Our Winners

A massive congratulations to our 2023 Staff Excellence Awards Winners! Our full list of winnners can be seen below, with our finalists and additional information at the bottom of the page. 

NSFT Staff Excellence Awards ceremony 16 November at Trinity Park

Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a member of NSFT for an award and help make this celebration of our staff, service users and volunteers possible. 

Positive Impact Award (for service users, carers and volunteers)  

  • Jennifer Manson, Volunteer, Great Yarmouth and Waveney 

Haley Gosling Award  

  • John-Paul Gartland, Peer Support Worker, Secure Services Forensic Community Teams 

Working Together Award  

  • Ipswich IDT Adult, East Suffolk 

Spotlight Award  

  • Alison Gamble, Financial Services Officer 

Star of the Year

  • David Brown

Joy in Work Award

  • Lucia Hanning-Heskett, Clinical Team Lead Suffolk Forensic Community Mental Health Team, Secure Services 

Inspiration Award  

  • Dr Yasir Hameed, Consultant Psychiatrist, Older People Community Team-Julian Hospital,  The SHIFA clinic (NSFT’s asylum seekers and refugees assessment service) - REST hub in Norwich 

People's Choice Award  

  • Dr Shamim Ruhi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Willow Ward, Ipswich

Encouraging Participation Award  

  • The NSFT Pride Committee 

Special Recognition Awards

  • Carl Coughlin
  • Jodie Millard

Our Finalists

We are thrilled to share that our finalists for the Staff Excellence Awards 2023 have been selected for eight of the award categories as follows:  

Encouraging Participation Award  

  • Al Bailey, Senior Nurse, Norfolk and Waveney CFYP
  • Ivan Codling, Clinical Team Leader, Norwich and North Norfolk
  • The NSFT Pride Committee 

Haley Gosling Award  

  • Carl Coughlin, KUF Lived Experience Trainer, Education and Development 
  • Early Intervention Team (Norwich North and South), Specialist Services
  • John-Paul Gartland, Peer Support Worker, Secure Services Forensic Community Teams 

Inspiration Award  

  • Emma Ellis, Community Team Leader, YAMHS (Youth and Adolescence Mental Health Service) 
  • GY&W Access and Assessment Team 
  • Dr Yasir Hameed, Consultant Psychiatrist, Older People Community Team-Julian Hospital,  The SHIFA clinic (NSFT’s asylum seekers and refugees assessment service) - REST hub in Norwich 

Joy in Work Award

  • Genevieve Tompkins-King, RMN, East Suffolk 
  • Immaculate Chemarum, RMN, NSFT Abbeygate Ward MHN 
  • Jodie Millard, Staff Wellbeing Coordinator 
  • Lucia Hanning-Heskett, Clinical Team Lead Suffolk Forensic Community Mental Health Team, Secure Services 

People's Choice Award  

  • Jordan Twomey, Clinical Support Worker, Kingfisher Mother and Baby Unit, Hellesdon  
  • Poppy Ward (Male Acute Mental Health Ward), Woodlands, Ipswich  
  • Dr Shamim Ruhi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Willow Ward, Ipswich

Positive Impact Award (for service users, carers and volunteers)  

  • Jennifer Manson, Volunteer, Great Yarmouth and Waveney 
  • Particip8 (Suffolk CFYP Participation Group) 
  • Raymond Tunmer, Volunteer, Early Intervention Team 

Spotlight Award  

  • Alison Gamble, Financial Services Officer 
  • Wayne Ward, Armed Forces and Veterans Practitioner  
  • Laura Cox, AP/Green Light Champion 

Working Together Award  

  • CATAT (CAMHs Alternative To Admission Team) 
  • Ipswich IDT Adult, East Suffolk 
  • Mental Health Joint Response Car Team, North Norfolk and Norwich 

Star of the Year

  • December winners  
    • David Brown, Intensive Support Team, Walker Close, Ipswich 
    • Halimah Jones, Recruitment Team 
    • Dr Neil Ashford, North Central Older Persons Team, Sophie Centre 
    • Nicola Bushell, Yare Ward, Hellesdon 
    • Tracey Jackson, Volunteer, Trust Induction 
  • January winner - Devan Green, Yare Ward, Hellesdon 
  • February winner - Jackie Nazar, Facilities, Kestrel House, Hellesdon 
  • March winner - Michelle Andrews, West Suffolk Learning Disability & Autism Team 
  • April winner - Karen Bedwell, East Suffolk Adult Eating Disorders Team 
  • May winner - Kellie Brown, Training and Education Team 
  • June winner - Januario Jalo, Yare Ward 
  • July winner - Claire Carrington, Management Support Administrator, Walker Close, Coastal IDT Suffolk  
  • August winner - Romel Vera, Children’s ADHD Team, East & West Suffolk CFYP 
  • September winner – Marion McNair, Coastal IDT, Resource Centre, Walker Close, East Suffolk 

Learn more about the awards

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), which provides specialist mental health and learning disability services across the two counties, has this week opened nominations for its People’s Choice Award as part of its 2023 Staff Excellence Awards. The Trust is keen to hear from patients, service users, carers, families and members of our local community who wish to nominate a team or individual from NSFT who they feel deserves special recognition for delivering exceptional care.

NSFT Chief Executive Stuart Richardson said: “Patients and service users tell us on a regular basis how much they appreciate the care and support they have received, and our People’s Choice Award is an opportunity for people who have used or experienced our services to recognise the staff who have made a difference to their lives.”

“We have worked as a team to improve our services for all those who need us and while we recognise there is still a lot of work ahead, I am proud of our caring and compassionate staff. Every day they touch the lives of thousands of people across Norfolk and Suffolk, providing care and treatment and supporting people’s recovery, while focusing on what they can do to continuously improve.”

Nearly 90,000 people access services from NSFT and its 5,000 staff every single year. 

Teams provide care for a range of different and complex mental health illnesses from many different locations across Norfolk and Suffolk, including GP surgeries, in people’s own homes, in specialist mental health hospitals and with partners such as the East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) in dedicated 999 emergency response cars.

Nominations can be made until 6 September 2023.

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