Specialist Nurse |
| Tracey Dodds | Personal Assistant |
| Unsung Hero (Corporate) | |
| Bency Raseena | Legacy Mentor |
| Andrea Thompson | Domestic |
| Chi Chi Ohagwu | International nurse educator |
| Christine Johnson | DoLS Advisor |
| Darren Dawson | Data Analyst |
| Jayne Aitken | Senior Performance Analyst |
| Joanne Simm | Matron |
| Judith Connor | Contracts and Finance Manager |
| Karen Gibson | Practice Support HCA |
| Lee McIntosh | Education Centre Manager |
| Lewis Martin | Clerical Officer |
| Liza Wright | Assistant Reporting Manager |
| Lorna Dawson | Health Literacy Officer |
| Mayflor Bernal | Matron - NMAHP |
| Natalie Crute | Divisional Finance Manager - Clinical Support |
| Natasha Minchell | Divisional Finance Manager |
| Olive Williams | ESR Manager |
| Rachel Fisher | Medical Secretary |
| Raymond Earl | Payroll and Pension Officer |
| Sarah Atkinson | Directorate Manager |
| Sarah Matthews | Admin Support |
| Susan Anderson | Higher Clerical Officer |
| Tracey Potter | Discharge Liaison |
