The Link May 2026 - Book - Page 6
CYMRU
Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru – The shortlist
The 2026 winners will be announced on 15
October in Cardiff and this year we are looking
forward to welcoming as hosts Gareth Evans,
Chief Allied Health Professions Officer and Vicki
Heath, Chief Healthcare Science Officer for Wales.
Award for excellence
in cancer care
Sponsored by Macmillan Cancer Support
From diagnosis to better outcomes:
embedding prehabilitation in cancer care
Joanne Horton, Consultant Therapist, Allied Health
Professional Lead for Cancer and Kacey Mills, Project
Manager and the team at Swansea Bay University Health
Board
Lymphaticovenous anastomosis surgery in Wales:
improving outcomes for adults with cancer related
lymphoedema
Melanie Thomas, Clinical Director and Cheryl Pike, National
Innovations Lymphoedema Specialist, Lymphoedema Wales
Clinical Network and the collaborative team across Swansea
University, Swansea Bay University Health Board and the
Lymphoedema Wales Clinical Network
Co-produced national diet resource transforming
equitable, evidence-based support for people with
breast cancer
Sian Lewis, Macmillan AHP Cancer Lead, Aneurin Bevan
University Health Board and Jane Spivey, Macmillan AHP
Cancer Lead, Powys Teaching Health Board
Award for excellence in diagnostics
Sponsored by the Institute of Biomedical Science
Transforming regional nuclear medicine diagnostics for
patients with bile acid malabsorption
Rachel Bidder, Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics and
the wider team at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Implementation and refinement of a Clinical Scientist-led
sleep diagnostics pathway for sleep disordered breathing
Lois Attewell, Head of Respiratory and Sleep Physiology,
Lung function and Sleep Apnoea Team, Cardiff and Vale
University Health Board
Slaying the gap: universal testing for Hepatitis D in Wales
Daniel Gill, Senior Biomedical Scientist, Wales Specialist
Virology Centre and the team at Public Health Wales
Implementation of all-Wales Fetal RhD Screening
Programme
Felicity May, Consultant Clinical Scientist (Deputy Head of
Transplantation Services), Welsh Blood Service
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Vicki Heath (far left)
Gareth Evans (left)
Award for digital and
technology innovation
Sponsored by Digital Health and Care Wales
Digital first, not digital only: inclusive rural rehabilitation
Owen Hughes, Head of Powys Living Well Service,
and the team at Powys Living Well Service
Virtual delivery and smartphone application for Foodwise
for Life: an all-Wales community weight management
programme
Lisa Williams, All Wales Nutrition Training Facilitator, Cardiff
and Vale University Health Board and the collaborative team
across all major Health Boards
A Digital Transformation of Sleep Services
Christian Newman, Deputy Head of Value Based Healthcare
and Emma Davies, Clinical Physiology Manager: Respiratory
and Sleep Science and the team at Hywel Dda University
Health Board
Award for outstanding leadership
Sponsored by Welsh Government
Leading advanced practice transformation clinical
supervision and senior leadership
Kerry Robertshaw, Consultant for Urgent Care, and the
Senior Advanced Paramedic Practitioners team, Welsh
Ambulance Service University Trust
Exceptional leadership through effective triage, risk
management and supporting staff wellbeing
Penelope Williams, Occupational Therapist, Vale Community
Learning Disability Team, Swansea Bay University Health
Board
Inclusive whole system leadership
Madelaine Najjar, Interim Head of Nutrition & Dietetics,
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Leading innovation and service transformation to improve
cardiorespiratory and sleep care across rural west Wales
Nerys James, Cardiac and Respiratory Healthcare Sciences
Manager, Hywel Dda University Health Board
Bringing people together: collaborative leadership
transforming patient care across Wales
Monica Casanova Martins, Clinical Team Lead in Nuclear
Medicine, Swansea Bay University Health Board
Leading change, empowering Teams, improving patient
care across Wales
Rhian White, Laboratory Director, All Wales Medical Genomics
Service
