The winners of the Peninsula PAFTAS were announced at our award ceremony on 16th May at Woodbury Park.

All of the nominees and shortlisted candidates are AMAZING and it was hard to pick winners. Some categories were so close that this year we have awarded some Highly Commended awards for runners-up

Well done to everyone, and thank you for a fantastic PAFTAs

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Paediatric Junior Hero Award

Peninsula Core Trainee ST1–4

Dr Sam Chun

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Junior Nurse of the Year

Yasmin Hookaway –University Hospitals Plymouth

Highly commended: Niamh Guppy – Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (RDUH)

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Educational Supervisor of the Year

Dr Becky Smith – University Hospitals Plymouth

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Non Clinical Staff Award

Tanya Burton – Torbay Hospital

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Healthcare & Nursing Assistant Award

Nicola Salter- Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (RDUH)

Highly commended: Caleisha Skerton – University Hospitals Plymouth

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The Kate Westwood Memorial Award for Senior Hero

Peninsula Specialty Trainees ST4+

Dr Alicia Regan

Highly commended: Dr Chris Ugwu & Dr Amy Hanley

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Multidisciplinary Hero Award

Gemma Burley –Royal Cornwall Hospitals

Highly commended: Holly Barker – Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (RDUH)

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Nursing Role Model of the Year Award

Jessica Appleby – North Devon District Hospital (RDUH)

Highly commended: Chelle Tribble – Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (RDUH)

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The Debbie Eadie Award for Advanced Nurse Practice

Sarah Tabrett – Royal Cornwall Hospitals

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Nursing Lifetime Achievement Award

Helen Greenhill – Royal Cornwall Hospitals

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Consultant Hero

Dr Yolanda Alins‑Sahun – University Hospitals Plymouth
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Team of the Year – Smaller team

CEW Team
University Hospitals Plymouth

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Team of the Year – Bigger Team

Truro Neonatal Unit – Royal Cornwall Hospitals

Highly commended: Plymouth Paediatric ED – University Hospitals Plymouth

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We are proud of all the nominations we received this year and the winners are just one aspect of the PAFTAs.

When picking the shortlist and winners, our committee tries hard to represent and celebrate each unit whilst also being as impartial as possible. We can only base our decisions on the nomination text that was submitted, not the other information we may or may not know about the nominees.

Some hospitals cast far more nominations than others and it is impossible for us to fully mitigate the impact of this in our judging process. We are a group of volunteers who are try our best to encourage all hospitals to take part and submit many nominations. We always aim to have representation from multiple professions and hospitals on our panel.

If you feel your hospital wasn’t represented as much this year, we warmly invite and urge you to join our committee and help boost the publicity around nominations in your units next year and be involved in the judging process.