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Celebrating the achievements of our NHS staff across North Wales

 

The achievements and success of NHS staff, services and volunteers from across North Wales will be recognised and celebrated at an awards ceremony later this month.

This year, more than 450 staff, sponsors and guests will attend the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Achievement Awards ceremony at Venue Cymru in Llandudno on Friday, 20 October.

Dyfed Edwards Chair, said: “I am absolutely delighted to announce the shortlisted finalists for our Staff Achievement Awards 2023.  Congratulations to all our fantastic finalists.

“Being recognised and celebrated for your wonderful efforts by your peers is a special moment.  I have said it from the moment I joined the Health Board - the commitment and dedication to patient care displayed by so many each and every day is something we should all be very proud of.

“Recognising and sharing excellent work is how we learn as an organisation and continue to make improvements across the Health Board.”

This year’s shortlisted finalists are:

  • Leadership Award
    • Peter Greensmith (Assistant Director, North Wales Dental Service)
    • Nia Williams (Consultant Therapist, Stroke Unit, Wrexham Maelor Hospital)
    • Clare McMullan (Specialist Nurse Practitioner, with the Arfon and Mon Leg Ulcer Service)
       
  • Team of the Year Award
    • The Home Treatment Team (East)
    • Wrexham and Flintshire Memory Assessment Service
    • Regional Community Rehabilitation Team (Mental Health Directorate)
       
  • Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Award
    • Vulnerable Groups Team, Health Visiting for Asylum Seekers (Jackie Williams and Sharon Woods)
    • Rakesh Kumar (Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Hergest Unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd)
    • Charlotte Wainwright (Health and Wellbeing Intervention Champion Co-ordinator, Occupational Health)
       
  • Research, Transformation, Improvement and Innovation Award
    • Eirian Edwards (Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care, Ysbyty Gwynedd)
    • One-Stop Neck Lump Clinic Team (Glan Clwyd Hospital)
    • Robotic Assisted Surgery Gynaecology Team (Ysbyty Gwynedd)
       
  • Welsh Language Award
    • Emma Cunnah-Newell (Registered Health Play Specialist, Wrexham Maelor Hospital)
    • Lowri Davies (CAMHS Practitioner, West IHC)
    • Amanda Sellens (Theatre Assistant, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd)
       
  • Volunteer Award
    • Neville Taylor (Robin volunteer at Tywyn Community Hospital)
    • Edward Parr (Robins volunteer at Wrexham Maelor Hospital)
       
  • Partnership Award
    • Children’s Patient Experience Leads
    • Hepatitis C Rapid Test and Treat Team
    • The Long Covid Service
       
  • The Extra Mile Award
    • Llinos Williams (Physician Associate, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd)
    • Lisa Orhan (Community Matron, Royal Alexandra Hospital)
    • Elena Jones (Pharmacist, Ysbyty Gwynedd)
       
  • Rising Star Award
    • Richard Nye (Healthcare Support Worker, Adult Mental Health, Bryn y Neuadd Hospital)
    • Harri Miller (Public Health Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, West IHC)
    • Corri Twist (Hotel Services Assistant Manager at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd)
       
  • Environmental Sustainability Award
    • The Hand Surgery Team
    • Ysbyty Gwynedd Green Group
    • Trystan Lewis (Senior Business Support Manager, Facilities, Ysbyty Gwynedd)

The annual awards are an important part of the way we recognise and celebrate the achievements of our staff, services and volunteers and are made possible thanks to the generous support of the sponsors who support it. Our sponsors this year are:

Centerprise International (principal event sponsor), HEIW, Clwyd Recruitment Solutions (CRS), Agoriad, Bangor University, Rowlands Pharmacy, Wrexham University, ID Medical, Unite, Gleeds, , NHS Charities Together and Medacs.