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Announcing the shortlist for the
Advancing Healthcare Awards 2025
With over 300 entries this year, the shortlisting judges certainly had their work cut out. Thank you, judges,
for your time and hard work. We are delighted to announce here the 2025 shortlist which represents all
parts of the UK and a great spread across allied health professionals and healthcare scientists.
Shortlisted teams are invited to meet the judging
panels on 31 March, organised by Chamberlain
Dunn and hosted at the headquarters of the Royal
College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Rising Stars
The results will not be announced until the Awards
lunch on 23 May at the Royal Garden Hotel.
Jane Blackbourn
Echocardiographer, Royal United Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, Bath
Welsh Government’s award for
delivering multiprofessional
community care
Michela Clarke
Senior occupational therapist, Hertfordshire Partnership
University NHS Foundation Trust
The virtual value-based planned care for children and
young people with weight management difficulty
The Active Families Active Lives children and young people
weight management service, Cardiff and Vale University
Health Board
You are safer at home
Sarah Hamilton, community director, Safe at Home and
professional partners
The allied health professionals community rapid access
and admission prevention service model
Paula Cornelius, head of occupational therapy services,
Cwm Taff Morgannwg University Health Board
Living Well Service: a needs-led model
The Community Complex Conditions Service,
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
The award for outstanding achievement
by an apprentice, support worker or
non-registered technician in an AHP or
healthcare science service
Dania Granzotto
Healthcare science associate, specialising in ophthalmic
imaging, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation
Trust
Anna Szurlej
Occupational therapy recreational worker, Hertfordshire
Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Alison McCusker
Dysphagia NI project support officer, Public Health
Agency, Northern Ireland
Amit Nautiyal
Clinical scientist, University Hospital Southampton NHS
Foundation Trust
Aine Doherty
Radiographer, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Western Health
and Social Care Trust
Angelika Kopec
Biomedical scientist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for
Children NHS Foundation Trust
Aina Nisar
Clinical engineering healthcare scientist, Bradford
Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Rachel Ventom
Art therapist, Chroma
Sinziana Vrabie
Neurologic music therapist, Chroma
Gerta Bicaku
Associate practitioner, Immunology Department, Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Corey Davies
Clinical scientist, respiratory and sleep, and healthcare
science programme clinical lead, service transformation,
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Health
Education and Improvement Wales
Award for the best collaboration
across clinical, academia and industry
Supported by the Health Innovation Network
Revolutionising care at scale: the TRACHES Toolkit –
transforming outcomes and reducing costs through
NHS-industry partnership
Paul Twose, consultant therapist, critical care, Cardiff and
Vale University Health Board, and Grace Moore, patient
innovations manager, Institute of Clinical Science and
Technology
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