This year’s awards celebrate individuals and teams who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional care, improve services and embody NEAS values every day.
The winners will be revealed at our awards ceremony taking place on Friday 19 June at Hardwick Hall Hotel, Sedgefield.
This year, we received 439 nominations from colleagues across the Trust, as well as from our patients and their families.
Chief executive Kev Scollay said: "Our awards are a chance to recognise and celebrate the incredible people who make NEAS what it is. The sheer number and quality of nominations we received this year is a powerful reminder of the dedication, compassion and professionalism shown by our colleagues and partners every day. I’m immensely proud of all our finalists – and of everyone who was nominated – for the difference they make to patients, families and communities across the region.”
The ceremony will also celebrate those who have achieved 20 years or more long service before 31 March 2026.
Congratulations to all of our finalists.
Excellence and Innovation
- Learning Disability and Autism Awareness Programme
- Environmental and Sustainability Team
- Elleena Faulder
- Daniel Cooper
- Owen Finney
Working in Partnership
- Medicines Management Team
- Cleveland Fire service partnership
- Project PEER
- Together@NEAS and EOC
- Working Patterns project
Leader of the Year
- Alan Gallagher
- Louise Norris
- Michael Charlton
- Clare Bannister
- Darren Green
Education and Training
- Brad Brooks
- Claire Affleck
- The Apprenticeship Team
- Paul Hartnett
- EOC Training Team
Compassionate Care
- Danielle Wood
- James Leighton
- Thomas Barnes
- Oliwia Malecka
- Lynn Corrigan
Inclusion and Respect
- Neurodiversity Project
- Georgina Campbell
- Kate Rogers
- Reasonable Adjustments working group
Outstanding Team
- Critical Care Team (SPCCs and Critical care desk)
- EPRR Training Team
- Volunteer Development Team
- Medicines Management Team
- The Communications Team
- The Education Team
Outstanding Individual: Unscheduled Care
- Alex Robbins
- Elizabeth Winter
- Jack Brown
- Jonathan Bell
- Callum Robson
Outstanding Individual: PTS
- Paul Mason
- Debra Walling
- Anthony White
- Kenneth Bestford and Adam Coltman
- Steven Moore
- Christopher Thornton and Craig Gaskill
Outstanding Individual: Support Services
- Lindsay Pearson
- Ruth Hardy
- Cheryl Bullock
- Andrew Walton
- Ally Croucher
Outstanding Individual EOC
- Angela Wales
- Julie Hetherington
- Maddie Richardson
- Madison Wilson-Brown
- Kayci-Mae Robinson
- Amy Jones
Learning from Excellence
- Natalie Ebbage and Aidan Rome
- Amy Jackson
- Stuart Mawhinney, Ashleigh Ellison, Isobel McMillan, Nicola Harrison and Claire Gibson
Unsung Hero
- David Graham
- Karen White
- Vincent Potter
- Holly Watson
- Tracey Proudlock
Patient’s Choice
- Cheryl Lal, Claire Gilroy, Paul Renwick, Richard Jordan, Lucy March and David Allsop
- Christopher Armstrong & Abigail Wrightson
- Molly Howarth and Sebastian Glassey
- Alexander Robbins, James Rogerson, Duncan Henry, Sian Kinelato, Craig Mcphail, Kate Kerr
- Neil Wilkinson & Kevin Gilmore
- Dougy Ternent and Robert Armstrong
Chair’s Rising Star
- Cali-Beth Murray
- Daniel Pringle
- Sam Dickinson
- Cerys Brown
- Rachel Raymond