Barts Health Heroes

Barts Health Heroes Awards

Nominate your Hero

Nominate your hero

Our people take pride in providing the best care to our patients

Our Barts Health Heroes awards recognise the dedication and commitment of people who bring that extra special something to work.

Everyone in the Barts Health family, including our volunteers and people employed by our partner organisations, can be nominated.

Discover the winners of the 2026 Barts Health Heroes awards.

How do I nominate?

Show you care by completing a short form

Tell us in up to 150 words why the team or person made a difference to you.

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.

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Nominations are open all year round and run from 1 October - 30 September. All nominees will be informed of their nomination. Finalists will be invited to the evening February awards ceremony.

We recognise teams and individuals

That make a positive impact on the experiences of our patients and colleagues

Individual categories

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.

Team categories

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.

Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

Living our values (team)

Bracken Ward, the Hospital Palliative Care Team and the Transport Team at Whipps Cross Hospital are a remarkable group went above and beyond to fulfil a patient’s final wish to return home to Scotland to be near family. From the Bracken Ward team and palliative care colleagues to Mohi from transport, their coordination and compassion ensured the journey was safe, dignified and centred entirely on the patient’s comfort.
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

People's Choice

Sabrina Mubiru at The Royal London Hospital has been a driving force for equity, cultural safety and anti‑racism across maternity services at Barts Health. As patient experience and quality lead midwife, she’s transformed care for ethnically diverse women through community outreach, culturally tailored resources and innovative tools like the Language on Wheels translation iPads — giving instant access to interpreters in over 200 languages and improving safety for families across our hospitals.
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

WeLead

Sujatha Thamban at Whipps Cross has driven a major cultural and operational shift within her department. Her balanced leadership — supportive yet constructively challenging — has rebuilt morale, improved antenatal services and strengthened team cohesion. Much of her work is behind the scenes, making this recognition especially deserved.
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

WeImprove

The Microbiology Positive Blood Culture QI Team from our Pathology Partnership has transformed how rapidly sepsis is detected and acted on across the trust. The team achieved a stunning reduction in incidents and complaints — more than 95% — alongside a 90% drop in blood culture outliers. Turnaround times have dramatically improved too, with over three ‑ quarters of samples reported within four hours, rising to 90% by 4.9 hours.
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

Patients' choice (individual)

Despite spending more than a year in a sling, and during a period when referrals to fertility services doubled overnight, Ashley Fletcher from St Bartholomew's Hospital refused to step back. She supported her team one‑armed, kept services moving and made real improvements, including introducing upfront diagnostics to shorten waits and reduce admin pressure.
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

Innovation and impact

The Newham Maternity’s SGA QI Project Team has delivered outstanding results for mums and babies by transforming how small‑for‑gestational‑age pregnancies are detected and supported. Their work led to a 43% reduction in low‑birth‑weight babies after 40 weeks, far exceeding their target, and brought neonatal admissions and HIE rates down through full rollout of the Growth Assessment Protocol.
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

Living our values (individual)

Jim has made a life-changing difference to SEN students from NewVic and Newham College through their work placements at Newham Hospital. His patience, kindness and inclusive approach have helped students grow in confidence, independence and practical skills
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

WeBelong

Delivering Healthy Hearts assemblies to more than 11,000 Year 6 pupils across East London, the East London cardiovascular disease (CVD) Prevention (ELoPE) group at St Bartholomew’s Hospital inspires healthier choices and raises aspirations in areas with some of the UK’s highest cardiovascular disease rates.
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

Rising star

In just three months supporting Newham, Molly Crawford has transformed how urgent cancer pathways are monitored. Her leadership has helped Newham meet - and exceed - the Faster Diagnosis Standard for two consecutive months, streamlining processes and improving the patient journey.
Barts Health Heroes 2026 winner

Patients' choice (team)

The Patient’s Choice Award goes to the A&E team at The Royal London, recognised for an extraordinary act of compassion. When a palliative patient expressed a wish to get married while waiting for a hospice bed, the team made it happen. In the middle of a major trauma centre, they created time, space and dignity, adding fairy lights, bunting and quiet moments away from monitors to give the patient and their partner the ceremony they hoped for.
Barts Charity 2026 winner

Individual champion

Dr Anup Kage, Neonatal consultant at The Royal London Hospital, has demonstrated outstanding leadership, philanthropy stewardship, and patient‑centred impact. Earlier this year, he helped secure a £140,000 donation from Bukhman Philanthropies, introducing the funder to Barts Charity and catalysing a trust‑wide upgrade in neonatal care. His role was pivotal in translating interest into action.
Barts Charity 2026 winner

Team champion

The haemoato-oncology CNS team at St Bartholomew's Hospital put together a fantastic group of 11 walkers for Hike for Health 2025 and they raised over £1,500. The team were full of smiles, chatting with supporters and fellow staff, and even had a few of their children join in, which added to the atmosphere. A brilliant effort from a team who truly embodied the spirit of the event!