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Date: 20 February 2025
Time: 20:11

Winners and shortlisted nominees from the Best in Care Awards, 2010
- Care Quality Award
- Chief Executive's Innovation in Practice Award
- Volunteer of the Year Award
- Governors' Award for the Best in Care
- Member of the Year Award
- Patient Carer of the Year Award
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) Charity's Charity Supporter of the Year Award
- Patricia Taylor Award for Excellence in Service
- Contribution to Infection Prevention and Control Award
- Dignity in Care Award
- Chairman's Award for Employee of the Year
- Best in Care Non-Clinical Award
- Best in Clinical Care Award
1. Care Quality Award
- Mary McMaster, Staff Nurse, Ward 516 nominated by Nicola Cullen [winner]
- Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Jacks, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon nominated by Margaret Brown
- Bone Marrow Transplant Team nominated by Chris Bowen
2. Chief Executive's Innovation in Practice Award
- Heather Bowen, Clinic Nurse and Team Leader for HIV nominated by Sutej Sivia [winner]
- Hospital Transfusion Team nominated by John Isaac
- Steve Ryan, Senior IT Project and Business Analyst Manager/Graham Flint, Consultant Neurosurgeon nominated by Mark Garrick
3. Volunteer of the Year Award
- Rabia Khanum, Atrium Volunteer nominated by Fiona Denning
- Rosanna Penn, Patrick Room Volunteer nominated by Carol Rawlings
- Joan Bates, Haematology Volunteer nominated by Tina McSkeane [winner]
4. Governors' Award for the Best in Care
- Michala Holmes, Oncology Receptionist nominated by Carolyn Russell
- Mr David W Proops, ENT Consultant Surgeon nominated by Edna Monk
- Terry Rea, Portering Team Leader nominated by Mary Day [winner]
5. Member of the Year Award
- Alison Moore, Member, Renal Department nominated by Karen Wetherall
- Aprella Fitch, Member and Ambassador nominated by Sarah Snowden
- Betty Allcock, Member and Volunteer, Bereavement Care nominated by Carol Rawlings [winner]
6. Patient Carer of the Year Award
- Gina Sowsbery, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Breast Cancer nominated by Mrs Anne Vile [winner]
- Rajbinder Kaur, Nursing Auxiliary, OPD Trauma nominated by Mujeeb Ashraf
- Roberta Bachelor, Staff Nurse, Plastic Surgery Ward 409 nominated by Alan Duxbury
7. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) Charity's Charity Supporter of the Year Award
- Kathleen Ryan, individual fundraiser nominated by Mike Hammond
- Royal Centre for Defence Medicine nominated by Paul Mitchell
- Adam Johnson and staff at The Plough, Harborne nominated by Anne Waller [winner]
8. Patricia Taylor Award for Excellence in Service
- Anthony Glennon, Theatre Auxiliary, Liver Theatres nominated by Dr Davinia Bennett [winner]
- Rosalie Demetrius, Healthcare Assistant, Ward 411 nominated by Don Sims
- Agnes Hemmings, Healthcare Assistant, North 3 Critical Care nominated by Helen Foot
9. Contribution to Infection Prevention and Control Award
- IV Team nominated by Clair Phillips [winner]
- Christine Hartshorne, Sister for Neuro Critical Care nominated by Brian Pouchet
- Decontamination Unit nominated by Michele Morris
10. Dignity in Care Award
- Vivienne Griffiths, Junior Sister, Edgbaston Unit nominated by Lisa Williams [winner]
- Laura Chambers, Staff Nurse and Dignity Champion, Critical Care nominated by Sue Atkins
- Sue Atkins and Juliet Miller, dignity in care practice educators nominated by Margaret Harries
11. Chairman's Award for Employee of the Year
- Dawn Todd, Community Cardiology Clinic Co-ordinator nominated by Emma Billingham
- Nigel Shakespeare, Head of Finance for New Hospital Project nominated by Ray Shillam [winner]
- Karen Butcher, Sister, Ward West 4 nominated by Rhodora Guerrero
12. Best in Care Non-Clinical Award
- Barbara Waterhouse, Housekeeping Assistant nominated by Rachel Clarke
- Deborah Heard, Medical Secretary for Liver nominated by Simon Bramhall
- Sue Smith, Medical Secretary for Rheumatology nominated by Kim Jago [winner]
13. Best in Clinical Care Award
- Kimberly Thomas and staff of Ward 410 nominated by Matthew Donegan
- Inherited Metabolic Disease (IMD) Team nominated by Debbie Maughan and Susan Price
- Lorraine Cadd, Inherited Cardiac Syndrome Nurse Specialist nominated by Leanne Jackson [winner]
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