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Finalists

Congratulations to all our finalists from the 2024 awards. Below is a complete list of finalists.

Celebrating Success Awards – 2025 Finalists

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Health Hero

Finalists

  • Christine Newton and Lavender Martin, Visiting Team District Nurses, Astley Ainslie Hospital
  • Jennifer Pyper, Bereavement Lead, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
  • Dr Nicola Zammit, Consultant Endocrinologist /Physician, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh


Team of the Year

Finalists

  • East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership – RIE Inreach Pathway – Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • Hospital at Home Team, Edinburgh, Liberton Hospital
  • Senior Charge Nurse Team, Older People’s Mental Health, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Staff Member of the Year

Finalists

  • Gillian Cockburn, Community Learning Disability Nurse, Gracemount Medical Centre
  • Louise Elliott, Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner, Major Trauma, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • Sharlene Taylor, Renal Young Adult Support Worker, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh


Young Achiever Award

Finalists

  • Nicole Furness, Trainee Clinical Support Worker or Nursing Assistant, Ward 17, St. John’s Hospital
  • Olimpia Gmur, Clinical Support Worker, Theatres, Western General Hospital
  • Lucy Lockhart, Clinical Support Worker Ward 52, Western General Hospital

Voluntary Service Award

Finalists

  • Cath Chalmers, Sunndach
  • Welcome Guides across multiple sites
  • Maggie Pithie, Patient Engagement Volunteer, Royal Edinburgh Hospital


Best Example of Quality, Innovation and Productivity

Finalists

  • Prostate Cancer Nurse Specialists and WGH Quality Improvement Team, Western General Hospital
  • Heather Stewart, Pharmacy Technician, West Lothian Primary Care Pharmacy Team
  • Uro-Oncology, Prostate Postal Service, Western General Hospital

Respect for Others Award

Finalists

  • Emma Chalmers, Clinical Educator Comely Bank Centre
  • FND Specialist Practitioner Team, Dept Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • Pamela Murray, Child Health Commissioner, Westport


Caring Champion of the Year

Finalists

  • Ross Ballantine, Clinical Support Worker, Substance Use Service Midlothian
  • Alison Rogers, Macmillan Cancer Support Centre Lead, Edinburgh Cancer Centre
  • Josie Pearson, Clinical Support Worker, Medicine of the Elderly, Ward 70, Western General Hospital


Leadership Excellence Award

Finalists

  • Kirsten Coull, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Maternity and Neonatal Psychological Interventions (MNPI) & Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) RIE & REH
  • Karen Fraser, Head of Service of Risk, Quality & Assurance, Estates & Facilities
  • Kelly Moffat, Lead Nurse – Acute Palliative Care for Lothian, Western General Hospital


Lynn Jackson Nurse of the Year Award

Finalists

  • Michael Duncan, Senior Charge Nurse, Pentland Court, St. John’s Hospital
  • Lorna Morrison, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, Dermatology OPD, Lauriston Building
  • Adam Rouse, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Same Day Emergency Care, Western General Hospital

Tom Waterson Award

Finalists

  • Angelo De Sa Junior, Domestic Assistant, Western General Hospital
  • Irene Brown, Sewing Room Supervisor, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • William Martin, Traffic Management, Logistics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh


Chair’s Award

The winner of this award will be announced at the ceremony.



The annual NHS Lothian Celebrating Success Awards recognise staff who embrace the organisation’s core values of care and compassion, dignity and respect, quality, teamwork and openness, honesty and responsibility.