And the winners are...
Well done to all of our winners and our shortlisted finalists at The Stars Awards evening, you should all be very proud.
The winner of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award is... The Participation and Engagement Team for ensuring that our community, patients, and services users have their voices and concerns are heard.
Well done team
The finalists were:
Name | Division |
Clare Rose | Corporate division |
Community Inclusion Team (CIT) | Corporate division |
Nina Falade | Community Care division |
Participation and Engagement Team | Mental Health Care division |
Rachel Albrecht | Mental Health Care division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
Abdi Ahmed |
Claire Dutton |
Clare Rose |
Community Inclusion Team (CIT) |
Ed Kelly and Ann Taylor |
Karl Smith, Ann Taylor and Edward Kelly |
Kieran Armstrong |
Nina Kabaa-Jones |
Participation and Engagement Team |
Rachel Albrecht |
RECONNECT |
The winner of the Creativity and Innovation Award was…
St Helens Recovery Team for supporting our service users to use their strengths at their gardening group.
Well done to our Preceptorship Development Team for being highly commended.
Well done teams
The finalists were:
Name | Division |
Fern Ward | Mental Health Care division |
Preceptorship Development Team | Corporate division |
St Helens Recovery Team - Gardening group | Mental Health Care division |
UCOPE and Student Liaision Service | Mental Health Care division |
Unilink Project Team | Secure Care division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
Advanced Clinical Practitioners |
Astley Ward |
Eleanor Besant |
Fern Ward |
ICRAS Community Discharge Matron Team |
ICRAS - North Sefton (Zoe Skelton, Clare Boaler and Karen Ryder) |
ICRAS Transfer of Care Hub |
Joanne Rogers |
John Kilshaw |
Julie Spencer |
Kerry Roberts |
Life Rooms (Secure) |
Lisa Martin and Dave McNabb |
Liverpool School Health Team |
Lynne Morrison |
Mary Hargreaves |
Medicines Management Clinical Informatics Team |
Mersey Care Community PEF Team - Karen Deane and Lee Carruthers |
Neuromodulation Team |
Nicola Saadati |
Older Adults Community Hub - Halewood, Huyton, Whiston |
Paediatric Therapies Team |
Patient Safety |
Physical Activity Workers (PAW) |
Preceptorship Development Team |
Quality and Compliance Team/Business Intelligence Team |
Rebecca Ratcliffe |
Research and Evaluation Team |
Sandra Watkins, Alison Murphy and Wendy Porter |
Sefton Long COVID |
Silver Birch Hubs, Natalie Patterson |
Simon Craske |
Sophie Kenny |
St Helens Neurodevelopment Team |
St Helens Recovery Team - Gardening Group |
Street Triage Car Service |
The CYPMHS Programme of Change Leads (Dave Mulholland, Lisa Simpson and Trish Mattison) |
The Fibromyalgia Project Team - Michelle Cunneely, Paula Dixon, Emily Clarke, Joanne Lunt and Kate McGuire) |
The Life Rooms Mid Mersey Team |
Trusted Assessors |
UCOPE and Student Liaision Service |
Unilink Project Team - Julie Mealey, Project Manager, Jacob Henderson, Clinical Systems Administrator, Dragana Jovanoskia, Catering Team Manager, Emma Hyland, Dietitian, Neil McAdam, Clinical Service Manager (HSU), Kristen Humphreys, Ward Manager (on behalf of wards), Paul Thomas, Clinical Services Manager (MSU and LSU), Michele Anderton, Director of Security, Gill Elms, Deputy Director of Security, David Williams, Estates, Lee Harding - Desktop Support and Michele Vibrans, Patient Shop. |
Zoe Owen |
The winner of the Volunteer of the Year Award was our Hollins Park Chaplaincy Team for making a HUGE difference to the wellbeing of our patients and staff.
Well done to Joseph Jones for being highly commended for his work as a meet and greeter at Clock View Hospital.
The finalists were:.
