Making a Difference Awards 2025
Nominations are now closed for the Patient Hero Award for the 2025 Annual Making a Difference Awards, funded by Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity.
Every day, our colleagues work hard to provide exceptional care to more than one million people across Derbyshire and Staffordshire, and now you can recognise those who have had a positive impact on you or a loved one by nominating them a Patient Hero Award.
The award recognises individuals or teams who deliver exceptional care and delivered improvements to benefit our patients. Thank you to all those who have submitted nominations.
If you require any more information, please contact uhdb.employeeawards@nhs.net
Shortlist 2025
Behind the Scenes Hero Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Andy Muggleton, Trustwide
- EPR Programme team, Trustwide
- Intelligent Automation team, Trustwide
- James Howe, Royal Derby Hospital
Education and Learning Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Apprenticeships Careers and Events team, Trustwide
- Candy Collyer, Queen's Hospital Burton
- Dayana El Nsouli, Royal Derby Hospital
- Dr Aklak Choudhury, Trustwide
Patient Hero Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Home Haemodialysis team, Royal Derby Hospital
- Joanne York and Clare Crampton, Royal Derby Hospital
- Secondary Breast Cancer Support Group, Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton
- Vikki Shanks and Jade Taylor, Trustwide
People Experience Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Amy Reaney, Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital
- Ellie Gompertz, Royal Derby Hospital
- HR Analytics, Trustwide
- Ward 209, Royal Derby Hospital
Value and Sustainability Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Catering team, Queen's Hospital Burton, Sir Robert Peel, Samuel Johnson and Florence Nightingale Community Hospitals
- Courier Services, Trustwide
- Nitrous Oxide Reduction Multidisciplinary team, Trustwide
- Natasha Lucas, Royal Derby Hospital
Quality and Safety Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Emergency Department Pharmacy Project team, Royal Derby Hospital
- Emma Ramsey, Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton
- Pulvertaft Hand Therapy team, Royal Derby Hospital
- Transnasal Endoscopy team, Queen's Hospital Burton, Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital and Royal Derby Hospital
Research and Innovation Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Anticoagulation team, Trustwide
- Dr Ben Smith, Trustwide
- S.P.A.R.K. team, Royal Derby Hospital
- Sam Hussain, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital and Royal Derby Hospital
Communities and Partnerships Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Cardiometabolic Service team, Royal Derby Hospital
- CT Imaging Management team, Trustwide
- Dr Ruth Aldridge, Trustwide
- Orthopaedic Assessment Unit, Royal Derby Hospital
Championing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for our People and Communities Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Chris Upton, Trustwide
- Dr Anna Selby, Royal Derby Hospital
- Jorden Gerring, Trustwide
- South Derbyshire Bowel Cancer Screening team, Trustwide
Chair's Team of the Year Award
Shortlisted nominees
- Antimicrobial Stewardship team, Trustwide
- Cardiology Virtual Ward, Royal Derby Hospital
- Derby Parkinson's team, Royal Derby Hospital, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton
- UHDB Paediatric Diabetes Service, Trustwide
The type of information collected
For the awards we process the following information:
- Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details).
- Information relating to the care you, or someone close to you received at UHDB.
It is helpful to know who, when and where the nomination relates to, so that we can identify the area or staff member who is being nominated. However, if you prefer, you can make an anonymous entry.
How we get your personal information and why we have it
The information we process is provided to us directly by you to enable us to nominate our staff for a Patient Hero Award.
We share information that you have given with staff at UHDB who provided your care, in addition to our Communications team, to nominate them to receive an award at UHDB. We may share this information internally with staff at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, and share externally on our website and social media to celebrate the winner and shortlisted staff for the awards.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information is:
- Legitimate interests.
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored on Trust systems.
We keep the information you have provided up until our Making a Difference Awards have been presented (September 2025). All the information you have provided will then be deleted from our systems.
Contacting us and further information
If you have any questions about how information is used for the awards please contact us at uhdb.employeeawards@nhs.net. Further information on privacy at UHDB, and how we keep your data safe > is available on our website.
