AQuA Members Celebrate Leadership Success at North West Leadership Academy Awards

North West Leadership Academy's Managing Director
Deborah Davis opens the Awards

NHS leaders across the North West recently celebrated a night of success at the North West Leadership Academy’s annual Recognition Awards, for which AQuA was one of the sponsors.

The awards, held at the McDonald Kilhey Court Hotel in Standish, recognised the leading individuals and teams across all levels and professions of the NHS in the North West.

Speaking after the awards, Helen Kilgannon, AQuA’s Head of System Transformation, said:

“It was fantastic to join our colleagues at North West Leadership Academy in celebrating some of the region’s current and rising leaders across the NHS.

“These are individuals that have led some truly outstanding improvements to both patients’ health and experience of the NHS, and for the staff and colleagues they work with on a daily basis.

“AQuA work closely with many of these people, and we are really proud to have such a wealth of talent across the North West.”

AQuA members named among the winners included:

• Emerging Leader - Dr Benita Kane, Consultant in Respitory Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
• Inclusive Leader – Karmini McCann, Head of Workforce Futures, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
• Inspirational Leader – Linda Johnstone, Clinical Director, Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Leading and Developing People – Dave Sweeney, Deputy Chief Officer, NHS Halton CCG
• Leading Systems Transformation – Andrew Bennett, Chief Officer & Senior Responsible Officer, Better Care Together (Morecambe Bay Vanguard)
• Living the Values – Dr Neil Smith, GP Lead for Cancer, Pennine Lancashire, NHS East Lancashire & Blackburn with Darwen CCG
• Team Outstanding Achievement - Clinical – Prof. Cheng-Hock Toh, The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Team Outstanding Achievement – Non Clinical – Organisational Development and Training team, University Hospitals of Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

Among the finalists in the Emerging Leader category was Dr Emmanuel Nsetubu, our AQ Clinical Lead for Sepsis, and Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

AQuA Fellow and Integrated Care Programme Director for Oldham CCG, Kath Wynne-Jones, was also among the finalists in the Leading Systems Transformation category.

For more information about the awards, please visit the North West Leadership Academy website, or you can follow the coverage from the night on Twitter at #NWawards16.