Published on: 21st March 2025

Last night the annual RNOH Staff Awards took place, hosted by TV and radio star and RNOH Charity Ambassador, Matt Forde. It was a fabulous evening and wonderful to see so many inspirational colleagues come together to enjoy dinner, laughs and dancing. The Awards is an opportunity to celebrate and recognise the achievements of our amazing colleagues from all across the Trust, including our fabulous Volunteer Services and partner organisations. 

The event also recognised long-serving colleagues who have worked at RNOH for over 25 years. A programme for the evening, which includes details of all the shortlisted nominees can be seen here. 

Here are the winners and runners up:

RNOH Charity fundraiser of the year

Winner:
The Foot and Ankle Team 

Achieving excellence

 

 

Runner up:
Simon Cox, Medical Physics Technician 

Winner:
Foot and Ankle - Admin Team 

Advocating equality and fairness for all

Runner up:
Hannah Barnett, Apprenticeship and Early Careers Manager

Winner:
Dr Nisha Sharma, Chartered Health Psychologist

Championing trust, honesty and respect 

Runner up:
Catherine Siddiqui, Spinal Data Admin/BSR Co-ordinator and RNOH UNISON Branch Chair

Winner:
Kristin Bland, Patient Pathway Lead for Chronic Pain Service

Putting patients first

Runner up:
Foot and Ankle – Admin Team 

Winner:
MRI Hypnotherapy Team

All things green award

 

Runner up:
Martin O'Sullivan, Operating Department Practitioner

Winner:
Sam Goonan, SAPU Ward Manager

Better every day award for continuous improvement

 

Runner up:
Reena Shah,
Digital Application Support Analyst 

Winner:
Fiona Burgess, Jamie Halliday and Donna Cooper

Senior Orthotists

Patient choice

Runner up:
Jessie Robinson, Physiotherapist, Spinal Cord Injury Centre

Winner:
Heather Gledstone, Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist, Limb Reconstruction

Team of the year

Runner up:
Foot and Ankle Team 

Winner:
Improvement and Transformation Team 

Volunteer of the year

Runner up: Melanie Brand and therapy dog Jet  

Winner: Keith Reeve 

An enormous thank you to:

  • Matt Forde for hosting
  • RNOH Communications team for organising the event
  • The RNOH Charity 
  • Radio Brockley 
  • RNOH Patient Group 
  • RNOH Equality Achievement Network 
  • Staff judging panel
  • Our volunteers 

Most of all, heartfelt thanks to all the fabulous staff who nominated their colleagues and came along on the night to support one another. Well done and thank you!