2026 awards including:
Amy Davey, ACP in Stroke and Neurorehabilitation, attended the European Life After Stroke Conference in March to present One Stop Group Therapy Assessment clinics in Stroke and Neuro Rehab.
Dr Skye Mackinnon, FY2 Doctor, attended the BASHH BHIVA Joint Conference 2026 in April to present Improving human immunodeficiency virus testing in indicator conditions on an acute medical unit: a quality improvement project.
Philippa Newton-Cross, Service Lead 8a (Physiotherapist) Pain Rehabilitation Team, attended the World conference in Virtual Rehabilitation, (Cork, Ireland), in June to present ROHKEA VR: Implementing a home-based immersive virtual reality-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (VR-CBT) intervention for Chronic Pain.
2025 awards including:
Dr Kathryn Bamforth, TSDFT Lead Research AHP, attended the WellMed Conference in May 2026 to present Exploring Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) Psychological Wellbeing at Work and Patients’ Experiences of Care.
Dr Amy Fisher attended the British Geriatric Society Autumn Meeting and Geriatrics for Juniors conferences in November to present Thinking about the future: a QI project to educate and improve the understanding of advance care planning in the AMU.
Harriet Hughes, Specialist Children’s Neuro Physiotherapist, attended the ESMAC conference in September to present Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Stephanie Baldock, Midwife Sonographer, attended the RCN conference in September to present Bridging the Gap: Examining Symphysis Fundal Height and Estimated Foetal Weight Correlation.
Dr Paul Alisha, DCT3 OMFS, attended the International Conference of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery in May to present Infected Odontoma: A pre-operative risk in cardiac surgery.
Irene McClelland, Dietitian/Clinical Academic, attended the Scottish Section Nutrition Society Conference in April to present Use of food aid by pensioner age households in the UK: A scoping review.
Saffron Richardson, Final Year Medical Student, attended the UMAX 25 Undergraduate Oral and maxillofacial surgery conference in April to present What is the role of artificial dermal substitutes in skin cancer surgery in OMFS.
Corinne Jackson, Professional Standards Lead Nurse, attended the Developing a Research Skilled Workforce Conference in April to present The development and launch of the Nursing and Midwifery Professional Practice Model.
Marie Jasmin, Undergraduate Clinical Teaching Fellow, attended the British Neuropsychiatry Association Conference in March to present Who do we meet in FND clinic?: A review of the demographics and symptomology of new patients seen at a tertiary FND clinic.
2024 awards including:
Dr Kathryn Bamforth, TSDFT Lead Research AHP, attended the Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference in September to present “I can’t look after patients if I can’t look after myself”. Preliminary Findings of the WELLBEING Study: Exploring Healthcare Professionals’ Understanding of Psychological Wellbeing at Work and Patients’ Experiences of Care.”
Dr Kate Boardman attended the European Stroke Organisation Conference in May to present “WHEN YOU HEAR HOOVES…SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO THINK ZEBRA.” A CASE REPORT ABOUT THE RARITY OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS INTERLINKED WITH POSTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKE.
Harriet Payne, Nurse, attended the World Federation of Paediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies Conference 2024 in May to present Demographics and outcomes of children admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a regional hospital in Namibia over twelve months.