Name | Division |
Hollins Park Chaplaincy Team | Mental Health Care division |
Joesph Jones | Corporate division |
Kelly Burrows | Corporate division |
Ken Long | Corporate division |
Steve Aird | Community Care division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
DD Gardening Volunteer at Hollins Park |
Hollins Park Chaplaincy Team |
Joseph Jones |
Kelly Burrows |
Ken Long |
Pippa Witter |
Steve Aird |
The Chaplaincy Team |
The winner of the Learner of the Year Award was Dhanya Pillai for her enthusiasm to learn and adapt after coming to Mersey Care from a different country. Dhanya has built up therapeutic relationships with both our staff and patients.
Well done Dhanya
The finalists were:
Name | Division |
Alison Aitken | Community Care division |
Dhanya Pillai | Secure Care division |
Dr Elizabeth Chamberlain | Mental Health Care division |
Erin Devlin | Corporate division |
Kim Matthews | Community Care division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
Alison Aitken |
Dhanya Pillai |
Dr Elizabeth Chamberline |
Emma Wilkinson |
Erin Devlin |
Fatima Sharif Ali |
Felicia Hodjii |
Gabriella Hall |
Hannah Wilson |
Katy Reeve |
Kim Matthews |
Kimberley Cawley |
Lesley Mooney |
Leticia Bernal |
Lucie Devine-Penman |
Marie Pickervance |
MCAS Knowsley |
Michael Turner |
Paige Anderton |
Paul Bousique-Green |
Samantha Hemans |
Shruti Joshi |
Stephanie Hewitt |
Tasmin Denny |
Vicky Harris |
The winner of Just and Learning Culture Award was the Musculoskeletal Team for demonstrating their positivity, teamwork, and willingness to embrace the Just and Learning Culture.
Well done team
Finalists were:
Name | Division |
Julie Spencer | Community Care division |
Musculoskeletal Team | Community Care division |
Paula Orme | Community Care division |
St Helens Community Podiatry Service | Community Care division |
Yasmin Majeed | Corporate division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
Julie Spencer |
Kat Silcock |
MSK Team |
Paula Orme |
Sefton Place Leadership |
St Helens Community Podiatry Service |
Yasmin Majeed |
The winner of Health and Wellbeing Award went to The School Health Team for raising awareness of potential threats and dangers, in a fun and interactive way to our young people.
Well done team.
Finalists were:
Name | Division |
Bootle Green District Nursing Team | Community Care division |
Inayah Robinson-Greenidge | Corporate division |
Muscular Skeletal Assessment Service Knowsley | Community Care division |
School Health Team | Community Care division |
Specialist Perinatal Service | Community Care division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
Adele Doyle |
Amy Poole |
Bootle Green District Nursing Team |
Churchtown District Nursing Team |
Erica Daly and Riverside District Nursing Team |
Inayah Robinson-Greenidge |
Jennifer Gavin |
Laura Clark |
Leah Jones |
MCAS Knowsley |
School Health 5-19 Service |
School Health Team |
Specialist Perinatal Service (Physical Health and Wellbeing QI group) |
Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) |
The winner of Team Health and Performance Award went to Blake Ward, for continually demonstrating their commitment to providing the highest standard of care to some of the most complex and unwell patients.
Well done team.
The Finalists were:
Name | Division |
Blake Ward | Secure Care division |
Childrens Community Bladder and Bowel Service | Community Care division |
Early Supported Discharge Team | Community Care division |
Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team | Secure Care division |
Knowsley Childrens Community Nursing Team | Community Care division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
Alt Ward |
Blake Ward |
Care Home Liaison Team Warrington |
Childrens Community Bladder and Bowel Service |
Churchtown District Nurse Team |
Community Nursey Nurse - Central Team 6 |
District Nurses Knowsley Teams |
Dr Rath and Corric |
Early Supported Discharge Team |
EPRR Team |
Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team |
Homelessness Outreach Team |
Knowsley Childrens Community Nursing Team |
Liverpool Community Phlebotomy Service |
Liverpool Wheelchair Service |
Longmoor House |
Michael Allcock and Knowsley Children in Care Team |
Newton and Slaidburn/H Rosendale, G Clegg, P Searle |
Preceptorship Development Team |
Rapid Response Team |
School Health Team |
Southport Health Visitor Team (Hampton and Hoghton) |
Warrington MHST |
The winner of Excellence in Leadership Award was Sarah Pilling for demonstrating courage , passion, confidence, commitment, ambition and for nurturing the strengths of other managers.
