Meet our Judges
Andrew Langford, Chief Executive, British Association for Music Therapy
Rachael Moses, Consultant respiratory physiotherapist, Head of Clinical Leadership Development, NHS Leadership Academy and President of the British Thoracic Society.
Rob Orford, Chief Scientific Adviser for Health, Welsh Government
Katrina Kennedy Associate director, AHPs, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Claire Marshall, Experience of Care Lead, Acute Care, Experience of Care Team, NHS England, NHS Improvement
Professor Suzanne Martin, Professor Occupational Therapy, Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy, Ulster University and Fellow Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Shane Elliott, Housing and Health Lead, Department of Health/Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Daniel Thomas, Managing director, Chroma, music therapist, member, Neurologic Music Therapy Advisory Council
Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green, Consultant Clinical Scientist (Infection Control Doctor), Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Joint Trust Lead Healthcare Scientist, Great Ormond St Hospital
Dominic Harrington, Chief Scientific Officer, Synnovis
Joseph Halstead, Lead Bioinformatician, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Peter Illif, Chair, BAPO
Angharad Williams, Clinical Research Practitioner at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Tracy MacInnes, BDA Policy Officer, Scotland, British Dietetic Association
Suzanne Avington, Deputy Associate Director Allied Health Professional, Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Malcolm Robinson, Founder, Harvey’s Gang
Saghar Missaghian-Cully, Managing Director, Northwest London Pathology
Nigel Coles, Chair of Membership Council, IBMS
Grahame Pope, Former head of physiotherapy and rehabilitation, University of Nottingham
Paul Chapman, National AHP Programme Manager, Health Education England
Simon Lovett, Deputy Allied Health Professional Lead, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bamidele Farinre, Scientific Advisor (Technical Validation and Quality Assurance) for UKHSA.
Basit Adbul, Clinical Programme Lead – Pharmacy Integration, NHS England - London, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow, NHS England
Joanna Andrew, Network Lead for Blood Sciences, Scarborough, Hull, York Pathology Service and President Elect, IBMS
Samantha Hemingway, Head of Quality and Professions, Solent NHS Trust
Jenny Keane, National Director Hospital Discharge & Rehabilitation, NHS England
Hedley Glencross, Advanced specialist biomedical scientist, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Jo Horne, Consultant healthcare scientist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
John Stevens, Chair, Academy for Healthcare Science
Keith Ison, Editor, Academy for Healthcare Science
Dr Tony Fisher, NHS Innovation Agency (AHSN North West Coast) and Dept of Physics, University of Liverpool
Ruth Crowder, Chief Allied Health Professions Adviser, Welsh Government
Hannah Reay, Research Nurse, NHS West Midlands
Ruth Thomsen, Scientific Director, NHS England
Deidre Brooking, Workforce Development Lead LCRN North Thames, NIHR
Penny Williams, Research Delivery Manager / Head of Research Workforce Development, NIHR
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The Advancing Healthcare Awards
The Advancing Healthcare Awards have been running for almost 20 years and recognise the work of allied health professionals, healthcare scientists and those who work alongside them across the UK.