On Friday, 25 September 2026, we will be hosting The Staff Excellence Awards, our annual staff awards ceremony to honour the outstanding contributions and achievements of teams and individuals across the Trust.
A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a nomination for the People's Choice Award. It really means a lot to our staff to know their efforts are making a real difference to patients and their loved ones.
The results are in and we are pleased to announce that the finalists for the 2026 Staff Excellence Awards are:
- Clinical Team of the Year Award
Specialist Immuno-Oncology Toxicity Service
CCC-Liverpool Chemotherapy Unit Team (Level 6)
Teenage and Young Adult Team
Haemato-Oncology Advanced Clinical Practitioner Team
Cyclotron Team
Wirral PET-CT Replacement Team
Lung Cancer Nursing Team
- Non-Clinical Team of the Year Award
Cheshire & Merseyside Diagnostics Programme
Radiotherapy Engineering Technologists
The Research Sponsorship Team
Radiology Administration Team
Clinical Coding Team
Registrations Team
PACS Team
- Clinical Unsung Hero Award
Dr Olusola Faluyi, Consultant Medical Oncologist
Jordan Oakley, Senior Health Care Assistant, Day Ward 1
Catherine Johnston, Physiotherapy Team Leader
Janine Collins, Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Leanne Armour, Senior Health Care Assistant, Delamere Ward
Joanna Carlile, Radiotherapy Advanced Practitioner
Kayleigh Donnison, Germ Cell Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Non-Clinical Unsung Hero Award
Lee O’Callaghan, Lead Pharmacy Technician
Pauline Drane, Acute Care General Manager
Amy Tunna, Resourcing Manager
Gemma Shields, Administrative Services Lead
Clare Parkinson, Moving & Handling/Falls Co-ordinator
Joanna Ryan, Administrative Services Lead
Peter McGeoch, Senior Digital Systems Support Technician
- Spirit of Clatterbridge Award
Maureen Williams, Cancer Support Worker
Louise Bagley, Physics General Manager
Nikki Edwards, Catering Manager, ISS
Lisa McLoughlin, Deputy Ward Manager, Ward 5
Fiona Meli, Imaging Health Care Assistant
Amelia Hanton, Staff Nurse, Ward 5
Louis Yates, Senior Project Manager, VINCI
- Excellence in Research Award
Talvinder Bhogal, Medical Oncology ST6 Specialist Registrar
Moon Wilton, BRC/Early Phase Manager
UNCOVER Research Team
Cancer of Unknown Primary Team
The Lung Portfolio, Clinical Trials
- Excellence in Quality Improvement and Innovation Award
Radiotherapy Data Set Data Quality Project
Katie Seager, Senior Radiographer/Radiology Clinical Tutor
Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance Primary Care PrOCEDE Team
Prostate Cancer Nursing Team
Edward Hepworth, Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Volunteer of the Year Award
John Forsey, CCC-Liverpool
Maighread Kerry, CCC-Wirral
Chris Brown, CCC-Liverpool
Wayne Hutton, CCC-Liverpool
Susan Hawkins, CCC-Liverpool
- Learner of the Year Award
Lorraine Flynn, Financial Accountant
David Law, Business Intelligence Manager
Melissa Johns, Workforce Information Officer
- Rising Star Award
Abigail Russell, Staff Nurse, Ward 5
Sophie Favager, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Harriet Lahiff, Advanced Pharmacist, Clinical Trials
- Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award
Information and Support Service
Staff Network Chairs (MAPLE, LGBTQ+, Armed Forces)
Maria Maguire, Head of Research Governance and Sponsorship
- Star of the Year Award
Spike Dickens, Health Care Assistant, Ward 4
Yasmin Green, Divisional Information Analyst
The Research Set-Up Team
Sean Dowhan, Staff Nurse, CCC-Liverpool Chemotherapy Unit (Level 6)
Dr Alia Alchawaf, Consultant in Medical Oncology
Jess Scott, Health Care Assistance, CCC-Wirral
Justine Kennedy, Cancer Support Worker
Helen Blackmore, Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Sue Maloney, Research Partnerships Manager
Catherine Johnston, Physiotherapy Team Leader
- People’s Choice Award
Alex Donnellan-Brown, Cancer Support Worker
Anne Marie Orford, Specialist Counsellor in Psychological Medicine
Ward 4, CCC-Liverpool
Clatterbridge In the Community Team
Julie Christopher, Patient Services Clerk
Neuro-oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team
Stephanie Fraser, Volunteer CCC-Liverpool, Level 6
Delamere Chemotherapy Unit
Halton Chemotherapy Unit
Marina Dalglish Chemotherapy Unit
- Executive Choice Award
Dr Clare Hart, Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Jenny Gibson, Advanced Pharmacist
Lucy Blackhurst, Interim Deputy Finance Director
Jonathan Corkill, Patient Services Clerk, CCC-Liverpool, Level M3
Craig McGettrick, Therapeutic Radiographer
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner to be announced on the evening
