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The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital recognised the incredible contribution of their team at the 2022 Blue Heart Awards


Following more than 500 nominations and an extensive shortlisting process, the winners were announced at a special ceremony at Birmingham's Botanical Gardens on 8 July 2022. 

Team members from The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital celebrated in style at a ceremony designed to recognise their incredible contribution to patients and the community. 

The Blue Heart Awards are a celebration of everything that's great about the NHS and The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. More than 500 nominations were announced in April and on July 8 2022, the winners were announced.

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital are well known for providing excellent patient and staff experience and the Blue Heart Awards are an example of how the team are recognised for the amazng things they do everyday. 

Winners announced

Congratulations to all of our amazing winners and nominees!

  • Outstanding Contribution to Patient Experience Award | Florence Dowling

  • Innovation and Continuous improvement Award | Dave Rogers

  • Dedication to Learning Award | ODP apprentices (Lauren Turrall, Callum Byrne, Shaunie Moss)

  • Volunteer of the Year Award | Yvonne Thick

  • Fundraiser of the year Award | Mr Deshmukh

  • Secretarial/ Administrative Team Member of the Year Award | Lavinia Swain

  • Corporate Services Team Member of the Year Award | Amanda Gaston

  • Estates and Facilities Support Service Team Member of the Year Award | Phillip Vinnicombe

  • AHP / Pharmacist / Healthcare Scientist of the Year Award | Harriet Norman

  • Clinical Support Team Member of the Year Award | Mary Patricia Foley

  • Doctor / Clinician / Medic of the Year Award | Mr David Marks

  • Nurse of the Year Award | Gabriela Stefan

  • Non-Clinical Team of the Year | Woodlands Suite Administrative Team

  • Clinical Team of the Year Award | MRI

  • Governors Award | Pragmatics School Programme

  • ROH Blue Heart Award | Dr EJ Da-Silva

Event sponsor

The awards ceremony was sponsored by Genmed, a company who work closely with the Royal Orthopaedic hospital. Genmed is a provider of vendor-neutral, flexible, scalable managed services to the NHS, Health Boards and private healthcare organisations in the UK and Europe and to the wider public sector in the UK.