About the Staff Reach Awards 2022
REACH (Recognising Excellence & Achievement in Combined Healthcare) celebrates our staff, service user representatives and carers over the past year.
Our REACH Staff Awards are one of our most popular events. Running since 2015, the event has grown each year in terms of nominations received, breadth of awards and quality of the event.
We hosted the 2023 awards at the DoubleTree Hilton in Stoke-on-Trent.
As well as presenting our staff and teams with awards, we played a series of videos, which you can watch again below.
We were lucky to have none other than Robbie Williams share a message to our staff before a rendition of his hit ‘Angels’ was performed by the dDeaflinks choir.
We were delighted to be sponsored by the following organisations:
- CACI
- Dedalus
- IT Works Health
- Port Vale FC
- Unison
Winners
The winners of the 2022 REACH awards are listed below, along with a picture and video of them receiving their award on the night.
Diversity and Inclusion Award
Criteria
This award recognises the contribution of staff and volunteers who have made a positive difference in developing greater diversity and inclusion. This might be improving access and experience to services or employment for people in disadvantaged or minority groups, improving quality of life or quality of working life.
Winner:
Deborah Rich
Highly Commended:
Rachel Wooliscroft
Leading with Compassion Award
Criteria
This award recognises a member of staff who values and develops people, sees them as individuals and encourages working together for better lives through an open and honest approach. It recognises an individual who has demonstrated compassionate leadership with patients, colleagues or their wider team.
Winner:
Karen Wareham
Highly Commended:
Andrea Lucking
Learner of the Year Award
Criteria
This award recognises and celebrates our learners and the contribution they make to Combined and its service users. This award is open to students, apprenticeships and anyone studying as part of their role across the trust.
Winner:
David Loo
Highly Commended:
Surina Ainsworth
Partnership Award
Criteria
This award showcases how an individual or team can work in partnership to produce results to improve the lives of others. Successful individuals or teams will have broken down professional barriers across the trust and/or with partner organisations, leading to a positive impact on the experience of service users.
Winner:
Mental Health Liaison Team
Highly Commended:
Rachel Cartwright
Proud to CARE Award
Criteria
This award recognises someone who exemplifies our Proud to CARE values: compassionate, approachable, responsible and excellent. Staff vote to decide the final winner from a shortlist.
Winner:
Richard Dale
Highly Commended:
Phil Wardle
Research and Innovation Award
Criteria
This award recognises innovation or achievement in research and development or practice which has a positive impact on mental health care or improves quality or value for money services through innovative approaches.
Winner:
VR delirium training
Highly Commended:
Digital Transformation Team
Rising Star Award
Criteria
This award recognises emerging exceptional leaders who are exceeding expectations and making change happen. The award aims to recognise the influencers of today, and the senior leaders of tomorrow.
Winner:
Sarah Newton
Service User and Carer Council Award
Criteria
Nominations can only be made by Service Users and Carers. This award values individual or teams who stand out from the crowd for being thoughtful, for listening and responding to our service users’ needs.
Winner:
Veronica Emlyn
Team of the Year Award
Criteria
This award is given to a team which shows, through their actions and approaches, how they work together to improve the lives of others and demonstrate creative approaches to problem solving.
Winner:
Transforming Care Team
Unsung Hero Award
Criteria
This award pays tribute to an individual who has exceeded the expectations of their role with an outstanding attitude and behaviour. Working behind the scenes, or in a supportive role, they have a positive attitude and, through their actions, help to make a difference to others.
Winner:
Lisa Sharrock
Highly Commended:
Callum Woolhouse
Volunteer/Service User Representative of the Year Award
Criteria
This award pays tribute to someone who works to improve the lives of others. This award honours someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the patient or staff experience, from administrative support to customer care or fundraising.
Winner:
Chiara Barbaro
Highly Commended:
Sara Bloomfield
Chairman’s Award
Criteria
Chosen by the Chairman from the winners on the night, this award recognises and individual or team who embodies the trust’s values.
Winner:
Lincoln Gombedza
