2021 Winners

Winner

Dr Sally Pezaro
Coventry University
Success in Co-Creating Educational Tools to Support Those Birthing with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (Heds) and Hypermoability Spectrum Disorders (HSD)

Shortlisted

Isabelle Bourton and Nina Khazaezadeh
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Caseload Midwifery – A Radically Holistic Approach

Suzy Hall and Lynn Bayes
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Partnership Working with Doulas

Milena Wezgowiec and Harriet Hickey
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Midwife Led Preterm Clinic

Hora Soltani and Frankie Fair
Sheffield Hallam University
Partnership with Migrant Mothers to Improve Safe Perinatal Care-Making A Sustainable Impact

Winner

Candice Noonan
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Shortlisted

Veronica Williams
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Vanessa Savage
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Winner

Anne Richley and Claire Dale
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
The Incredible Journey

Shortlisted

Kelly Parker and Didi Craze
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust
Communications and Media Midwife – Innovative & Contemporary Job Role

Natalie Carter and Victoria Cochrane
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Chelsea and Westminster COVID Response – Caring During Crisis

Frances Rivers and Jackie Latimer
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Supporting Homebirths During a Pandemic

Jane Coyne
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Saving Babies Lives through the GM Smokefree Pregnancy Programme

Winner

Zoe Meneilly
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Shortlisted

Imperial Branch
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Cardiff Branch Committee
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Haywards Heath and Brighton Branch
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust

Sally Morgan
Tameside Hospital

Winner

Cardiff RCM Branch
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Caring for you – Supporting Staff Through Engagement, Positivity and Kindness

Shortlisted

Jacqueline Owusu-Ansah
Imperial College Healthcare Trust

Pamela Galloway
NHS Fife
Improving Staff Resilience

Jillian Ireland and Lisa Relton
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Showing Care by Building Relationships and Strengthening Links

Winner

Susannne Thomas and Patrice McKenna
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital
SMARRT Pack; Supporting Midwives, Newly Appointed, Returning to Practice, Rotating Departments and Training

Shortlisted

Juliet Wood and Laura Iannuzzi
Bournemouth University
Zoom the Midwife Global Café

Jane Rooney and Lorna Gerrish
Edge Hill University
Skills @ Home Pilot for Perineal Suturing

Sarah Fairbairn and Mary Bell
Northumbria University
Online Transition of NIPE Education in Response to the Global Pandemic

Winner

Sian Ness and Beth Towsey
Mid and South Essex NHS Trust
The Lullaby Team

Shortlisted

Judith Cutter and Jessica Holmes
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
The Teardrop and Rainbow Baby Bereavement Service

Daryl Mallis and Myra Kinnaird
Scottish Health Professionals Bereavement Network (pregnancy & neonatal loss)
Bereavement Networking: Benefiting Staff and Families

Victoria Owens and Hannah Gardener
Swansea Bay University Health Board
The Gift- A Beautiful Birth and a Beautiful Death

Winner

Beatrice Bennett
University of Nottingham

Shortlisted

Jemma Hughes
Cardiff University

Emily Davis
Sheffield Hallam University

Tracey James
University of South Wales

Eilidh Cole
University of the West of Scotland

Winner

Fatima Ghaouch and Samukeliso Sibanda
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Midwives for Change: Our Journey Around the Race

Shortlisted

Benash Nazmeen
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Patricia Mugwangi
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Maternity Equality Diversity Inclusion – MEDI

Sara Sardarizadeh and Chelone Lee-Wo
St George’s Hospital
‘About Me’ Posters

Winner

Fiona Laird and Mellissa Jhagroo
North Middlesex Hospital
Case Holding Women with Perinatal Mental Health Collaboratively

Shortlisted

Kate Allon
Darent Valley Hospital
Mental Health Midwife Non-Medical Prescribing Clinic

Katie Potton
NHS Fife
Delivering Excellence in Perinatal Mental Health

Zara March
Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Annmarie Thomas
Swansea Bay Health Board
Becoming a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Midwife

Ilaria Harrison and Alaine Holland
University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire
Complex Continuity Team for Perinatal Mental Health and Vulnerabilities

Winner

Grace Thomas
Cardiff University
Compassionate Leadership in Midwifery Education

Shortlisted

Jane Coyne
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Saving Babies Lives through the GM Smokefree Pregnancy Programme

Heidi Ottosen
Oxford University Hospital Foundation Trust

Zara March
Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Kayleigh Wdowczyk
North Manchester General Hospital
Leadership of a Midwife Ultrasound Scan Team and Service- Helping to Save Babies Lives in Greater Manchester

ULHT Clinical Education Team
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust
Ongoing Training Provision Through a Pandemic

Winner

Lisa Darrah and Sinead McFarlane
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
SWAN Team – Social Wellbeing Antenatal Care

Shortlisted

Jenny Carter and Vicky Robinson
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London
Preterm Surveillance Clinic

Polly Kay and Nick Kametas
King’s College Hospital
The Hypertension Clinic

Barbara Strawbridge and Paula Morrison
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Continuity of Midwifery Care

Deirdre Gill and Fiona Clarke
Western Health and Social Services Trust
OASIS

Winner

Susanne Thomas (Northern Ireland)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Tania Pearce (England)
East Surrey Hospital

Frances Arrowsmith (Scotland)
NHS Highland

Sarah Hookes (Wales)
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Shortlisted

Susanne Thomas
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Tania Pearce
East Surrey Hospital

Emma Mckay
Hywel Dda University Health Board

Noella Aers
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Harriet Burke
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Lorraine Hawkins
Milton Keynes University Hospital

Frances Arrowsmith
NHS Highland

Shona Hamilton
Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Sarah Smith
University of Derby and Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sarah Blackwell
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Sarah Hookes
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Winner

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust