BJN Awards 2024 Winners

Winners 2024

Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner: Professor Kevin Gournay CBE FMedSci FRCN, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London


Nurse of the Year

Winner: Morisenuola (Mo) Ladele, Chief Nurse Fellow (BAME), Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC)


Silver - Dr Iain Armstrong, Consultant Nurse, Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bronze - Wilfredo Vitao Jr., Practice Education and Development Facilitator, George Eliot Hospital

Cardiovascular Nurse of the Year

Winner: Dr Iain Armstrong, Consultant Nurse, Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Silver - Carys Barton, Heart Failure Nurse Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare Trust

Bronze - Dorota Wojcik, Senior Catheter Cath Lab Nurse, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Chronic Oedema Nurse of the Year

Winner: Sylvia Marshall, Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist, NHS Dumfries & Galloway


Silver - Misako Dai, Professor, Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University 

Bronze - Stacy Pugh, Clinical Nurse Manager, LymphVision

Continence Nurse of the Year

Winner: June Rogers MBE, Down Syndrome UK and Davina Richardson, Bladder & Bowel UK, The Toilet Training Team

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Silver - Stoma & Pouch Nursing Team, St Mark's Hospital

Bronze - Victoria Brown, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust - Bladder, bowel and pelvic health Team

Diabetes Nurse of Year

Winner: Paula Johnston, Lead Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse, University Hospital Southampton

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Silver - Jane Rowney, Diabetes Nurse Consultant, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Bronze - Laura Gilligan, Community Diabetes Nurse Specialist, Ipswich and East Suffolk Community Diabetes Service

Gastrointestinal Nurse of the Year

Winner: Barbara Ashall, Macmillan Lead Upper GI Nurse Specialist, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals


Silver - East Lancashire Hospital Trust Hepatology Team: Helen Stubbs, Loretta Grant, Anita Carter, Chloe Taylor, Sharon Frayne, Christine Barnes-Clark and Roisin Howells

Bronze - Pouch Nursing Team, St Mark's Hospital

Infection Prevention Nurse of the Year

Winner: Danel Meno Garcia, Infection Prevention Control - Education Lead Nurse, Whittington Health NHS Trust


Silver - Deanne Burch, Hep C U Later Programme Lead, Inclusion, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Bronze - Rashmi Anu Thannikkal, Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Specialist, King's College Hospital

Mental Health Nurse of the Year

Winner: Carly Lynch, Consultant Mental Health Nurse, London Ambulance Service


Silver - Gaynor Halsey, Senior In-Reach Nurse Practitioner, Wigan & Bolton Children's Eating Disorder Service/Wigan CAMHS

Bronze - Claire Hickman, Deputy Manager Specialist Nurse, Children and Young People's Community Team

Nutrition Nurse of the Year

Winner: Sophie Stenson, Clinical Practice Manager, Nutricia


Silver - Hayley Leyland, Lead Home Parenteral Nutrition Nurse Specialist, Freeman Hospital

Bronze - Esther Munthali, Lead Practice Development Nurse, Nutrition and Dietetic Department Swansea Bay University Healthboard

Oncology Nurse of the Year

Winner: Claire Cadwallader, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust


Silver - Amy Byfield, Breast Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Sunrise Centre, RCHT, Truro

Bronze - Jo Bird, Nurse Consultant (Melanoma & Immunotherapy Late Effects), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Renal Nurse of the Year

Winner: Maria Fernandez, Lead Nurse for Renal Transplant Services, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Silver - Stuart Ross, Renal Nurse Specialist, Raigmore Hospital

Bronze - Roseline Agyekum, Community Kidney Nurse Researcher/ Senior Practitioner Lecturer, King's College London

Stoma Care Nurse of the Year

Winner: Benjamin McDermott, Highly Specialised Stoma Care Nurse, Salford Care Organization

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Silver - Caroline Ogden, Stoma Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Bronze - Stoma & Pouch Nursing Team, St Mark's Hospital

Sustainability Nurse of the Year

Winner: Angela Hayes, Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Alexandra Langstaff, Ward Sister, The Christie Trust

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Silver - Kathryn Nicholls, ADHD Clinical Nurse Specialist, The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bronze - Stoma & Pouch Nursing Team, St Mark's Hospital

Urology Nurse of the Year

Winner: Eleri Phillips, Urology Education Programme Lead, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust


Silver - Rachel Skews, Urology Specialist Nurse Practitioner, North Bristol NHS Trust 

Bronze - Urology/Continence Clinical Nurse Specialists Team, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, Royal Derby Hospital

Vascular Access Nurse of the Year Award

Winner: Jane Hodson, Lead Nurse Vascular Access and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Services, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust


Silver - Maya Aquino-Guerrero, Clinical Specialist Lead, NHS Supply Chain: IV Therapy and Vascular Access Devices, Specialist Nurse (Hon) Practitioner, Frimley Health NHS FT

Bronze - Soi Kuriakose, Venous Access Nurse, ULHT

Wound Care Nurse of the Year

Winner: Andalinda Joyce Williams, Clinical Director / CEO, Charity Wound Care Foundation, Incorporated

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Silver - Josie Hatfield, Senior Academic Vascular Specialist Nurse, Vascular Lab, Hull University Hospitals NHS Trust

Bronze - Dr Muthu Srinivasan Jayalakshmi, Professor -Research Guide, PP Savani University