The Link May 2026 - Book - Page 9
Award for excellence in
cancer care
Outstanding Paramedic Science
Undergraduate of the Year
Sponsored by Macmillan Cancer Support
Sponsored by the School of Nursing and
Paramedic Science, Ulster University
From Waiting to Preparing: Transforming the Start of the
Cancer Journey
Kar-Lee Brown, Consultant Therapeutic Radiographer for Head
& Neck Cancer, Claire Duffy, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Head
& Neck Cancer, and the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Head & Neck Cancer Multiprofessional Team
Radiotherapy Physics Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy
Service
Karen Bradley, Principal Dosimetrist, North West Cancer
Centre, Western Health and Social Care Trust
Anal Cancer Awareness Day Pilot Project
Naman Julka-Anderson, Macmillan Consultant Therapeutic
Radiographer, AHP Clinical Advisor, Mid and South Essex NHS
Foundation Trust and Rad Chat Co-Founder, Dr. Catherine
Hanna, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Queens University
Belfast and the multi-professional Anal Cancer Awareness Day
Pilot Project Team
Award for Masters clinical research
To be announced at the ceremony
Rising Star Award
Sponsored by Unite the Union, NI Health Branch
Coral Trainor – Respiratory Healthcare Scientist,
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Melissa Patterson – Occupational Therapy Assistant,
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Ellie Robinson – Orthoptist, Northern Health and Social Care
Trust
Ciaran McCarroll – Healthcare Science Assistant,
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Jackob McComb – Band 5 Physiotherapist,
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Oran Wilson – Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist,
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Oonagh McManus – Speech and Language Therapist,
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Sponsored by the School of Health Sciences,
Ulster University
Safety and Outcomes of Biennial Diabetes Foot Screening in
Low-Risk Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Claire Byrne, Principal Podiatrist, Belfast Health & Social Care
Trust
‘DECISION’ An ethical decision making framework for AHPs in
NI
Bernie McGreevy, Community Palliative Care Lead, South
Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Decision-Making Styles of Student Paramedics:
Associations with Protocol Reliance and Confidence in
Independent Clinical Judgement
Sean Graham, EPRR Training Officer, Northern Ireland
Ambulance Service
Making Every Contact Count: From First Contact to Lasting
Change in Physiotherapy
Ronan O’Kane, Principal Physiotherapist MSK SS & Pelvic
Health Trustwide, Western Health & Social Care Trust and
Professor Chris Bleakley, Ulster University
Award for Creative and Innovative Practice
Falls Prevention Deserves Your Attention - BHSCT Falls
Prevention Roadshow
Joy Cooper, Community Falls Team Lead (Interim), and the
Community Falls Prevention and Management Service, Belfast
Health and Social Care Trust
Transforming Care Through a Person-Centred Frequent
Service User Framework
Claire Hallowell, Complex Case Manager and the team at
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
A Walk to Remember: the Pilot of a Simulation-BasedEducation Session on the Topic of Frailty
Anne-Marie Stewart and Debbie McVeigh, Occupational
Therapists (Belfast Health and Social Care Trust) and the
Management, Staff, and Residents of Lansdowne Care Home
(Belfast)
Seeing Through Their Eyes: An Inclusive, Sensory-Aware
EEG Experience
Grace McCue and Bronagh Woods, Clinical Physiologists, Stacy
McAvoy, Administrator, and the Neurophysiology team, Royal
Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
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