Celebrating our Values in Practice
Our annual Values in Practice (VIP) Awards presentation evening saw teams and individual colleagues from across BCHC recognised for shining examples of commitment, caring and dedication in their work.
The event - at Edgbaston Park Hotel on the University of Birmingham campus - was a chance to say 'thank you' to inspirational unsung heroes, divisional superstars and outstanding leaders and teams.
With more than 500 nominations, judging panels made up of directors, senior leaders, governors and representatives of Staff Side and our Staff Networks agreed that, while evaluating the nominations was a pleasure and a privilege, choosing winners from so many deserving examples represented a stiff challenge!
Value in Practice Awards 2025 winners
- Clinical Leader of the Year - John Morrison, Chief Pharmacist
- Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation Superstar - Sally Takoeta
- Non-Clinical Leader of the Year - Nasrin Akhtar, Office Manager, Learning Disability Services
- Children and Families Services Superstar - Clare Woodall, Community Occupational Therapist
- Dental Services Superstar - Roshni Dave, Community Paediatric Dentist and Divisional Clinical Information Officer
- Non-clinical Team of the Year - Greenfields Admin Team, Learning Disability Services
- Corporate Services Superstar - Gurpreet Sidhu, Business Intelligence Manager
- Clinical Unsung Hero - Sarah Martin, Speciality Dentist in Oral Surgery, Dental Services
- Adult Community Services Superstar -Louise Little, Respiratory Specialist Nurse
- Non-clinical Unsung Hero - Angela Donaghy, Health Visiting Team Administrator
- Learning Disability Services Superstar - Alison Whalley, Community Matron
- Clinical Team of the Year - South Therapy Hub, Adult Community Services
- Quality Improvement (QI) Award - Kay Jones, Children's Speech and Language Eating and Drinking Team.
A huge 'thank you' also to our sponsors of the VIP Awards presentation event - Capsticks, the Design Buro, Acana Supplies and William Gough & Sons. Each of these businesses are trusted suppliers/partners to BCHC and we're very grateful for their support in enabling us to provide a fitting celebration of the achievements of Team BCHC over the past 12 months.
Chief executive Richard Kirby said: "Huge congratulations to all of the winners in our VIP Awards this year. We had a record number of nominations; a really strong set of finalists shortlisted; and a group of really worthy winners. Thank you for everyone who took the time to put someone forward for recognition.
"It was just fantastic to hear so many examples of our shared values brought to life in the way finalists and winners have been working - day in, day out. Congratulations to everybody who has been recognised in this process."