Introducing our Stars of EEAST finalists

The shortlisting is complete and we can now announce the finalists for this year’s Stars of EEAST 2021 Awards Ceremony, which will take place online at 6pm on Thursday 25^th November.

All staff are invited to the ceremony and we hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us, the link to join will be advertised on Need to Know and sent by email closer to the event.

A huge congratulations to all our finalists. They are:

Keith Marshall Award for Distinguished Service
Stuart Little from Essex
Mike Vorndran from Suffolk

Lynne Storrie Award (recognising an exceptional student)
Chris Ford
Leah Piper

Trust Value Award: Teamwork
North Bedfordshire LOM Team
Mid Cambridgeshire PTS Team, covering Huntingdon and March

Trust Value Award: Quality
Project leads Caroline Jones, Mike Edwards, Clare Osborne and Darren Watkins all from IM&T
Des White from North Essex

Trust Value Award: Respect
Esther Shawe from Essex
Sue Fisher, North Essex

Trust Value Award: Honesty
Chris Hewetson from Norfolk AOC
Alicia Bahra from Bedfordshire

Trust Value Award: Care
Lee Umpleby from Essex
Lisa Gill from Norfolk

Excellence in Patient Care
Kayl Hodges from West Herts
Jack Walker from Norfolk

Excellence in Professional Development
Kerrie Wykes from Peterborough
Jessica Sewell from Essex

Excellence in Innovation Award
Duncan Moore from the Clinical Team in Suffolk
EPCR Project Rainbow Team based in ICT

Excellence in Leadership Award
Joe Cartwright from South Bedfordshire
Guy Ransley from Essex

Excellence in Community Partnership
Hertfordshire Hospital Admissions Avoidance Response Car Team
Daniel Jacobs from Suffolk

Volunteer of the Year Award
Norfolk Students’ Welfare Bus
George Denman and Andrew Goddard, RAF Marham Co-responders, Norfolk

Team of the Year Award
Covid Leads
Estates Team

As well as the usual award categories, this year we also have our first ever ‘People’s Choice’ award which is your chance to vote, during the ceremony, for your favourite of the shortlisted nominees. We’ll give you more information about how it will work on the night.

In addition, the evening will also provide an opportunity to pause and remember colleagues we have lost during the pandemic and we will take some during the ceremony to pay tribute to them.

We look forward to seeing you all online and celebrating with our Stars of EEAST.

If you have any questions or queries, please email awards@eastamb.nhs.uk.

Published 11th November 2021