{"id":5371,"date":"2024-04-19T10:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T10:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2024-04-19T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T10:58:03","slug":"2024-our-health-heroes-awards-winners-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/2024-our-health-heroes-awards-winners-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Our Health Heroes Awards winners revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS England<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsemployers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS Employers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS Shared Business Services<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsrho.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS Race &amp; Health Observatory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfjawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SFJ Awards<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Integrated Care Journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillsforhealth.org.uk\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Health Heroes Awards<\/a> celebrates the wider healthcare workforce that supports our NHS doctors and nurses on the frontline.<\/p>\n<p>From porters and cleaners to receptionists, gardeners and security guards, these often unsung heroes make up roughly 40 per cent of the NHS\u2019s million-plus workforce; Our Health Heroes Awards is a national celebration of their achievements and an opportunity to give thanks for the important role that they play in keeping our health service functioning.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s gold, silver and bronze winners (listed below in that order for each category) are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Healthcare, sponsored by NHS Employers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Philip Helliwell, Rheumatology Consultant, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/li>\n<li>Elaine Allison, Matron, St. Bartholomew\u2019s Court Nursing Home<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Westacott, Learning and Development Manager, Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Apprentice of the Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phoebe Edwards, Podiatry Apprentice, East London NHS Foundation Trust<\/li>\n<li>Ben Martin, Data Quality Support Analyst, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/li>\n<li>Debbie Harris, Healthcare Assistant, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Operational Support Worker of the Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paula Di Palma, Housekeeping Manager, St Raphael\u2019s Hospice<\/li>\n<li>Cat Carman, Social Prescriber, Fenland Group Practice<\/li>\n<li>Tina Jackson, Family Liaison Officer, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clinical Support Worker of the Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chido Munyanyi, Therapy Support Worker, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust<\/li>\n<li>Kerry Clark, Macmillan Cancer Support Worker, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust<\/li>\n<li>Swati Gor, Healthcare Assistant, Havergal Surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Healthcare Volunteer of the Year:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tracy Spencer, Volunteer, WithYou in North Lincolnshire<\/li>\n<li>Paul Fox, Yoga4Health &amp; Yoga4NHS Co-ordinator, The Yoga in Healthcare Alliance<\/li>\n<li>Rezmin Islam, Volunteer, Liverpool Women\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Team award category winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>St Clare Hospice (Dedication to a Lifelong Learning Culture \u2013 sponsored by SFJ Awards)<\/li>\n<li>Dentaid (Best Health and Care Initiative by a UK Charity)<\/li>\n<li>Southern Health (NHS Improvement through Digital Innovation \u2013 sponsored by NHS Shared Business Services)<\/li>\n<li>RECONNECT (Best Healthcare Workforce Collaboration \u2013 supported by Integrated Care Journal)<\/li>\n<li>Spectrum CIC (Best Healthcare Initiative in a Community or Criminal Justice Setting)<\/li>\n<li>West London Perinatal Service (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion \u2013 supported by NHS Race &amp; Health Observatory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Our Health Heroes Awards 2024 is delivered by Skills for Health and supported by NHS England, NHS Employers, NHS Shared Business Services, NHS Race &amp; Health Observatory, SFJ Awards and Integrated Care Journal. To find out more visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skillsforhealth.org.uk\/awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.skillsforhealth.org.uk\/awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winners of the eighth annual Our Health Heroes Awards were announced this week at a glittering awards ceremony held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44,25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5373,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions\/5373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}