The Link May 2026 - Book - Page 3
Rising Stars
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Welsh Government’s award
for creative and innovative practice
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Kyle Kennedy
Dietitian, NHS Lanarkshire
Freddie James Wright
Scientist Training Programme Clinical Engineering,
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Michela Clarke
Senior occupational therapist, Hertfordshire Partnership
University NHS Foundation Trust
Stephanie Quinn
Clinical Scientist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
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Lymphaticovenous anastomosis collaboration:
improving clinical and patient outcomes for people with
lymphoedema in Wales
Dr Melanie Thomas, Clinical Director and Dr Cheryl Pike,
National Macmillan Innovations Lymphoedema Specialist,
Lymphoedema Wales Clinical Network, Swansea Bay
University Health Board
Award for developing the AHP and
healthcare science workforce
Saraaz Khalil
Allied Health Professional, Nursing & Midwifery Practice
Educator, Specialist Radiographer & Research Academic,
Yorkshire & Northern Region
Eimear Shannon
Physiotherapist, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Genevieve Winter
Neurologic Music Therapist (NMT), Chroma
Carl Wong
Team Lead Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Max Thomas
Clinical Scientist and Site Lead for Respiratory and
Sleep Physiology, University Hospitals Sussex
NHS Foundation Trust
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Rad Chat
Jo McNamara and Naman Julka Anderson, Therapeutic
Radiographers, Founders and Hosts of Rad Chat
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