2025 WINNERS
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Alison While BSc MSc PhD RN RHV
Cert Ed Fellow of QNI, Emeritus Professor of Community Nursing, King's College London
Chronic Oedema Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Donna Brown, Lymphoedema Specialist Nurse, Lymphoedema Service PROVIDE CIC
Silver Winner: Lorraine Brown, Clinical Lead Lymphoedema, Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
Bronze Winner: LymphVision Team
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Continence and Urology Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Leann McLaughlin, Uro-Oncology CNS, Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Silver Winner: Sumarno Adi Subrata, PhD, Nursing Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang, Indonesia
Bronze Winner: Bladder, Bowel & Pelvic Health Team, Integrated Team, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust
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Diabetes Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Ravinder Dosanjh, Senior Lead Diabetes Nurse Manager, Hywel Dd
Silver Winner: Amelia Cook, Clinical Lead Diabetes Black Country ICS, Modality Partnership and Black Country ICS
Bronze Winner: Ross Ward, Adult Nurse, HMP Low Moss Prison Healthcare
Educator Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNERS: Aby Mitchell & Behnam Jafari Salim, Senior Lecturer & Digital Learning Specialist, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London
Silver Winner: Paul-John Alegado, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, The University of Worcester
Bronze Winner: Gary Mitchell, Reader, Queen's University Belfast
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Gastrointestinal Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNERS: Chrisjan Siason, Ruth Pedwell, HELIXR Nurses Wessex ODN, Hepatology Specialist Nurse HELIXR Project, Southampton General Hospital and Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Silver Winner: BJ Olsen, Endoscopy Pre-assessment Nurse, Ulster Hospital, South Eastern Trust, HSCNI
Bronze Winner: Kate Pingoy, Hepatology Nurse Specialist, Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust
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Infection Prevention Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Helen Ronchetti, Deputy Head of Service - Infection Prevention, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Silver Winner: Martina Cummins, Clinical Director Infection Prevention and Control, Barts Health
Bronze Winner: Sharon Reed, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control, University Hospitals Sussex
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Learning Disability Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNERS: Sue Sargeant & Claire Donnelly, Advanced Nurse Practitioner & Primary Care Liaison Nurse, DTV -Stomp, TEWV NHS Foundation Trust
Silver Winner: Specialist Learning Disability Service, Child & Family Health Devon
Bronze Winner: Primary Care LD Nurse Team, South Staffordshire CLDT, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
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Mental Health Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Chris Shanley, Clinical Nurse Practitioner, Arnold Lodge Hospital
Silver Winners: Rebekah Nwaka, Samantha Jones and Ann-Marie Richardson, Matron and PDNs, The Harbour Hospital, LSCFT
Bronze Winner: Chris Ellis, Deputy Team Manager, Registered Mental Health Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Whittington Health NHS Trust
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Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Eric Teague-Hellon, Primary Care Team Leader (RN). Founding Nurse Trustee, Connect 2 Combat Homelessness, HMP Drake Hall and Staffordshire Community
Silver Winner: Duncan Smith, Honorary Nurse Consultant / Senior Lecturer, University College London Hospitals (UCLH) /City St Georges, University of London
Bronze Winner: Sarah Hunter, Nurse Consultant in Stroke, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals
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Nutrition Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Sharlene Haywood, Lead Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist, Kingston and Richmond NHS
Silver Winners: Jo Gent, Ginnie Short, Jadine Fegan, Mia Small, Clinical Nurse Specialist Nutrition and Intestinal Rehabilitation, Clinical Nurse Advisor, Regional Nurse Manager, Nurse Consultant Nutrition and Intestinal Rehabilitation, St Mark's Hospital, LNWUH Trust, Calea UKFoundation Trust
Bronze Winner: Mia Small, Nurse Consultant Nutrition and Intestinal Rehabilitation, St Mark's Hospital, LNWUH NHS Trust
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Oncology Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNERS: Karen Hamlen, Teenage Cancer Trust Lead Nurse and Ben Hood, Cancer Research Nurse Consultant - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Silver Winner: Guy's Cancer SACT Nursing Team, South East London Cancer Alliance and Guy’s Cancer Academy, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Bronze Winner: Misako Dai, Professor, Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University, Japan
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Public Health Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Sophie Uzelac, Team Leader North Lincolnshire 0-19 Service, Children's Care Group, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Silver Winner: Amanda Hall, Rainbow Baby Health Visiting Pilot, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Bronze Winner: Jade Cook, Substance Use Nurse, Middlesbrough Council - Public Health
Stoma Care Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Kyle Waring, Specialist Stoma Nurse, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership
Silver Winner: Specialist Nursing Assessment And Prescription Service (SNAPS) Stoma Team, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership
Bronze Winner: Fiona Hayes, Colorectal Nurse Associate, University Hospital Birmingham
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Sustainability Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Suzy Moody, TB Nurse Specialist, Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Silver Winner: Maria Innes & Helen Casson, Prostatectomy Specialist Nurses, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Bronze Winner: Sue Bryant, Pelvic Health Nurse, Bladder, Bowel and Pelvic Health Team
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Vascular Access Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Karen Harrold, SACT & IV Access Nurse Consultant, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Silver Winner: Aldwin Del Mundo, Lead Nurse for Vascular access service and Radiology Nursing, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bronze Winner: Manu Lonappan, Vascular Access Nurse, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner General Surgery, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Wound Care Nurse of the Year
GOLD WINNER: Susy Pramod, Tissue Viability Matron, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Silver Winners: Lourdes Rivera and Sarah Everett, Tissue Viability CNS and Patient Safety Nurse, Whipps Cross University Hospital Barts Health NHS Trust
Bronze Winner: Anita Kilroy-Findley, Clinical Lead Tissue Viability, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
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