Star Awards

Compassionate Care Award (Individuals) 

Winner – Valeria Nasser, 0-19 Health Link Worker

Highly commended – Joanne Bowers, Learning Disability Lead Nurse

Compassionate Care Award (Teams) 

Winner – Palliative and End of Life Care 

Highly commended – Safeguarding Support Unit Support Workers 

Brilliant Role Model Award  

Winner – Lizzie Binham, ED SAS Doctor 

Highly commended – Deborah Newman, Head of Speech and Language Therapy 

Belonging and Respect Award (Individuals)  

Winner – Kathy Green, Lead Chaplain

Highly commended – Anne Marie-Lynch, Apprentice & Work Experience Coordinator

Belonging and Respect Award (Teams)  

Winner – Volunteer Team

Highly commended – Paediatric Surgical Unit Secretarial Team

Excellence in Research and Innovation Award (Individuals)  

Winner – Professor Heather Elphick, Sleep/Respiratory Medicine

Highly commended – Akshay Kapoor, Gastro Consultant 

Excellence in Research and Innovation Award (Teams)  

Winner – Sedation Auditory Brainstem Response Team (SedABR)

Highly commended – Sheffield Eating Disorders Assessment and Treatment Team   

The Children’s Hospital Charity Fundraising Award  

Winner – Ward 3

Improving Lives Award (Project)  

Winner – Additional Needs Blood Clinic 

Highly commended – Super Saturday Project

Children’s Star Award (Individuals)  

Winner – Leanne Smith, Clinical Psychologist, Cystic Fibrosis

Highly commended – Judith Short, Consultant Anaesthetist

Watch a message from twins Elijah and Orlaith’s parents Chris and Kayla, who nominated Leanne.

Children’s Star Award (Teams)  

Winner – Children with Medical Complexity Team

Highly commended – Sleep Team

Watch a message from Leona’s Mum and Dad, Charlotte and Jed, who nominated the Children with Medical Complexity Team. Charlotte and Jed, who nominated the Children with Medical Complexity Team.

Compassionate Care Award (Individuals) 

Winner – Joanne Roberts, Advanced Physiotherapist 

Highly commended – Trudy Donn, Mortuary Manager 

Compassionate Care Award (Teams) 

Winner – Ward 3 

Highly commended – Long Term Ventilation Team 

Brilliant Role Model Award 

Winner – Jennifer Cherrington, Ward 3 Manager 

Highly commended – Jyoti Williams, Senior Orthoptist 

Belonging and Respect Award (Individuals) 

Winner – Amy Jefferson, Clerical Assistant 

Highly commended – Rupa Talekar, Consultant Paediatrician 

Belonging and Respect Award (Teams) 

Winner – Clinical Coding 

Highly commended – 0-19 Paediatric Liaison/Safeguarding Services Admin Team

Excellence in Research and Innovation Award (Individuals) 

Winner – Charlotte Elder, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes 

Highly commended – Sarah L Jones, Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist 

Excellence in Research and Innovation Award (Teams) 

Winner – Patient Information Team 

Highly commended – Parent Infant Relationship Service 

The Children’s Hospital Charity Fundraising Award 

Winner – Paediatric Critical Care Unit 

Improving Lives Award (Project) 

Winner – Tackling Health Inequalities through Families Matter 

Highly commended – Patient Information Project/Resource Library 

Children’s Star Award (Individuals) 

Winner – Lizzie Dodd, Clinical Nurse Specialist 

Highly commended – Sarah Allen, Ward 4 Support Worker 

Children’s Star Award (Teams) 

Winner – Paediatric Bone Disease Service 

Highly commended – Cystic Fibrosis Team 

Compassionate Care Award

Winner (individual) – Amy Hodkin

Highly Commended (individual) – Katie Rattican

Winner (team) – Mortuary Team

Highly Commended (team) – 0-19 Vaccination / School Nursing team

Outstanding Leadership Award

Winner (individual) – Janelle Gardiner

Highly Commended (individual) – Jasmine Tang

Belonging Together Award

Winner (individual) – Christopher Matthews

Highly Commended (individual) – Sally Twigg

Winner (team) – Appraisal Team

Highly Commended (team) – Eye Department

Best Support Service Award

Winner (individuals) – Rosie Sobieraj and Ewen Laycock

Highly Commended (individual) – Muhammad Khan

Winner (team) – IT Team

Highly Commended (team) – Security, Portering and Enhanced Support Officers

Best Clinical Project Award

Winner – Zolgensma Team

Highly Commended – Making Sense Team

The Children’s Hospital Charity Fundraising Award

Ward 6

Exceptional Contribution to our Covid-19 Response

Winner – COVID-19 Vaccination team

The Children’s Star Award – chosen by members of the public

Winner (individual) – Dr Hemant Kulkarni

Winner (team) – Ward 5

Highly Commended (individual) – Melanie Diver

Highly Commended (team) – Cystic Fibrosis Team

Keep Learning Award

Winner – Claire Reeve

Runner up – Pauline Athwal, Fiona Price

Award for Research & Innovation

Winner (individual) – Michael Cork

Winner (team) – The Achondroplasia Team

Runner up (individual) – Paul Arundel, Anton Mayer

Runner up (team) – The Haematology and Oncology Research Delivery Team, The Dermatology Team

