YOUR 2024 SHORTLIST!

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The 16 National B.A.M.E Health & Care Award 2024 shortlist by categories. Click each category to view: 

Ally of the Year

Ally of the Year

Helen Campbell National NHS Muslim Network
Joan Pons Laplana NHS England
Jon Hoeksma Digital Health
Karen Mechen Hull University Teaching Hospital
Kristine Canal BSoL
Tracey Robson Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
BAME Midwife of the Year

BAME Midwife of the Year

Hildah Matiashe Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Jenise Jarvis NHS 
Tanwa Ogbara NHS
Tosin Biobaku NHS
B.A.M.E Nurse of the Year

B.A.M.E Nurse of the Year

 

Felicia Kwaku Kings College Hospital NHS Trust
Jane Sanjeevi Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Jaypee Palis East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Joan Pons Laplana NHS England
Lovelyn Ndubuisi-Okoroezi United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Maria Sagucio Northampton General Hospital
Robert Joseph Yusay Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Somboli Lubwika Royal Marsden NHS Trust
Toby (Enoch) Marandure Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Clinician of the Year

This clinician is working at any level and in any service who:

(a) Puts the patient at the centre of their practice;

(b) Has demonstrated expertise in understanding and addressing health inequalities;

(c) Has developed clinical services, which meet the needs of people from B.A.M.E communities.

 

 

 

 

 

Jasmine Leonce Lister Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Joan Pons Laplana NHS England
Kumbi Kariwo Birmingham Community Health Care FT
Nazish Hashmi LYPFT Perinatal Mental Health Service
Shamira Ghouse West Herts Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Tipswalo Day Hywel Dda University Health Board, NHS Wales
Compassionate and Inclusive Leader

This person has a job role that is predominantly to lead on race equality issues. The person strives to ensure that the views of B.A.M.E groups are heard, often asking the difficult questions to change the system. This person is a great influencer and inspires and motivates everyone around them to improve services for B.A.M.E staff and communities.

 

 

Alister D’souza Central and North West NHS Foundation Trust
Arlene Bautista Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Denesha Connolly NHS, UHB BHH
Janine La Rosa Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust
Jaypee Palis East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Julie Hammond NHS
Michael Mark Dalauidao East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Onyinye Okonkwo Wand Medical centre
Palmer Winstanley Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Patricia Barrow Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Priscilla Nzounhenda Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)
Shaheen Kauser West Yorkshire Health And Care Partnership
Shohail Shaikh, Halima Dagia and Riyaz Patel – National NHS Muslim Network
Community Initiative of the Year

The service or organisation has been a key player in securing a community development beneficial to the local B.A.M.E population through working directly with other agencies. 

Nominees Name
Ganesh Sathyamoorthy Imperial College London
Riyadul Karim NHS England London Region
Sabrina Ffrench NHS
Shabiha Azam Ascom Healthcare
Salman Waqar British Islamic Medical Association

 

Educator of the Year

Educator of the Year

Nominee Name

 

Akeem Fernandez East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Al Jhon Quizzagan Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Azhar Chaudhry Thistlemoor Medical Centre
Chido Muchaneta Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH)
Elizabeth (Queen) Okesola Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Joeyriel Garol Frimley Health Foundation Trust
Grace Kapangyarihan Hull University Teaching Hospital
Kelly Thobekile Ncube University of East London
Kris Canal Birmingham and Solihull Integrated
Maria Sagucio Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Michael Joel Apas Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
Valerie Brown-Beckford NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Wilfredo Velasco Vitao, Jr. George Eliot Hospital

 

 

Ground-breaking Researcher

Ground-breaking Researcher

 

Dr Serge Engamba Norwich Practices Health Centre
Hellena Habte-Asres Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Professor (Dr) Monica Lakhanpaul University College London and Whittington NHS Trust
Sharon-Nira King Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust

 

Health and Wellbeing Advocate

This person or team has designed an innovative health prevention initiative or tool which is:

(a) Improving health outcomes for BAME employees, patients or communities;

(b) Increasing knowledge and awareness of health issues; or

(c) Improving access to prevention and screening services.

 

Fiona Mensah Shomolu Central London Community Service
Joan Pons Laplana NHS England
Julie Hammond NHS
Margaret Bugyei-kyei East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Narinder Kapur University College London
Rita Welham Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)
Sabrina Ffrench NHS

Inspiring Diversity and Inclusion Lead

This person has a job role that is predominantly to lead on race equality issues. The person strives to ensure that the views of B.A.M.E groups are heard, often asking the difficult questions to change the system. This person is a great influencer and inspires and motivates everyone around them to improve services for B.A.M.E staff and communities.

 

Felicia Kwaku NHS England
Sharon Prince NHS, PPN and Synergi-Leeds Partnership
Arfan Bhatti King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Balvinder Dosanjh Leeds and York NHS Foundation Trust
Beverley Wright-Douglas; John kelly; Kirpal Kaur; Mikesh Kotak Northamptonshire Children’s NHS Trust
Ernesto Jr N Quider Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Tanvir Alam East Lynne Medical Centre
Farhana Ahmedabadi-Patel University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
Harjit Bansal North East London NHS Foundation Trust
MaryAnn Ferreux Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex
Maxine Brook NHS Leeds and York Partnership Trust
Dr Tonye Sikabofori Birmingham community healthcare trust

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

 

 

Michelle Cox Michelle Cox Consultancy
Arlene Bautista Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Daniela Valdes NHS Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Ediscyll Lorusso St George’s University NHS Trust
Emma Hughes Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Evaline Omondi Bedfordshire trust hospitals
Melville Garber Brit Stars UK Ltd
Panna Chavda Leicester Partnership Trust
Santosh Chima NHS Tayside
Yashwant Shukla Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust

 

Outstanding BAME Inclusion Achievement of the Year

Outstanding BAME Inclusion Achievement of the Year

Asha Day Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Goran Zangana NHS Lothian
Hodon Abdinasir Healthcare and Transport Services (Hatsgroup)
Jane Sanjeevi Northampton General Hospital
Kheira Haffiane York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ruby Lopez Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust
Tendai Nzirawa Health Innovation East
The International Shared Decision Making Council Northampton General Hospital Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire OD & ED&I Team University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group
Valerie Brown Beckford

NHSE – Hertfordshire & west Essex Integrated Care System

 

Outstanding Community Organisation

Outstanding Community Organisation

 

 

Errol Murray LYPFT Perinatal Mental Health Service
Olga Leach-Walters Wres Nusring Advisor Bsol
Outstanding Corporate Achievement of the Year

Outstanding Corporate Achievement of the Year

Charlene Nyanhemwa Chelsea Westminster Hospital
Harjit Bansal NELFT- NHS
Haseeb Ahmad Leicestershire Partnership and LLR ICB
Hatim Abdulhussein Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex
Shohail Shaikh, Halima Dagia and Riyaz Patel – National NHS Muslim Network
Tonye Sikabofori Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the Integrated Care Board
Vinice Thomas NHS England

 

Student of the Year

Student of the Year

 

 

Lensa Hika University of East London
Osaruese Egharevba Imperial College London
Sabrina Ffrench NHS
Voluntary Sector B.A.M.E Influencer of the Year

Voluntary Sector B.A.M.E Influencer of the Year

 

Azhar Chaudhry Thistlemoor Medical Centre, Peterborough
Dilum Hiththatiyage Guys & St Thomas NHS Trust and University of East London
Kelly Thobekile Ncube NHS
BME Network NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Timeline

The 2024 Awards Ceremony take place in London on 26th September 2024.