Employee of the Year 2025 goes to 🥁… Suzanna Grimes! 🎉
Chosen by our CEO, Matthew Winn, this award recognises Suzanna’s exceptional contribution and the way she consistently embodies our values and behaviours.
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The winner of the Respect Award 2025 is Paul Findlay, Healthcare Assistant.
Paul consistently goes above and beyond to support his colleagues, often volunteering to attend joint visits to help lighten their workload.
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Community Nurse Katie Yule won the Patient Experience Award for learning sign language to better communicate with patients who are deaf or have additional needs.
Positive feedback has led her to teach this skill to colleagues to improve patient care.
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Alison, Nursing Degree Apprentice at North Place, balances outstanding patient care with championing learner voices as a Regional Student Quality Ambassador. A true role model!
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The Special Recognition Chair’s Award, chosen by Chair Lynda Thomas, honours Graham Nice for exceptional contributions to trust priorities, strategic ambitions, or outstanding patient care. #NCHCREACH #WeAreNCHC

The winner of the Quality Award goes to Mark Dobson. Demonstrating exceptional ownership and pride, Mark consistently exceeds expectations, both in daily duties and through self-initiated improvements that benefit staff, patients, and visitors.
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Congratulations to Suzanna, Lead Podiatrist, for winning the Improvement Award.
Suzanna showed strong leadership, guiding the podiatry team through a summer of development with innovative & compassionate methods.
Thanks to G4S for sponsoring this award.
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Huge congratulations to Kunal Ruchaya, Head of Corporate Finance, on winning the Integrity Award!
Kunal showed integrity, resilience & compassion while leading through a highly challenging matter - supporting colleagues & ensuring nothing was missed.
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Norwich North Four Community & Therapy & Urgent Community Response (North) teams won the Patient Choice Award for their outstanding, compassionate end-of-life care, ensuring dignity & comfort for patients & families.
Thanks to @nchccharitablefund.bsky.social for sponsoring.
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Our first award goes to Community Nurses, Ashleigh & Zoe, for winning the Living our Values Award.
They have shown exceptional compassion, creativity, & leadership in supporting a highly vulnerable young patient with complex mental health needs.
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Congratulations to the Starfish+ team for winning Team of the Year. Their child-centred interventions reduce admissions, boost attendance, & strengthen family bonds, setting a benchmark for care & influencing national practices.
Thanks to Merit for sponsoring. #NCHCREACH #WeAreNCHC

Congratulations to Poppy, Continence Team Lead, for winning the Staff Experience Award. Her colleagues nominated her for boosting team morale and being a caring, approachable leader.
Thank you to Birketts LLP for sponsoring this award. #NCHCREACH #WeAreNCHC

✨TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT✨
We're celebrating our incredible staff at NCH&C, honouring their contributions to patients, colleagues, & the community.
Good luck to all the finalists.💙
Thanks to Merit for sponsoring the REACH Awards.
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Grant Long wins the Volunteer of the Year Award after receiving numerous nominations across the Trust.
A dedicated volunteer at Norwich Place for six years, his empathy, creativity, and dedication make him invaluable to both research and patient communities.
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