Congratulations to all those nominated as part of the first ever Caring for All Awards.
The judges have reviewed all the nominations, more than 500 in total, and are pleased to reveal the final shortlist.
| Award | Nominees | ||
| Rising Star (RWT) | Shane Kailla, Principal Pharmacist and Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Acute and Emergency Medicine) | Nokulunga Ncube, Staff Nurse (Cardiology) | Temiloluwa Ajakaiye, Adminstrative Support Officer and E-Rostering Advisor |
| Rising Star (WHT) | Shami Chikurunhe, Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health) | Dr Amir Ismail, Specialty Doctor – Emergency Department | Montana Davis-Hall, Clerical and Information Administrator |
| Caring For All (RWT) | Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team | Tissue Viability Specialist Team | Usha Sharma, Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse |
| Caring For All (WHT) | Andrea Devine, Staff Nurse (Emergency Department) | Preena Patel, Specialist Diabetes Podiatrist | Ward 29 (Medical Short Stay) |
| Inspiring Clinical Team (RWT) | Interventional Radiology Team | The Antimicrobial Stewardship Team | Division 2 Clinical Practice Education Facilitator Team |
| Inspiring Clinical Team (WHT) | Ward 10 (Trauma and Orthopaedic) | Emergency Department Middle Grade Team | Pre-Operative Team |
| Inspiring Clinical Colleague (RWT) | Rebecca Wilson-Wall, Clinical Nurse Specialist (Palliative Care) | Mark Turner, Audiology Manager (Diagnostic and Rehabilitation) | Laura Ponsford, Senior Sister (Community Ambulatory) |
| Inspiring Clinical Colleague (WHT) | Ms Sian Abbot, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon | Joanne Harber, Paediatric Sister (Paediatric Assessment Unit) | Melanie Jones, Senior Practice Education Facilitator (FORCE) |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Colleague (RWT) | Liam McCann, Pharmacy Clinical Informatics and ePMA Support Officer | Robert Smith, E-Rostering Manager (Human Resources) | Natalie Banton, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Service Administrator (Cardiology) |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Colleague (WHT) | Katie James, Rheumatology Secretary | Kim Skelding, Divisional General Manager (Surgery) | Joanne Barlow, Service Development Lead (Self Care Management Team and Information and Outreach Services) |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Team (RWT) | Organisational Development Team | Employee Staff Record (ESR) and Workforce Intelligence Team | Call Hub Team (Primary Care Network) |
| Inspiring Non-Clinical Team (WHT) | Integrated Community Equipment Service | Referral to Treatment (RTT) Validation Team | Employee Staff Record (ESR) and Workforce Intelligence Team |
| Research, Innovation and Improvement (RWT) | Research Delivery Team (Julie Edwards, Katherine Vassell, Lucy Lunn, Marie Green, Kay Hadlington) | Speech and Language Therapy Team | Trauma and Orthopaedic (Cannock Chase Hospital) |
| Research, Innovation and Improvement (WHT) | Ben Jones, Lead Clinical Research Practitioner (FORCE) | Dr Viktoria Eleftheriadou and Dr James Halpen, Dermatology Consultants | Health and Wellbeing Team |
| Royal Award – Patient Choice (RWT) | Ahmed Farrag, Consultant Gynaecologist | Lindsey Wilson and Emma Jones, Tissue Viability Nurses | Dr Praveen Kaudley, Consultant Haematologist |
| Sister Dora Award – Patient Choice (WHT) | Kaz Kaur, Macmillan Support Worker | Medical Same Day Emergency Care | Ward 25 (Delivery Suite) |
All those shortlisted have been contacted.
We look forward to revealing the winners at the awards ceremony on Friday 9 October 2026.
Staff, and the public, can follow live on our Facebook pages – The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust – for the announcements.