Well done Sarah
The finalists were:
Name | Division |
Gareth Jensen | Community Care division |
Lucy Howarth | Community Care division |
Owen Winsland | Mental Health Care division |
Peter Styzaker (RNMH) | Community Care division |
Sarah Pilling | Secure Care division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
Aimee Topping |
Alexandra Close |
Amelia Woodhouse |
Andrew Hull |
Ashley Freeman |
Becky Shaw |
Charlotte Jewell |
Cheryl Parr |
Claire Gibbsons |
Clare Grierson |
Danielle Thompson |
Donna Clark |
Dr Ruth O'Shaughnessey |
Elaine McLean |
Elisha Marsden |
Emma Heeley |
Gabriella Hall |
Gabrielle Archer |
Gareth Jensen |
Graham Donaldson |
ICRAS Community Discharge Matron Team |
Jade Foran |
Jennifer Gavin |
Jennifer Hesketh |
Joanna Worswick |
Julia Musker |
Julie Spencer |
Justine Maher |
Karen Robinson/Karen Ryder |
Kate Massey |
Kayte Bond |
Kelly Palethorpe |
Kim Catton |
Kirsty Jones |
Knowsley Looked After Childrens Team |
Laura Moore |
Linda Seerey |
Lisa Kenwright |
Lisa Weston |
Liza Alexandra and Natalie Briggs |
Lucy Howarth |
Lynn Schinkel |
Maria Kelly |
Melaine Harrison |
Michael Turner |
Nicola Byrne |
Nikki Willinski |
Nisha Jose |
Owen Wisland |
Paula Leatherbarrow |
Peter Styzaker (RNMH) |
Rebecca Denson |
Ruth O'Shaughnessy |
Sarah Herlihy |
Sarah Pilling |
Scott Westwood |
Sharon Burke |
St Helens and Knowsley CYP Team Managers |
Trusted Assessors |
Warrington SLT |
The winner of the Research Achievement Award was Oladayo Bifarin, for increasing the visibility of research and innovation as an integral part of our clinical workforce development and also in patient outcomes.
Well done Oladayo
The winner of Your Choice Award is… was Nicola Maddock who recently had a significant role in the planning, co-ordination and delivery of specialist palliative care for a very brave 23 year old patient and her family.
Well done Nicola
The finalists were:
Name | Division |
Albert Ward | Mental Health Care division |
Carer Engagement Team | Corporate division |
Liverpool Community Equiptment Service | Community Care division |
Nicola Maddock | Community Care division |
Side-by-side complex needs | Corporate division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award
Albert Ward |
Amy Harvey |
Ann Brunskill |
Barry Eccles |
Benedict Brown |
Carer Engagement Team |
Catering Team Rowan View |
Cheryl Taylor |
Cheshire and Mersey Specialist Perinatal Service |
Childrens Community Bladder and Bowel Service |
Childrens Community Nursing Knowsley |
Elaine Raynard |
Emma Welsby |
Halton Mental Health Support Team in Schools |
Hayley Phennah |
ICRAS |
ICRAS and Longmoor Admin Team |
Jade Corbridge |
James Scholey |
Jessica Edwards |
Jo-Anne Nash and team |
John Ludden |
Joy Cropper |
Katie Nicholls |
Knowsley Children's Looked After Service |
Leon Farley |
Liverpool Community Equiptment Service |
Liverpool Long COVID Service |
LLAMS Halton |
Louise Houghton |
Marie Ventre |
Samantha Hewitt, Medicines Management Team |
Melissa Holt |
Michelle Bilsbarrow |
Newton Ward |
Nicola Ashes |
Nicola Maddock |
Nikki Corns |
Peer Support Workers in Silver Birch Hubs, Maternal Mental Health Service |
Peter Boden |
Phillip Harris |
Phlebotomy |
Rebecca Mann |
Samantha Guest |
Scott Parker |
Shona Brennan |
Side-by-side complex needs - project team |
Stephanie Troughear |
Strategic Programmes and Development |
Tawfix Elhaj-Houssen |
The Vauxhall District Nursing Team |
Tracy Collard |
Transfer of Care Hub |
Wesman Baker |
The winner of the Quality Award was Southport Older Adult Community Mental Health Team for upskilling their staff, identifying training opportunities and for reducing their waiting times.
