A glittering night of celebration saw a whole host of healthcare professionals recognised for their compassion and dedication, from nurses, doctors and domestics to administrators, Allied Health Professionals and more.
Golden Stars 2025, the annual staff awards ceremony for NHS Humber Health Partnership, took place on Friday 10 October.
Pioneering research projects, innovative initiatives and outstanding teams and individuals from Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) were rewarded for their efforts over the last year.
Two Grimsby nurses stole the spotlight with Louise Salt, Clinical Nurse Specialist, scooping the Healthcare Heroes Award – a category nominated for and chosen by patients – for being a constant source of support to a cancer patient. Meanwhile Teresa Jackson, Clinical Nurse Specialist, also at Grimsby hospital, picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award – in honour of her incredible 61 years’ service.
15 awards in total were presented on Friday night at The Baths Hotel in Scunthorpe, including two surprise awards. Hull Midwife Beth O’Brien received the Chief Executive’s award after a nomination from a lady who sadly lost her baby boy. She wanted to thank Beth for her compassion and empathy. Describing her she said: “Never in a million years did I think a complete stranger would become my rock, she made me feel like my little boy mattered, she dressed him, took his hand and footprints for me and brought him to me as soon as I woke up. What really stays with me is every time she entered the room and went to his cold cot she’d tell me how perfect he was and that she would say goodbye at the end of her shift to him.”
Meanwhile outgoing Chairman Sean Lyons, presented his personal award for outstanding commitment to patient care to Scunthorpe OPAT nurses Danni Parkin and Jess Bratton. Danni and Jess work out in the community caring for patients who still require hospital care but can receive it in their own homes. Their patient wasn’t due for a home visit that day, but after complaining of feeling weak and dizzy this pair popped round to check on her – and it’s lucky they did, as gas had been leaking into the property and both the patient and her husband were suffering with carbon monoxide poisoning. They saved the lives of two people that day.
Golden Stars was sponsored by Amvale Medical Ltd, KCOM Business, Softcat, Cranswick, Unico, Fisher Security, Knowles Fleet, Trust Marque, Elior and T2 Trans Performance.
The full list of winners of Golden Stars 2025 are:
- Excellence in Research and Development – FRONTIER Clinical Team (HUTH)
- Excellence In Improvement and Innovation – Severe Asthma Service (HUTH)
- Excellence in Equality, Diversion and Inclusion – Patricia McKenna, Practice Development Nurse (NLaG)
- Partnership and Group Working Award – Freedom to Speak Up Guardians Liz and Fran (Groupwide)
- Rising Star – Jack Garfield, Physiotherapist (HUTH)
- Inspirational Leader – Nathan Masden, Clinical Coding Site Leader (HUTH)
- Unsung Hero Award – Maggie Moran, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist (HUTH)
- Chief Executive’s Award – Beth O’Brien, Midwife (HUTH)
- Outstanding Flow Project – OPAT Service (HUTH)
- Outstanding Contribution to Digital Innovation – Radiotherapy Physics (HUTH)
- Outstanding Support Team – Emergency Department Domestics Scunthorpe (NLaG)
- Outstanding Clinical Team – Frailty Team (Groupwide)
- Healthcare Heroes – Louise Salt, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Grimsby hospital (NLaG)
- Chairman’s Award – Danni Parkin and Jess Bratton, OPAT nurses, Scunthorpe (NLaG)
- Lifetime Achievement – Teresa Jackson, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Grimsby hospital (NLaG)