Barts Health Heroes Awards

Nominate your Hero
These awards recognise our outstanding Teams and Individuals who live our values and go above and beyond for patients and colleagues. Everyone in the Barts Health family, whether directly employed or through one of our partner organisations, or one of our volunteers, can be nominated.
From the nominations received, a Hero of the month will be chosen at each site every month.
Our new award categories
For individuals:
- Living our values: someone demonstrating our WECARE values in everything they do
- Patients’ choice: nominated by a patient, carer, or member of the public for giving excellent care or enhancing the patient’s experience.
- People’s choice: nominated by colleagues for going above and beyond.
- Rising star: an exceptional person who has made an impact.
- WeLead: a compassionate leader who motivates and influences others.
For teams:
- Living our values: a team demonstrating our WECARE values in everything it does
- Innovation and impact: a team that introduced a new idea, process, or treatment to benefit others.
- Patients’ choice: for providing excellent care or patient experience.
- WeBelong: collectively endeavour to eliminate discrimination and inequality.
- WeImprove: a team achieving a significant improvement in its service.
How do I nominate?
Submit your team or individual nomination via the online form .
Contact the team via email or call 07769 645197.
Tell us in up to 200 words why they are deserving of your nomination. You can make multiple nominations by completing a new form for each team or individual. We welcome nominations from patients, relatives, carers, members of the public, staff, and volunteers. We cannot accept self-nominations or nominations for yourself in someone else's name without their permission.
Nominations are open all year round and run from 1 October – 30 September. Nominees will be informed of their nomination and go through to the shortlisting panel and finalists will be invited to the evening February awards ceremony.
The deadline for the Barts Health Heroes February Awards is 30 September.
Barts Health Heroes is generously funded by Barts Charity
Barts Health Heroes 2023: Award winners
Award |
Winner |
Site |
Team Champion |
Senior management PA team |
St Bartholomew’s Hospital |
Individual Champion |
Laura Johnson |
St Bartholomew’s Hospital |
Fundraising team |
Play team |
The Royal London Hospital |
Individual Fundraiser |
Francesca Jackson-Spence |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
Value |
Name |
Job Title |
Site |
Welcoming |
Prematie Ramdial |
Gynaecology CNS |
Whipps Cross Hospital |
Engaging |
Dave Herriott |
Mechanical estates officer |
Whipps Cross Hospital |
Collaborative |
Kirun Gunganah |
Consultant in diabetes and endocrinology |
Newham Hospital |
Accountable |
Sandra Brighton |
Associate director learning and development |
Trustwide |
Respectful |
Charlotte Francis |
Home oxygen service lead |
The Royal London Hospital |
Equitable |
Tadala Kolawole |
Senior specialist renal dietitian |
The Royal London Hospital |
Newham’s 40th special recognition |
Vivien Tagalogon |
Nurse |
Newham Hospital |
Barts900 special recognition |
Jason Morley-Smith |
Lead clinical site manager |
St Bartholomew’s Hospital |
Value |
Team name |
Site |
Welcoming |
Barts centre of reproductive medicine |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
Engaging |
Green at Barts Health |
Trustwide |
Collaborative |
Paediatric critical care unit |
The Royal London Hospital |
Accountable |
Peace Ward |
Whipps Cross Hospital |
Respectful |
Team endometriosis |
The Royal London Hospital |
Equitable |
Blackthorn Ward |
Whipps Cross Hospital |
Barts Health Heroes 2022: Award winners
Award |
Winner |
Site |
Team Champions |
Anthonia Okonmah and patient transport services (NEPTS) |
Trustwide |
Individual Champion |
Geraldine Cunningham |
Trustwide |
Team Fundraisers |
London's Lifeline |
The Royal London Hospital |
Individual Fundraisers |
Charlotte Manisty and James Moon |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
Value |
Name |
Job Title |
Site |
Welcoming |
Shabina Hussain |
Housekeeper |
Newham Hospital |
Engaging |
Helena Train |
Physiotherapist |
Whipps Cross Hospital |
Collaborative |
Zahra Shehabi |
Consultant and clinical lead for special care dentistry |
The Royal London Hospital |
Accountable |
Siohvon Williams |
Wellbeing officer, prescriber |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
Respectful |
Sean Darcy |
Nurse |
The Royal London Hospital |
Equitable |
Lucy Ellis |
Lead obstetric sonographer |
Whipps Cross Hospital |
Special recognition | Dame Alwen Williams | Group chief executive | Trustwide |
Value |
Team name |
Site |
Welcoming |
Nuclear medicine and radiopharmacy |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
Engaging |
Uro-oncology CNSs |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
Collaborative |
Clinical Engineering |
Trust-wide |
Accountable |
Nightingale Ward |
Whipps Cross Hospital |
Respectful |
Heather Ward |
Newham Hospital |
Equitable |
Older people services (14E/14F) |
The Royal London Hospital |
Special recognition | Response team on the night of the floods | Whipps Cross Hospital |
Meet some of our heroes in the patient story videos
Arwel's story