Following an extensive longlisting and shortlisting process, the nominations for this year's United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Staff Awards have now been whittled down to the final shortlist.

This year, the awards attracted 937 nominations, recognising the staff who go above and beyond to provide excellent healthcare to the people of Lincolnshire.

All nominations have now been considered and the shortlist for each award chosen. In total, 44 individuals and teams who work across Lincolnshire's hospitals have been shortlisted for this year's awards in 11 categories.

Everyone shortlisted will be invited to a celebratory awards evening, along with their nominator, on Thursday 16 November.

Andrew Morgan, Group Chief Executive for LCHS and ULHT, said: "Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated this year. This is the tenth year of our Staff Awards and it is the most nominations we have ever received in one year!

"I believe this huge number of nominations from both patients and colleagues really reflects our exceptional staff who go above and beyond to provide the best possible quality of care to patients."

The awards are entirely funded by sponsorship from local businesses and suppliers, for which we are very grateful. Any business which is interested in supporting the awards is asked to contact [email protected] or call 01522 573986.

A full list of the shortlisted individuals and teams for each category of the awards is included below:

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year Award

PRIDE Staff Network leadership circle, Trustwide

Sally Robinson and Sarah El-Khatim, Staff Menopause Clinic, Trustwide

Yvonne Garner and Rosella Gugliotta, MAPLE Staff Network, Trustwide

Yvonne Garner, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Trustwide

Extra mile – clinical

Donna Woodward, Breast Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pilgrim

Ward 4A, Pilgrim

Vicki Lloyd, Clinical Site Manager, Pilgrim

Tammy Flannery, Staff Nurse, Lincoln

Team of the year – clinical

Bostonian Ward, Pilgrim

Jules Bambridge, Amy Garratt, Same Tinkler, Anusha Young and Naomi Plant, Maternity Patient Safety Team, Trustwide

Mel Fisher and Lucy Darby, Advanced Practitioners in Brachytherapy, Lincoln

Laura Wilmott and the Neuro-Rehabilitation Outreach Team, Lincoln

Chair's compassion and respect award

Katerina Vojtekova, Medical Registrar, Pilgrim

Lauren Martyr, Physiotherapy Assistant, Pilgrim

Dr Charlotte Kallmeyer, Consultant Haematologist, Lincoln

Jessica Harness, Deputy Ward Sister, Lincoln

Outstanding leader award

Ian Rushton, Programme Manager, Lincoln

Elizabeth Withers, Endoscopy Manager, Grantham

Rebecca Connolly, Consultant ACP Emergency Medicine, Trustwide

Lindsey Wilkinson, Site Lead Physiotherapist, Lincoln

Great patient experience award

Vicky Bell, Nurse, Lincoln

Stacey McConnell, Early Pregnancy Nurse, Lincoln

Grzegorz Ortonowski and team, Endoscopy, Grantham

Lucy Wonnacott, Midwife, Pilgrim

Service improvement award

Jules Bambridge and Yvonne McGrath, Consultant Midwives, Trustwide

Dr Ashar Kazi, Consultant, Pilgrim

Jane Hall, Advanced Practitioner Late Effects Service Lead, Lincoln

Myriam Jackson and Radiology advanced practitioner reporting radiographers, chest x-ray reporting team, Trustwide

Extra mile – non clinical

Peter Quinlan, Porter, Lincoln

Sara Maddison, Housekeeper, Louth

Andrew Jackson-Parr, Chaplain, Pilgrim

Beckie Gammack, Estates Helpdesk Manager, Lincoln

Volunteer of the year

Debbie Neale, Volunteer, Pilgrim

Barry Moseley, Volunteer, Pilgrim

Paul Cartwright, Volunteer, Lincoln

Lesley Hart, Volunteer, Grantham

Team of the year – non clinical

Talent Academy, Trustwide

Complaints Team, Trustwide

ePMA Project Team, Trustwide

ULHT Together Admins, Trustwide

Rising star award

Jay Robinson, Plumber, Pilgrim

Filippo Natalini, Practice Educator, Lincoln

Michele Norris, Healthcare Support Worker, Lincoln

Trish Roberts, Student OPD, Pilgrim