Staff Awards 2023

On Friday night (22/09/2023) we had the pleasure of hosting our 2023 Staff Celebration and Awards, to honour the fantastic work of our staff over the past 12 months. Our Chief Executive Jan Ross and Chair Max Steinberg CBE were joined by local legends, former professional boxer Tony Bellew and ex-Everton stalwart Alan Stubbs, both of whom have connections with The Walton Centre.

Staff received over 250 nominations across nine awards categories – more than double last year - including over 70 nominations for the Patients’ Choice Award, showing the enormous impact and depth of feeling staff have for their colleagues and our patients have for our staff. With so many entries, our judging panel had an incredibly tough job this year.

Our 2023 Staff Awards winners! A massive congratulations and well done to:

Above and Beyond – Clinical

Laura Parker, Ward Manager, Complex Rehabilitation Unit 

Above and beyond – Non-clinical

Steve Holland, Head of Estates

Excellence in Education and Learning, and Research and Innovation

Dr Selina Johnson, Pain Specialist Physiotherapist 

Improving Patient Impact

Dr Kerry Mathews, Clinical Psychologist and PMP Lead

Team of the Year - Clinical

Neurophysiology Team

Team of the Year – Non-Clinical

Neurosurgery and Neurology Operations Teams

Patients’ Choice Award

Cathy Stoneley, Neurovascular Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Employee of the Year

Charlotte Lawrence, Speech and Language Therapist and Abigail Hayes, Lead Occupational Therapist

Chief Executive’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor Andrew Brodbelt, Consultant Neurosurgeon

Chief Executive Jan Ross said: "The Walton Centre would be nothing without our staff and the fantastic work they do, day-in, day-out to provide the very best care and support to our patients, their families and each other. I recognise every single person’s contribution to our very special Trust and couldn’t be prouder of all of their achievements. Thank you also to our sponsors: The Walton Centre Charity, Hill Dickinson, ISS and RiwoSpine."

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Notes to editors

Further information, or to arrange an interview, please contact the Communications Team at The Walton Centre on 0151 556 3397 or wcft.communications@nhs.net

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only hospital trust in the UK specialising in neurology, neurosurgery and pain services. Although the majority of patients come from Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, Lancashire and the Isle of Man, for some specialist treatments of complex disorders we see patients from all parts of the country, referred by their GPs or other neurologists, neurosurgeons and pain clinicians.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust was rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. The independent regulator of all health and social care services in England published its rating on Friday 21 October 2016, following announced and unannounced inspection visits to the Trust in April 2016.

For more information please visit: www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk or follow the Trust on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

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