Caring for All Awards – The Shortlist
Congratulations to all those nominated as part of the first ever Caring for All Awards, due to take place later this year.
The judges have reviewed all the nominations, almost 500 in total, and are pleased to reveal the final shortlist.
| Award | Nominees | ||
| Caring for All Award | Dr Abdalla Ahmed, JOB TITLE (WHT) | Lorna Kelly, Associate Director Research and Education (WHT) |
Children’s Community Nursing Team – Gem Centre (RWT) |
| Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award | Kim Kinsella, Research and Development Workforce Development Manager and Chair of the Neurodivergent Employee Voice Group (RWT) | Analise Smythe, Research Matron – Nurse Education and FORCE Teams (RWT) | Morgan Roberts, Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician and Vice Chair for LGBTQ+ Staff Network (WHT) |
| Improvement, Research and Innovation Award | Acute Kidney Injury and Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams (RWT) | Orthotic Services (RWT) | Matthew Green, Consultant Breast Surgeon and the Breast Theatre Team (WHT) |
| Rising Star Award | Lisa Smith, Allied Health Professional Practice Education Facilitator (RWT) | Tasmin Akhtar, Research Nurse (WHT) | Steve Walford, Practice Education Facilitator (WHT) |
| Inspiring Clinical Colleague at RWT | Dr Andrew Bonsu, FY1 | Carolyn Musgrove, Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist – Drug and Alcohol Liaison Team | Dawn Giles, Paediatric Palliative Care Specialist Nurse – Community Paediatrics; |
| Inspiring Clinical Colleague at Walsall Healthcare | Ruth Peach, Sister – Ward 2 | Abdulhakim Abdurrazaq, Consultant Paediatrician | Mohanad Abdelmagid, Emergency Department SAS Doctor |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Colleague at RWT | Lettie Ward, Radiology Cancer Coordinator | Brian Rhodes, Youth Worker – Children and Young People’s Diabetes Team | Louise Norton, Clerical Officer –Therapy Services |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Colleague at Walsall Healthcare | Rebecca Bird, Outpatient Access Team Leader | Lisa Maxwell, General Surgery Medical Secretary | Molly Woodward, Business Support Manager – FORCE Team |
| Inspiring Clinical Team at RWT | Arrythmia Team – Cardiology Department | Rapid Intervention Team – Adult Community Services | Breast Imaging Team |
| Inspiring Clinical Team at Walsall Healthcare | Speech and Language Therapy Team | Medical Same Day Emergency Care Team | Research and Development Team |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Team at RWT | NHS Futures Team | Clinical Nursing Fellowship
Programme Team – Nurse Education (non-patient facing) |
Blueprint Team – Digital Clinicians (non-patient facing) |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Team at Walsall Healthcare | Community Portering Team | Business Change Team – Digital Technology Services | Palliative and End of Life Care Administrative Team |
| Sustainability Award (one winner from either RWT or Walsall Healthcare) | Anticoagulation Care Team (RWT) | Dr Manjit Dhamret, Anaesthetic Registrar (RWT) | Aimen Fazli Maula, Doctor – ACCS CT2 Thomas Roberts, Operating Department Practitioner and Dr Faisal Ismail Shiekh, Consultant – Anaesthetics/Integrated Critical Care Unit (WHT) |
| WoW Award – Best Collaborative Effort | Nurse Education Team (RWT) and FORCE Team (WHT) | Lorraine Jones, Lead Nurse – Tissue Viability Service (WHT and RWT) | Preceptorship Team -Post-Registration Corporate function as part of the Nurse Education and FORCE teams (WHT) |
| Patient Choice (Sister Dora) Walsall | Noku Sibanda, Staff Nurse – Integrated Critical Care Unit | Kaz Kaur, Macmillan Cancer Information Manager – Cancer Services | Katie Smith, District Nurse – North Team |
| Patient Choice (Royal Award) RWT | Usha Sharma, Tissue Viability Nurse | Orthopaedic Surgeons, Theatres and Ward staff on both Hollybank and Hilton Main, plus Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Teams | Ward C25 (Renal) |
All those shortlisted have been contacted.
We look forward to revealing the winners at the awards ceremony on Tuesday 4 November 2025.
Staff, and the public, can follow live on our Facebook pages – The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust – for the announcements.