Well done to the Patient Safety Team for being highly commended
Finalists were:
Name | Division |
Paediatric Therapies | Community Care division |
Patient Safety | Corporate division |
Rydal Ward | Mental Health Care division |
Silver Birch Hubs | Community Care division |
Southport Older Adult Community Mental Health Team | Mental Health Care division |
Below are a list of all those nominated for this award.
Amanda Evans |
Amanda Martin |
Astley Ward |
Bladder and Bowel Team |
Business Support Team |
Catherine Lovejoy |
Childrens Community Bladder and Bowel Service |
Chloe Webb |
Chris McHale |
City Complex Lives Intergrated Care Team via Katy Wafer |
Continuing Healthcare Team |
Eden Ward, Rowan View |
Eleanor Besant |
Estates Planning Team |
Gaynor Chisnall and Knowsley and St Helens Immunisation Teams |
Halton Mental Health Support Team in Schools |
ICRAS |
ICRAS Clinical Coordinators |
ICRAS Community Discharge Matron Team |
ICRAS Coordination Team |
Intravenous Therapy Team |
Joanne Williams |
Jukanti Raju |
Knowsley MHST |
Knowsley Unscheduled Care Admin (SPOA) team |
Knowsley Wheelchair Service |
Liverpool Children and Young Peoples Services |
Mary Hargreaves |
Matron Group HSS |
MCAS Knowsley |
Melanie Harrison and St Helens Neurodevelopment Pathway Team |
Mental Health Liaison Team |
Nicola McNulty |
Okey Ibuza |
Older Adults Community Hub St Helens |
Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team - Knowsley |
Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team - St Helens |
Paediatric Therapies |
Paediatric Therapy Team |
Patient Safety |
Rachel Farrell |
Rachel Shan |
Rathbone and Hollins Park Low Secure Teams |
Research and Evaluation Team |
Rydal Ward |
Sharon Burke |
Sharon Taylor-Jessop |
Silver Birch Hubs, Maternal Mental Health Service |
Single Point of Access - Knowsley |
Southport Older Adults Community Mental Health Team |
Specialist Perinatal Service - Knowsley, St Helens, Warrington and Halton |
St Helens and Knowsley CYP Team Managers |
St Helens Neurodevelopment Pathway Teams |
St Helens Neurodevelopment Pathway |
St Helens Neurodevelopment Pathway (0-19) |
St Helens Primary Care Service |
Step Forward Mental Health Leads and Assessment Practitioners |
Tracey Collard |
Walk-in Centres/Urgent Treatment Centres |
Yasmin Majeed |
Zoe Mulholland |
The winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award was Margaret Fillingham, for many years has been the heart and soul of the team in Iris and Taylor Ward. Margaret always goes above and beyond to provide support to her team and patients.
