CARE Awards 2026
This year, we launched our new CARE Awards, a joint annual celebration recognising the achievements of colleagues across both Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Our inaugural winners were announced on Friday 23 October at the prestigious Midland Hotel in central Manchester.
Clinical Team of the Year – Stockport
Winner: Jasmine Ward
Runners up: MDT Bluebell Ward, Discharge Writing Pharmacists
Clinical Team of the Year – Tameside
Winner: Critical Care Outreach Team
Runners up: Children's Unit, Acute Oncology
Non-Clinical Team of the Year – Stockport
Winner: Women & Children's Medical Secretaries
Runners up: Finance & Procurement team, Community Admin team
Non-Clinical Team of the Year – Tameside
Winner: Systems Development
Runners up: Healthy Child Programme, Quality and Patient Experience
Collaborative Working
Winner: People and Organisational Development
Runners up: Children with Abdominal Pain Pathway (Stockport), Gynaecology Oncology (Stockport)
Volunteer of the Year
Winner: Harry Knight (Tameside)
Runners up: Heather Jones (Tameside), Breastfeeding support (Stockport), Volunteer Team (Stockport)
Inspirational Leader
Winner: Roshen Sebastian (Stockport)
Runners up: Alex Tempowski (Stockport), Anouska Borowiak(Tameside), Stephanie Lomas (Tameside)
Rising Star
Joint winners: Karina Khader (Tameside), Izzy Kieran (Stockport), Emma West (Stockport), Mia Sutton (Tameside)
Unsung Hero
Winner: Dipika Patel (Tameside)
Runners up: Dawn Bennet-Painter (Tameside), Diane Tully (Stockport), Craig Howe (Stockport)
Service Improvement
Winner: Paediatric Asthma Project (Tameside)
Runners up: Community Services waiting list (Stockport), Sally Lewcocck (Tameside)
Great Patient Experience
Winner: Paediatric Continence Team (Stockport)
Runners up: Amy Graham (Tameside), Laura Lane (Tameside)
Education and Learning
Winners: Stroke multi-disciplinary team (Stockport)
Runners up: Education simulation team (Tameside), Outpatient Department (Tameside)
Explore the previous winners of Tameside & Glossop's Everyone Matters Awards:
Winners in bold. Highly commended starred*.
Great Patient Experience Award
- Patient safety team
- Fatima Salik
- Jo Britner
Everyone Matters Compassion and Care Award
- James Westmerland
- Gemma Cope
- Mel Dadkhah-Taeidy
- Nicola Hopkins
- Stephanie Carney
Clinical Team of the Year
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Urgent crisis response team
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Cancer specialist nurse team*
- Health visiting team
Support Team of the Year
- Medical records
- Cared for children's admin team
- Portering and drivers
- ICT services
Service Improvement Award
- Pelvic health service
- Rainbow clinic
- Critical care research team
- Children's occupational therapy
Volunteers' Award
- Tameside and Glossop NHS Charity brass band
- Mary Quayson
- Mike Ramsden
- Caitlin Atherton
Leading and Inspiring Others Award
- Caroline Calderwood
- Rachel Alexander-Patton
- Michelle Cunningham
- Jayne Cross
- Christina Rapuano
Our Heroes Award
- Mary Hughes
- Andy Kenyon-Betts
- Al-Tahoor Butt
- Janet Williams
- Leen Selfo
- Amy Gould
Education and Learning Award
- Emily Havelock
- Tissue viability service
- ITS development team
Partnership and Collaborative Working Award
- Community diagnostic centre programme
- Children's speech and language therapy and health visiting
- School nursing team
Sustainability and Efficiency Award
- Materials management team
- Estates team
- Laura Swann*
Winners in bold
Volunteer of the Year
- Ken Buckley
- Ingrid Titchem
- Diane Carter & Pearl the Dog
- Bill Walker
Service Improvement of the Year
- Community Deteriorating Patient Steering Group
- Maternity Tobacco Advisory Team
- Adult Speech and Language Therapy Team
