Celebrating our NHS heroes

We’ve celebrated outstanding NHS healthcare teams and colleagues at our ESNEFT Awards.

They included a doctor who has raised £10,000 for charity after being diagnosed with a brain tumour himself, a volunteer who supports patients in their last days of life and a team who’ve introduced a specialist nuclear medicine treatment for patients with tumours.

Our ESNEFT NHS Awards 2024 winners are:

• Senior matron in the community Kelly Ward
• Radiotherapy treatment radiographer Dale Fowler
• Fundraiser and consultant radiologist Dr Simon Smith
• Ipswich Hospital Saxmundham Ward team
• Community Diagnostic Training Academy team
• Assistant practitioner Cheryl Kelly-Jones
• Nursing degree apprenticeship student Hannah Lewis
• Head of financial and workforce systems Simon Oliver

And highly commended:

• Head of Digital Records Mark Jessup
• Lead pharmacist for education Sanyu Lawanson
• Clacton Hospital volunteer Susanne Lawrence
• The Care Coordination Centre team
• The neuro-endocrine tumour treatment team
• Bowel screening programme manager Mel Couch
• Trainee anatomical pathology technician Charlotte Pybus
• Ward support worker Nicole Degville

Thanks to our event flagship sponsors MTX and Castons, KLH Architects Ltd & Johns Slater and Haward.

Thanks also go to Barnes Construction for sponsoring 40 special prizes for 40 lucky guests, and to Stroods Specialist Contractors for afternoon tea vouchers for all our highly commended and winning colleagues.