Well done Margaret
Name | Division | Reason for nomination |
Ann San, Community Matron | Community Care Division | Ann is an exceptional woman whose first foray into Nursing came at the age of 29 where she left a job in Littlewoods to follow in the footsteps of a long line of nurses in her family. After working in Intensive Care, then a long spell working as a manager on a surgical unit, she came to work as a Community Nurse. Anne was one of the first Community Matrons that started in 2005 – this was a pioneering job that was engineered to effectively case manage patients with Long Term Conditions, helping them to better manage their care at home and prevent unnecessary admissions. Ann excelled in this, her fantastic people skills built up tremendous relationships with Primary Care, Secondary Care, Community Care and most importantly her patients and their families who have without exception, always valued and adored her. She has done this role for almost 2 decades, and as well as providing the vital support, care and devotion to her patients and their carers, has also been a massive support to her colleagues. Ann became a Staff Governor during the pandemic, after what she described as 'seeing first hand the effect of the Pandemic on colleagues. Experienced nurses…cracking under the strain….or leaving due to the stress… they felt vulnerable and scared.’ Ann wanted to be their 'voice’ and boy what a voice she was! Never too shy to avoid awkward questions or situations…she would always be there no matter what! Having a 'gut instinct' and desire to fix what wasn't right has always been Ann's forte and we all need a friend like that! And during all this, Ann was going through her heartbreaking trauma at home caring and supporting her beautiful daughter, Jen who sadly died aged 41 after battling breast cancer for five years. Jen, like Ann, was a warrior who fought til the end. She had been brought up to always help others, and was a child protection social work manager. Ann has always said that to support patients and families was one of the greatest honours and privileges and has paid tribute to the amazing care and support her late daughter received. I think it is only fitting that we say a massive thank you to this exceptional nurse, whom I am so proud to know, who has just retired from our Trust last week. Donna Wilk Cardillo famously said that, 'Nurses are the heart of healthcare.' I would say that Ann has always been the heart, providing care, comfort and compassion but she has also been the backbone at times, supporting those around her and giving the right structure and support to her team, her patients and their carers. Thank you Ann for everything. You will be sorely missed love!. xxxx |
Elaine McCormick, Operational Service Manager | Community Care Division | Elaine commenced her NHS career on the 2nd February 1983 as an auxillary nurse on a care of the elderly ward at the Royal. She spent the first 22 years of her career working in secondary care, before making the move into community services, and as she says "the rest is history". Elaine took opportunity to undertake her nurse training in 2005, subsequently completing her SPQ and becoming a District Nurse Team Lead, and latterly moving into an Operational role. Elaine is kind, compassionate and caring, she supports the teams that she leads, keeping patient safety and staff wellbeing her upmost priority. Elaine is reactive and flexible to the priorities and needs of the service, this was evidenced in reason years where she was on the cusp of submitting her retirement paperwork, only to feel compelled to support the CHC team in their post covid recovery. This work made ELaine realise that she was not quite ready for retirment and saw her move into the sefton place portfolio, where she currently works in an operational role in community nursing. Elaine has been welcoming and supportive to new members of the senior leadership team, sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience to induct new operational members. She is a joy to around, she is alwyas smiling, she promotes a positive inclusive work environment, living by the Mersey Care values whilst cracking jokes about the infamous amount of hairspray she uses on her bob. Having lived experience, Elaine recognises the challenges that our category A nursing servies are under, and even more so with the changes in our population health. She works dynamically and has been instrumental in creating unity between the north and south sefton localities enabling flexibility across the footprint to ensure the delivery of the right care by the right person in the right place to pur patients. Elaine is deserving of this recognition of the 40 years of dedication she has given to both the NHS and the liverpool and sefton localities. She is a much valued member of the senior leadership team, who positivly contributes towards the leaership and development of our community nursing services. |
Irene Harris, Chaplaincy Team Volunteer | Mental Health Care Division |
I would like to nominate Irene Harris for a lifetime achievement award as she has worked selflessly and tirelessly in a voluntary capacity for the NHS for over forty years; showing dedication far beyond the expectation of a volunteer role! She has overcome many hurdles in her own life not letting these stop her committment to improve the lives of our service users by, amongst other things, improving,influencing and helping to shape services for the better, to how they are today. She has bore faithful witness to the volunteer's vital contribution to excellent healthcare delivery. Irene has also been a trustee both in .........................and currently holds that role today, not letting age or ill health get in the way of pursuing her passion to get the patients voice heard and improve the lives of the people she holds so close to her heart. |
