Our central panels have completed the second stage of judging. The panels are made up of colleagues from various levels and professions, board members, people with lived experience and governors.

We're delighted to unveil our top three finalists below. 

Next steps

The winners will be announced at a special ceremony in November, with costs covered by sponsorship from our valued partners. 

Top 3 finalists (listed alphabetically)

  • Estates and facilities, apprenticeships, Oldham College and Hopwood College  

  • Mental Health Urgent Triage (MHUT) Service - Pennine Care, Greater Manchester Mental Health, North West Ambulance Service, Greater Manchester Police, British Transport Police and voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) partners  

  • Oldham Memory Assessment Service, Dr Kershaw's Hospice and Age UK

Runners up

  • Tameside early intervention team, The Anthony Seddon Fund, Trust HQ colleagues, NHS Tameside and Glossop Talking Therapies and communications. 

  • Pennine Care learning disabilities care hub health inequality team and People First Tameside

  • Oldham parent infant mental health service (PIMHS)

  • Hope Unit and Cloughside College 

  • Pennine Care's individual placement and support service in partnership with Pure Innovations, Possibilities and The Growth Company 

Top 3 finalists (listed alphabetically)

  • Charlotte Leahy - medical secretary, Oldham neighbourhood mental health team
  • Dr Alison Wood - consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, community eating disorders service
  • Rachel Atkins - charge nurse, Woodbank unit, Stockport

Runners up

  • Donna Klyz - housekeeper, North ward

  • Julie Lomax - assistant team manager, community learning disability

  • Jenny Jones - Greater Manchester senior clinical lead for learning disabilities and health inequalities, learning disability care hub

  • Jane Power - data analyst manager, risk and compliance team

  • Leah Bradbury - domestic staff, Cedar ward

  • George Hayes - estates and facilities compliance manager, capital, estates and facilities team

Top 3 finalists (listed alphabetically)

  • Dr Adeola Akinola - consultant psychiatrist, North ward, Bury

  • Harriet Smith - transformation lead, rehab and high support 

  • Maddison Wood - CAMHS crisis team, Oldham

Runners up

  • Baba Babalola - deputy ward manager, North ward

  • Shawnelle Himsworth - Bury neighbourhood mental health team

  • Noreen Malik -  cognitive behavioural therapist / registered mental health nurse, NHS Bury Talking Therapies 

Top 3 finalists (listed alphabetically)

  • Carer support team - within Oldham early intervention team 
  • Dr Helen Kay - consultant psychiatrist, Bury mental health services
  • The culture of care programme - Arden, Aspen, Norbury and Oak wards

Runners up

  • The Oldham care hub 
  • Leander Nield - cognitive behavioural therapist, Bury mental health support team
  • Kate Thomason and the NHS Tameside and Glossop talking therapies team
  • Geoff Howard - operational manager, CAMHS
  • Enhanced therapeutic observations care team
  • Adele Terry - improvement practitioner, improvement team

Top 3 finalists (listed alphabetically)

  • Neurodiverse staff network 
  • Primary care assistant practitioners, learning disability care hub
  • Panita Chouhan - family ambassador, Greater Manchester CAMHS Lead Provider Collaborative

Runners up

  • Rebecca Battle - activity co-ordinator, North ward
  • Reuben Bainbridge - healthcare support worker, Woodbank unit, Stockport
  • Benjamin Shaw - consultant psychiatrist, Older people's mental health services, Stockport 
  • Harriet Smith - transformation lead, rehab and high support 
  • Ike Onyenaobia - student nursing associate, South ward
  • Rebecca Ratican and Laura Prince, North network

Top 3 finalists (listed alphabetically)

  • Clare Gaduzo - mental health liaison and home treatment team service manager, Stockport
  • Farah Savrat - clinical lead, south ward, Bury
  • Katy Fisher - head of patient safety and clinical effectiveness, patient safety team

Runners up

  • Vanessa Farrington - ward manager, Woodbank unit
  • Cheralyn Bratley - service manager, Hope unit
  • Mark Wood - operational manager, young people's mental health support team
  • Rebecca Beckford - service lead, Radcliffe place
  • Jo Taylor and Alison Kendall, transformation directors, strategic delivery hub
  • Dr Miranda Budd - associate network director, psychological therapies

Top 3 finalist (listed alphabetically)

  • Alexis Muller - admin, Stockport Talking Therapies
  • Charlotte Royales - education mental health practitioner, Oldham mental health support team
  • Heather Kennerk - ward clerk, Rosewood ward, Stockport

Runners up

  • Emma Lazenbury - occupational therapy assistant, Cedars ward 

  • Rachel Szita - carer champion, Oldham community mental health team

  • Maddie Wareing - peer support worker, Rochdale community learning disabilities te

  • Wes Partington and Liz Tucker - Pennine Care Charity

  • Paul Devaney - discharge co-ordinator, Stockport inpatient wards

  • Rachel Walsh - domestic staff, Beech ward

 

 

 

Top 3 finalists (listed alphabetically)

  • Ikechukwu Onyenaobia - apprentice student nursing associate
  • Rachel Price-Uden - social work apprentice, Stockport home treatment team
  • Vicki O'Brien - assistant practitioner, Bury adult community learning disability team

Runners up

  • Jennifer Shaw - employment advisor, Talking Therapies
  • Charlotte Wilcock - ward manager, Saxon ward
  • Rebecca Crosbie - education mental health practitioner, Bury mental health support tea
  • Katie Rhodes - senior education mental health practitioner, Oldham mental health support team
  • Danielle Lord - service manager, mental health urgent triage
  • Conor Gallogly - project manager, strategic delivery hub

Top 3 finalists (listed alphabetically)

  • The safeguarding team
  • #Thrive, child and adolescent mental health service, Rochdale borough 
  • Woodbank psychiatric intensive care unit, Stockport 

Runners up

  • Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale older people’s home intensive treatment team (HITS) 

  • Ramsbottom Ward, Bury

  • Oldham parent infant mental health service (PIMHS)

  • Rehabilitation and high support psychology 

  • Trust-wide health-based place of safety team 

  • Student nursing associate (SNA) education and workforce development team 

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