Barts Health Heroes Awards

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

Barts Charity 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

 

Barts Health Heroes individual award winners

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

Barts Health Heroes team award winners

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

Barts Charity 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

 

Barts Health Heroes Award individual winners

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

 

Barts Health Heroes Award team winners

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

 

Richard's story