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More than 300 members of #TeamUHDB gathered together for a night of celebration at Burton’s Pirelli Stadium on 20 September 2019 for the first annual UHDB Making a Difference Awards. 

Watch our glamourous awards ceremony on the right >

The evening celebrated the outstanding achievements of individuals and teams from the Trust who have gone above and beyond to either directly or indirectly provide exceptional care to our patients.

The glitzy ceremony, hosted by ITV weatherman Des Coleman, saw nominees for 14 awards come together to celebrate in what was a night to remember. 

See below to find out more about the categories, watch videos of all the shortlisted nominees and find out who won.

Openness Award

Alison Bell

WINNER

Alison Bell
Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, all UHDB sites

Shortlisted Nominees

Laura Cox Laura Cox
QHB
Openness Award
Alison Bell Alison Bell
QHB
Openness Award
Charlotte Malcolm Charlotte Malcolm
Emergency Department
RDH

Charity Project of the Year Award

Karen Bussooa

WINNER

Karen Bussooa and the End of Life Care Team, Healing Garden, RDH

Shortlisted Nominees

Helen Herring Helen Herring
ICU Garden
RDH
Macmillan Improvement Team

Macmillan Improvement Team
Various Projects
RHD

Karen Bussooa Karen Bussooa
Healing Garden
End of Life Care, RDH

Education & Training Award

Simon Gibson and Team

WINNER

Professional and Practice Development Team, All five sites

Shortlisted Nominees

Paediatrics

Paediatric Diabetes Team
Derbyshire Children's Hospital
RDH

Clinical Education Clinical Education
Operating Theatres
RDH
Tissue Viability Tissue Viablility Team
All UHDB sites
Simon Gibson Simon Gibson and The Profesional and Practice Development Team
All UHDB sites

Chair’s Team of the Year Award

Derbyshire Pathology

WINNER

Derbyshire Pathology, multiple sites

Shortlisted Nominees

End Of Life Care team End of Life Care Team
All UHDB sites
Derbyshire Pathology Derbyshire Pathology
Multiple Sites
Robot team

Urology Robotic Surgery Team
RDH

IPC team

Infection Prevention and Control Team
All UHDB sites

Fundraiser of the Year Award

Team Urology

WINNER

Team Urology, RDH

Shortlisted Nominees
Kate Webster Kate Webster
Junior Sister
RDH
Vicky Bradley Vicky Bradley, Claire Stanford and Heather Wheeler
Various Projects
Ward 14, QHB
Team Urology

Team Urology
RDH

Behind the Scenes Award

Joe Sim

WINNER

Joe Sim, Energy Monitor, Facilities Management, RDH

Shortlisted nominees
  Vickie Dalby Vickie Dalby
Medical Workforce Co-ordinator
QHB
Joe Sim Joe Sim
Facilities Management
RDH and LRCH
Imaging Trackers Lucy Rogers and Nhi Lac
Imaging Trackers
RDH

Community Hospital Team of the Year Award

Endoscopy team

WINNER

Endoscopy Team, SRP

Maternity team Maternity
SRP
ImpACT+ team ImpACT+
LRCH
 
Endoscopy team Endoscopy Team
SRP

Compassion Award

Dr Kirsty Williams

WINNER

Dr Kirsty Williams, Chartered Clinical

Sonia Greenwood Sonia Greenwood
Respiratory
RDH
Kirsty Williams Dr Kirsty Williams
Oncology and Palliative Care Medicine
RDH
Tanisha North Tanisha North
Emergency Department
QHB

Excellence Award

Amanda Rowley

WINNER

Amanda Rowley, Senior Sister, Philip Ward, SRP

Jess Docksey Jess Docksey
Lung Cancer Team
QHB
Emma Wilmot Dr Emma Wilmot
Diabetes Team
RDH
Amanda Rowley Amanda Rowley
Philip Ward
SRP

Inclusion Award

Pulvertaft Hand unit team

WINNER

Vicky Lucas and the CBT team from Pulvertaft Hand Unit, RDH

Trevor Hickling Trevor Hickling and Vincent Keep
Capital Projects Team, Facilities
QHB
CBT team Vicky Lucas and the CBT Team
Pulvertaft Hand Unit
RDH

Research & Innovation Award

Marcus Bateman

WINNER

Marcus Bateman, Consultant Physiotherapist, RDH & LRCH

Shortlisted nominees
Emma Salt Dr Emma Salt
Consultant Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
QHB
Ben Smith

Ben Smith
Physiotherapy Deparmtent
LRCH

Marcus Bateman Marcus Bateman
Consultant Physiotherapist, Derby Shoulder Unit
LRCH and RDH

UHDB Star of the Year Award

Bed Management Team from QHB

WINNER

Bed Management Team from QHB

Patient Hero Award

Jayne Fuller

WINNER

Jayne Fuller, Midwife, QHB

Chief Executive Award

Hollie Shields

WINNER

Hollie Shields, SJCH

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