A dazzling night of celebration saw a whole host of healthcare professionals recognised for their compassion and dedication, from porters, physiotherapists and pharmacists to administrators, nurses and midwives.
Golden Stars 2024 took place on Friday 13 September.
Lisa Wilson, Mortuary Assistant at Grimsby Hospital, scooped the Healthcare Heroes Award – a category nominated for and chosen by patients – for the comfort and reassurance she gives to grieving families.
Meanwhile Dorothy Gilchrist, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, picked up the lifetime achievement award – in honour of her 31 years’ service to the hand therapy department at Hull.
16 awards in total were presented on Friday night at the Hilton Hotel in Hull with staff across Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) rewarded for their efforts over the last year.
There were two surprise awards on the night. Ellie Laughton and Gillian Downs, from Hull Outpatients, were praised by Group Chief Executive Jonathan Lofthouse for the kindness and compassion they showed to a patient recently widowed, with no close friends or family, on their birthday. Meanwhile Chairman Sean Lyons, presented his personal award to Rachael Hardcastle-Pearce, Lead for Voluntary Services at Hull, for her dedication to supporting volunteers.
Golden Stars was the first awards ceremony of NHS Humber Health Partnership – the group name for NLaG and HUTH.
The winners of Golden Stars 2024 are:
- Net Zero Hero – Pharmacy Zero30 Group, Hull Royal Infirmary
- Unsung Hero – Collins Afful, Respiratory Virtual Ward, Hull Royal Infirmary
- Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – Community Inclusion Nursing Team, Scunthorpe
- Excellence in Partnership Working Award – Anlaby Suite, Hull Royal Infirmary
- Excellence in Quality Improvement Award – Colorectal USC/FDS Pathway Project Group, Castle Hill Hospital
- Excellence in Research, Development and Innovation – Respiratory Clinical Trials Unit, Castle Hill Hospital
- Excellence in Patient Safety Award – Ward 23, Scunthorpe General Hospital
- Volunteer of the Year Award – Bill, Caroline & Lisa from Ward 31, Queen’s Centre, Castle Hill Hospital
- Inspirational Leader – Joanne Goode, Chief Pharmacist, Hull
- Rising Star Award – John Epie, Staff Nurse, Scunthorpe Stroke Unit
- Outstanding Support Team – HUTH Portering Service
- Outstanding Clinical Team – Bereavement Midwives, Hull Women and Children’s Hospital
- The Healthcare Heroes Award – Lisa Wilson, Mortuary Assistant, Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby
- Chief Executive’s Award – Ellie Laughton and Gillian Downs, Outpatients, Hull
- Chairman’s Award – Rachael Hardcastle-Pearce, Lead for Voluntary Services, HUTH
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Dorothy Gilchrist, Castle Hill Hospital
Golden Stars was sponsored by APCOA, Fisher Security, Resource Finder, ACA Architects, Knowles Fleet, Listers, Capsticks, Elior and T2.