Caring for All Awards – The Shortlist
Congratulations to all those nominated as part of the first ever Caring for All Awards.
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, Doctor (Registrar) in Emergency Medicine (WHT) | Children’s Community Nursing Team – Gem Centre (RWT) | Lorna Kelly, Associate Director Research and Education (WHT) |
| Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award | Kim Kinsella, Research and Development Workforce Development Manager and Chair of the Neurodivergent Employee Voice Group (RWT) | Morgan Roberts, Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician and Vice Chair for LGBTQ+ Staff Network (WHT) | Analise Smythe, Research Matron – Nurse Education and FORCE Teams (RWT) |
| Improvement, Research and Innovation Award | Acute Kidney Injury and Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams (RWT) | Matthew Green, Mohanad Salim and Breast Theatre Team (WHT) | Orthotic Services (RWT) |
| Rising Star Award | Tasmin Akhtar, Research Nurse (WHT) | Lisa Smith, Allied Health Professional Practice Education Facilitator (RWT) | Steve Walford, Practice Education Facilitator (WHT) |
| Inspiring Clinical Colleague at RWT | Dr Andrew Bonsu, FY1 | Dawn Giles, Paediatric Palliative Care Specialist Nurse – Community Paediatrics; | Carolyn Musgrove, Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist – Drug and Alcohol Liaison Team |
| Inspiring Clinical Colleague at Walsall Healthcare | Mohanad Abdelmagid, Emergency Department SAS Doctor | Abdulhakim Abdurrazaq, Consultant Paediatrician | Ruth Peach, Sister – Ward 2 |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Colleague at RWT | Louise Norton, Clerical Officer –Therapy Services | Brian Rhodes, Youth Worker – Children and Young People’s Diabetes Team | Lettie Ward, Radiology Cancer Coordinator |
| 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 | Breast Imaging Team | Rapid Intervention Team – Adult Community Services |
| Inspiring Clinical Team at Walsall Healthcare | Medical Same Day Emergency Care Team | Research and Development Team | Speech and Language Therapy Team |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Team at RWT | Blueprint Team – Digital Clinicians (non-patient facing) | Clinical Nursing Fellowship Programme Team – Nurse Education (non-patient facing) | NHS Futures Team |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Team at Walsall Healthcare | Business Change Team – Digital Technology Services | Palliative and End of Life Care Administrative Team | David Willetts and Donna Sharpe (Community Porters Team Walsall) |
| 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 | Lorraine Jones, Lead Nurse – Tissue Viability Service (WHT and RWT) | Nurse Education Team (RWT) and FORCE Team (WHT) | Preceptorship Team -Post-Registration Corporate function as part of the Nurse Education and FORCE teams (WHT) |
| Patient Choice (Sister Dora) Walsall | Kaz Kaur, Macmillan Cancer Information Manager – Cancer Services | Noku Sibanda, Staff Nurse – Integrated Critical Care Unit | Katie Smith, District Nurse – North Team |
| Patient Choice (Royal Award) RWT | Orthopaedic Surgeons, Theatres and Ward staff on both Hollybank and Hilton Main, plus Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Teams | Usha Sharma, Tissue Viability Nurse | 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.