ClatterbridgeAwards_24_09_20_0002.jpgWe are delighted to reveal the finalists for this year’s Staff Excellence Awards 2025

On Friday 3rd October 2024, we will celebrate the incredible accomplishments of colleagues from across the Trust with a glittering ceremony for the The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Staff Excellence Awards 2024.

Once again hosted by Hits Radio presenter Leanne Campbell, the awards will recognise the remarkable work of individuals and teams from across the Trust, that contributes both directly and indirectly to exceptional patient care.

The awards evening will also celebrate and thank those colleagues who have reached 20 and 30 years of continuous NHS service in the last 12 months.

This year we received over 200 nominations, all of which demonstrated the outstanding commitment, dedication and incredible hard work of our staff.

We would like to say a special thank-you to everyone who took the time to submit a nomination and to congratulate everyone who received a nomination and all of our fantastic finalists!

After careful consideration from the judging panel, the finalists for this year’s Staff Excellence Awards are:

Clinical Unsung Hero of the Year

  • Emma Davey – Acute Care
  • Liz Morgan – Acute Care
  • Chelsey Jones – Radiation Services
  • Helen Flint – Acute Care
  • Emma Caton – Networked Services

Non-Clinical Unsung Hero of the Year

  • James Crowther – Digital Services
  • Andrea Gambell – Networked Services
  • Ruth Selvan – Quality, Experience and Standards
  • Sasha Foley – Acute Care 
  • Hannah Gray – Peformance and Planning

Clinical Team of the Year

  • The Patient Flow Team
  • Physics and Radiotherapy Halcyon, Hypersight and SGRT Commissioning Team
  • The Specialist Palliative Care Team
  • The CDU ANP/Acute Care Team
  • The CAR-T Team

Non-Clinical Team of the Year

  • The Finance Team 
  • The Business Intelligence Team
  • Welfare Benefits Team
  • Quality, Experience and Standards Team 
  • HR Business Partnering Team (Catrin Wilde and Colette Parkinson)

Excellence in Sustainability

  • Radiotherapy Sustainability Action Group 
  • Phil Hyde – Estates and Facilities
  • Carol McCormick – Networked Services
  • Darren Cross - Digital Services
  • Patrick McAteer – Estates and Facilities

Quality Improvement and Innovation 

  • Olivia North – Radiation Services 
  • Emily Anderson – Networked Services
  • Hotline Transformation Project 
  • The Dietetic Team 
  • Getting the most from Meditech / EPR optimisation

Learner of the Year

  • Gemma Hughes – Acute Care
  • Maxim Bell – Digital Services
  • Skye Thomson – Quality, Experience and Standards 
  • Jessica Maxwell-Quinn – Acute Care
  • Hanson Offor – Radiation Services 

Excellence in Research  

  • ECMC and Early Phase Research Team
  • Haemato-oncology Team 
  • Maria Maguire – Research and Innovation
  • Imaging Research (Radiologist, RECIST Team, Abhishek Mahajan and Hayley Finegan)
  • The Research Set-up Team

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award

  • Ward Managers – Acute Care
  • Annie Sinclair – Research and Innovation
  • CMCA Health Inequalities Team
  • Lauren Attwood – Quality, Experience and Standards
  • CMCA Community Partnerships team

Spirit of Clatterbridge Award    

  • Simon Bunting – Research and Innovation
  • Samantha Smith-Altham – Radiation Services
  • Kate Lacey – Networked Services
  • Alex Gilbertson – Networked Services
  • Angela Jellicoe – Networked Services

Star of the Year (finalists in this award category are made up from the monthly star award winners)

  • Abigail Fewtrell – Research and Innovation
  • Ward 2 and Teenage and Young Adults Team 
  • Emily Marsden – Communications
  • Alex Donnellan-Brown – Networked Services
  • Chelcie Faulkner – Networked Services
  • Jo Francis – Networked Services
  • Lisa Lennon – Networked Services
  • Lauren Attwood and Katherine Laidler-Ball – Quality, Experience and Standards
  • Karl Maher – Radiation Services
  • Adam McClure – Cheshire and Merseyside Pathology Network
  • Husna Choudhury – Radiation Services

 ​​People's Choice Award

  • Jo Connell – Networked Services
  • Dr Muhammad Saif – Acute Care
  • Sian McGuinness – Acute Care
  • Franki Sefton – Acute Care
  • The Marina Dalglish Team

A huge congratulations to all of the nominees and of course, to our fantastic finalists – well done and good luck!

It’s going to be a fantastic evening and will definitely be another night to remember!