AHA Link-2024-2 July-August - Flipbook - Page 12
For full details of our finalists, see pages 3,4,5,6 inside.
Advancing Healthcare Awards UK 2025 – Order of Ceremony
Welcome:
Alison Dunn, joint managing director,
Chamberlain Dunn
Guest speaker:
Richard Stubbs, chair, Health Innovation Network
Lunch
Our ceremony opens with two songs performed by
Viva Acapella
Viva Acappella, a multi-award winning cappella
group based in Kent, has won competitions at both
national and international level and love to sing
everything from pop songs to traditional hymns,
jazz standards and barbershop.
Award for developing the AHP and healthcare
science workforce
Presented by Beverley Harden MBE, deputy chief AHP
officer, NHS England
British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
award for evidencing impact and excellence in
prosthetics and orthotics
Presented by Dr Nicky Eddison, chair, BAPO
The best collaboration across clinical, academia
and industry
Supported by the Health Innovation Network,
presented by Richard Stubbs, chair, Health
Innovation Network
Our host:
Bridgitte Tetteh, presenter and journalist, BBC
Radio Oxford and Radio Berkshire
Award for creative and innovative practice
Presented by Venus Madden, associate director of
AHPs, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NHS England Chief Scientific Officer’s award for the
Outstanding healthcare science service of the year
Professor Dame Sue Hill DBE, chief scientific officer,
NHS England will say a few words and present the
award.
Biomedical Scientist of the Year award
Sponsored by the Institute of Biomedical Science,
presented by Joanna Andrew, president, IBMS
Award for campaigning with power and impact
Supported by PH Affairs, presented by Paul Wright,
chief executive officer, PH Affairs
Northern Ireland Government’s award for clinical
impact to address healthcare inequalities
Sponsored by the Department of Health, Northern
Ireland, presented by Professor Michelle Tennyson,
chief AHP Officer
The Lightbulb Moment:
driving forward patient safety
Sponsored by the Academy for Healthcare Science,
presented by ACHS chair, John Stevens
Rising Star award
Presented by Steve Jamieson, chief executive officer,
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Welsh Government’s award for delivering
multiprofessional community care
Presented by Ruth Crowder, chief allied health
professions adviser, Welsh Government
British and Irish Orthoptic Society award for service
improvement and innovative practice
Presented by Craig Murray, chair, BIOS
#RightToRehab award for innovation
Sponsored by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy,
presented by CSP chief executive, John Cowman
Award for outstanding achievement by an
apprentice, support worker or non-registered
technician in an AHP or healthcare science service
Presented by Carolyn McDonald, chief AHP officer,
NHS Scotland
My inspiration: the Academy for Healthcare Science
Award for the most inspiring leader
Presented by AHCS president-elect, Professor
Chris Hopkins
Overall winner of the 2025 UK Advancing
Healthcare awards
Professor Suzanne Rastrick OBE, chief AHP officer,
NHS England will say a few words and present the
overall award.
And now please join us in the reception room to
celebrate the winners of the 2025 Awards and the
20th anniversary of the Advancing Healthcare
Awards. And enjoy more music from the jazzers.