Leading and Inspiring Others
- Sharon Bradshaw
- Julie Horrocks
- Sherrilee Jones
- Nicholas Scattergood
Partnership and Collaborative Working
- Community District Nurses and Adult Social Care
- Internship Programme
- Tameside Macmillan Information and Support Team
Everyone Matters Care and Compassion
- PALS and Complaints Team
- Tracy Fawcett
- Courtney Churm
- Claire Harvey
- Lauren Procter
Education and Learning
- Specialist Palliative Care Team
- Fabiane Norris
- Sepsis Simulations Team
Our Heroes
- Dr Thomas Lee
- Adam Hussain
- Nicola Schofield
- Samir Parmar
- Paul Gill
- Mike Ramsden
Support Team of the Year
- Catering and Retail Team
- Payroll Team
Clinical Team of the Year
- Same Day Emergency Care
- Day Surgery
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Stroke Service, comprising of Ward 45, The Community Neuro Rehab Team and the Stroke Rehab Unit Therapy Teams
Great Patient Experience
- Advanced Cancer Nurses
- Respiratory Physiotherapy
- Mina Warden
Sustainability and Efficiency
- Critical Care
- Chris Huckaby and Jason Newton
The Volunteers’ Award
Winner:
- Pat and the volunteers from the League of Friends café
Highly commended:
- Nick Lees
Education and Learning Award
- The Dementia Team and Clinical Training Team
Sustainability and Efficiency Award
- The Procurement Team
Leading and Inspiring Others Award
- Dan White
- Dr Anand Kulkarni
- Natalie Van Weerdenburg
- Melanie Wildman
- Tom Riddeough
Partnership and Collaborative Working Award
- Booking & Scheduling and Central Booking Office
Service Improvement Award
Winner:
- NGPod Implementation Team
Highly Commended
- Integrated Service for Children with Additional Needs (ISCAN)
Our Heroes Award
- Melissa Schofield
- Janine Hadfield
- Gillian Walsh
- Jakki Minton
- Caroline Sorriento
- Gill Hilton
- Dr Dipak Roy
Everyone Matters Compassion and Care
- Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit Team
Great Patient Experience Award
- Janet Cordwell-Harmer and Kerry Goodson
Support Team of the Year
- Domestic Team
Clinical Team of the Year
- Integrated Surgical Gynae Unit (ISGU)
Great Patient Experience Award
- Cared for Children’s Team
- MDT led Post Covid and Post Covid Syndrome Clinics and the Covid Team - winner
- Adult Speech and Language Team
- Patient Experience Team
Everyone Matters Compassion and Care Award
- Christina Rapuano
- Janet Shaw and Lina Pancaro
- The Mortuary Team - winner
- The Stroke Unit Therapy Team
Clinical Team of the Year
- Integrated Services for Children with Additional Needs (ISCAN) - winner
- Integrated Urgent Care Team (IUCT)
- Respiratory Physiotherapy Team
Support Team of the Year
- Corporate Information Team
- Endoscopy Booking and Scheduling Team -winner
- Medical Staffing Team
Service Improvement Award
- Cardio Respiratory Investigations Unit
- Claire Harvey
- Farrah Amjad and Denton, Audenshaw and Droylsden (DAD) District Nurses - winner
- Stamford Satellite Pharmacy Team
Volunteers Award
- John Bell
- Pat Brookes
- Arthur Egan - winner
Leading and Inspiring Others Award (all awarded)
- Dawn Bennett Painter
- Michael Boylan
- Michelle Cunningham
- Alison Goodall
- Stacy Starr
- Michelle Taylor
- Miranda Woodhead
Our Heroes Award (all awarded)
- Richard Ball
- Freda Brereton
- Paula Headen
- Cliff Ibbertson
- Azmat Nawaz
- Jill Sutcliffe
- Marta Wisniewska
Education and Learning Award
- Medical Education Department
- Keiron Sidebottom - winner
Partnership and Collaborative Working Award
- GM Mass Vaccination Workforce Team - winner
- Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team
- Health Care Cadet Scheme
- Research and Development Team
- School Nursing and Immunisation Team
Sustainability Award
- Medical Equipment and Devices Team
- Uniform Swap Team - winner
- Waste Porters