Service Improvement Award

Winner (individual) – Clare O’Connell

Winner (team) – The Autism Team

Runner up (individual) – Janine Reynolds

Runner up (team) – The Neonatal Surgical Unit Continuing Care Team, The Day 1 Ready Team

Award for Inclusion & Diversity

Winner – The Rainbow Badge Team

Runner up – Deirdre O’Donnell, The Primary Mental Health Team

Patient Experience Award

Winner (individual) – Paul Bower

Winner (team) – The Direct Discharge Team

Runner up (individual) – Louise Kay, Pamela Rudkin

Runner up (team) – Sheffield Children’s Volunteers, The Haematology and Oncology Team

Best Non-Clinical Support Service

Winner (individual) – Scott Heaton

Winner (team) – The Centenary House Housekeeping Team

Runner up (individual) – Diane Kemshall, Kayleigh Burt

Runner up (team) – The SystmOne Support Team, The Security and Portering Team

Best Delivery of Direct Patient Care

Winner (individual) – Julie Bell

Winner (team) – The Off-Site General Anaesthetic Team

Runner up (individual) – Ian Fitzpatrick, Rebecca Paling

Runner up (team) – The Speech & Language Therapy Team, The Radiology Team

The Children’s Hospital Charity Fundraising Award

The Paediatric Critical Care Unit

Outstanding Colleague Award, sponsored by GMB

Winner (individual) – Amy Payne

Runner up (individual) – Cath Baker, Ullas Joseph

The Children’s Star Award – chosen by members of the public

Winner (individual) – Getahun Tamrat

Winner (team) – The Eye Department

Runner up (individual) – Andrew Mills, Sufin Yap

Runner up (team) – The Rheumatology Team, The Sleep Team

Leading and Inspiring Award

Winner – Janet Cumberland

Runner up – Jo Whiston

Staff Development Champion – sponsored by Sumo Digital

Winner – Jamie Shepherd

Runner up – Sarah Griffiths

Service Improvement Award

Winner (individual) – Caroline McCaffrey

Winner (team) – Ryegate House Clinical Team

Runner up (individual) – Ailish Harrison

Runner up (team) – E-Systems Team

Patient Experience Award

Winner (individual) – Sarah Hawnt

Winner (team) – Ward 6 Team

Runner up (individual) – Kevin Hartshorn

Runner up (team) – Sexual Assault Referral Centre

Best Non-Clinical Support Service

Winner (individual) – Dawn Stratford

Winner (team) – David Tibenham and Maciej Szymanowski

Runner up (individual) – Delroy Grossett

Runner up (team) – Ryegate Domestics Team

Best Delivery of Direct Patient Care

Winner (individual) – Archibald Morrison

Winner (team) – The Emergency Team

Runner up (individual) – Rebecca Milner

Runner up (individual) – Robina Batingan

Runner up (team) – The Burngreave and Shiregreen Health Visiting Team

The Children’s Hospital Charity Fundraising Award

PCCU Team

Governors’ Award

Jade Sykes

The Children’s Star Award – chosen by members of the public

Winner (individual) – Laura Butler

Winner (team) – The Sleep Service Team

Runner up (individual) – Sean Marven

Runner up (team) – The Neurosurgery Team

Leading and Inspiring Award

Winner – Dan Yeomanson
Runner up – Teresa Loxley

Staff Development Champion – sponsored by Sumo Digital

Winner – Anna Westaway
Runner up – Peter Knowles

Service Improvement Award

Winner (individual) – Anne Greaves
Winner (team) – 0-19 Community Leadership Team
Runner up (individual) – Nadia Ladak
Runner up (team) – Clinical Coding Team

Patient Experience Award – sponsored by AGFA

Winner (individual) – Julie Fox
Winner (team) – Dietetic Team
Runner up (individual) – Chris Gladding
Runner up (team) – Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners
Runner up (team) – Theatre Escorts Team

Best Non-Clinical Support Service

Winner (individual) – Zoe Asher
Winner (team) – E-Rostering Team
Runner up (individual) – Ria Burgess
Runner up (team) – Porters at Becton

Best Delivery of Direct Patient Care

Winner (individual) – Francis Doney
Winner (team) – Ward S2
Runner up (individual) – Julie Olpin
Runner up (team) – Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Outpatient Team

The Children’s Hospital Charity Fundraising Award

Outpatients Team

Governors’ Award

School Teaching Team

Special Recognition Award

Ken Green

The Children’s Star Award – chosen by members of the public

Winner (individual) – Louise George
Winner (team) – Sheffield Eating Disorders Assessment and Treatment Team
Runner up (individual) – Chris Rittey
Runner up (team) – Diabetes Team