Jane Laverty, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (Early Intervention Team Liverpool) | Mental Health Care Division | Jane has worked for the NHS for over 40 years as a general nurse and a mental health nurse. She has spent the last 6 years of her time working as a CBT therapist in the Early Intervention Team. As part of this role Jane has lead the team's understanding psychosis group on a number of occasions helping service users link in with other service users and using a CBT framework offer information advice and hope about a future with psychosis. Jane has also singlehandedly set up and ran a monthly peer support group for a year now with current and past service users being involved in meeting together and spending time thinking about their experiences of psychosis and choosing subjects to focus on each month together in terms of maintaining recovery and helping each other. Jane's commitment to the service is unwavering to the point she has passed retirement age and carried on. She has now finally made the decision to "go part time" (retire and come back 2 days a week). I'm sure her caseload will reduce however I bet she continues to be involved in as much as she can fit into those two days. Jane is well respected by everyone she meets - staff and service users alike. She has a fabulous sense of humour that she uses to ease stress on her colleagues but also a kind and caring nature second to none. She always has time for anyone who needs it and has been a valuable member of the team for many years. What do you write? Anecdotes - we all dread the bi yearly 30 mile walk from Jane's house to Southport pier, but it has become a bit of a tradition raising thousands of pounds for charity. Her dry sense of humour and wit are loved by everyone, her love of Liverpool Football Club sadly lets her down a bit, surrounded by 'bitter blue's' in the EIT CBT team she proudly stands alone. Jane is an invaluable member of the team. I'm gad she has decided to go part time and not retire... She's the type of person you need to be phased away from slowly! I'm nominating Jane as I believe she deserves recognition for all of her hard work that she has given to the NHS, and I'm sure they are many staff members in Merseycare who would agree. |
Margaret Fillingham, Team Secretary | Mental Health Care Division | Margaret Fillingham is an exceptional candidate for a lifetime achievement award, embodying the true spirit of dedication, compassion, and resilience. Her unwavering commitment to Iris and Taylor Ward has been the heart and soul of the team for many years. As an outstanding member of the team, she consistently goes above and beyond to provide unwavering support and mentorship to her colleagues, patients, and anyone in need. One of the key reasons Margaret deserves this nomination is her immense impact on countless lives. Her selflessness and willingness to lend a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on have been a source of comfort and strength for everyone she interacts with. As a mentor, she has guided and inspired numerous individuals, nurturing their personal and professional growth and leaving an indelible mark on their lives. Even after her retirement, the void Margaret left was deeply felt by her colleagues and patients. However, her return on a part-time contract brought immense joy and relief to the entire team. Her commitment to the well-being of others surpasses any challenges she faced, including her courageous battle with cancer. Despite her own health struggles, she continues to come to work, proving to be a true warrior, and offering unwavering emotional support to those around her. Margaret's dedication to the Iris Ward and her unwavering support to everyone she encounters truly make her a beacon of inspiration and an embodiment of the lifetime achievement award's criteria. Her legacy of kindness, mentorship, and resilience has left an indelible impact on the lives of many, making her an exceptional and deserving nominee for this prestigious recognition. |
The winner of the Employee of the Year Award was Kelley Hayde Each month we have an Employee of the Month Award and Kelley has won this overall for the year.
Well done Kelley
Name | Division |
Ashlie O'Connor | Mental Health Care division |
Kirsty Love | Community Care division |
Kate Sanders | Mental Health Care division |
Lisa Burrows | Community Care division |
Kelley Hayde | Corporate division |
Ryan Lillie | Mental Health Care division |
Kayte Bond | Mental Health Care division |
Hayley Curran | Mental Health Care division |
Michael Holloway | Secure Care division |
Aisha Mirza | Secure Care division |
Gemma Hamlett | Community Care division |
The winner of the Team of the Year was Cheshire Liaison and Diversion Service
Each month we have a Team of the Month Award and our Cheshire Liaison and Diversion Team have won this overall for the year.
Well done team
The finalists were:
Name |
Division |
Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Team | Mental Health Care division |
Dickens Ward | Secure Care division |
Astley Ward | Secure Care division |
Quality and Compliance Team (CQC) | Corporate division |
Coniston Ward | Mental Health Care division |
Integrated Community and Equiptment Services (ICES) | Community Care division |
Green Ward 1 | Community Care division |
Cheshire and Merseyside Resilience Hub | Corporate division |
Walton District Nursing Team | Community Care division |
Cheshire Liaison and Diversion Service | Mental Health Care division |
Maghull District Nurses | Community Care division |
CAMHS Response Team | Community Care division |