The deadline to enter the Health Tech Awards 2023, sponsored by CCube Solutions, is next week!
The awards help to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference – the deadline to enter is at midnight, 19 June 2023.
Each year we have a fantastic group of judges supporting the process, including chief executives, clinical information officers, innovation and transformation roles, digital nursing, operations, GPs, consultants, and more.
To see who is judging, please see below. Or to find out more on the awards, including the categories and how to enter, please click here.
The judges this year includes:
- Adam Field, Operations Manager/Digital Lead, North Preston Medical Practice
- Adam Street, Vaccination Service Locality Manager, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Ade Odunlade, Chief Operating Officer & Interim Deputy Chief Executive, Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
- Adrian Jonas, Chief Analyst for the NW Region, NHSE
- Aileen Jackson, Head of Mental Health, Health Innovation Network AHSN
- Aisling Higham, Ophthalmology Registrar and Medical Director, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Alex Leach, Acting Director of Innovation and Growth, West of England AHSN
- Alexander Tealdi, Digital Project Manager, NHS Dorset
- Ali Paul, Knowledge Service Manager, Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Alison Wooderson, Associate Director for Application Management, London North West University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Amanda Cox, Benefits Realisation, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Amy Kean, Health and Integration Officer, Spelthorne borough council
- Ana Trapero Martin, HealthTech Fellow, Harvard Medical School
- Andrea Havey, Operations Director – Adult Services, Solent NHS Trust
- Andrew Stradling, Medical Director, NHS LPP
- Andrew Twist, Consultant Intensive Care & Anaesthesia, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS FT
- Angela Wade, Director of Nursing and Infection, Prevention & Control, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT)
- Anil Gumber, Senior Health Economist, Sheffield Hallam University
- Arun Gupta, Consultant Psychiatrist, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Ben Panton, Digital Partnership Manager, NHS Arden GEM Commissioning Support Unit
- Bindi Bathia, GP, Ellis Practice
- Campbell Watt, Management Partner, Castle Douglas Medical Group
- Caroline Hammett, Senior Operations Manager, Primary Care Manchester
- Charlise Cuthbert, Associate Director of Operations, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Chris Reynolds, Chief Information Officer, Tees Esk and Wear valleys NHS FT
- Christina Bichan, Director of Planning and Performance, NHS Education for Scotland
- Christopher Hilton, Chief Operating Officer and Consultant Psychiatrist, West London NHS Trust
- Clare Bailey, Clinical Group Director for Cancer & Clinical Support, Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
- Cleo White, Innovation Facilitator, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire
- Dan Bunstone, Clinical Director, GP partner, NHS Confed Digital Group Chair, NHS, Warrington Innovation PCN
- Daniel Rennie-Hale, Director of Integrated Governance, Quality & Patient Safety, Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Dave Pickles, Lead Nurse, DIT Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- David Wilcock, BSO Project Manager, London Central & West UCC
- David Gedze, Service Director, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
- Debbie Loke, Chief Information Officer, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton
- Deborah O’Driscoll, Head of Communications, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Dimitri Varsamis, Head of Digital Innovation Delivery, NHS England
- Dione Rogers, CNIO, Barking,Havering and Redbridge University Trust
- Don Taylor, Head of Estates and Facilities, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Donna Osborn, Senior Transformation and Improvement Lead, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
- Dr Anwer S. Qureshi, Consultant in Acute Medicine with Stroke skills, Clinical lead, Divisional Medical Director for Medicine, Honorary Senior lecturer, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Jason Bincalar, Chief Information Officer, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Shera Chok, GP, Tower Hamlets, NHS North East London ICB
- Ebru Heyberi Tenekeci, Core, Fundamental and Professional Training Manager (Implementing Digital Learning), Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Elaine Mitchell, Practice Manager, Cleckheaton Group Practice
- Emma Davis, Clinical Lead, SCW CSU/H&IOW ICS
- Erica White, Director of Innovation, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Farhana Ferdousi Liza, Lecturer in Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Felicia Akubue, Theatre Nurse Practitioner, Royal Free NHS London
- Fiona Brown, Associate, North East Association of Directors of Social Care
- Frederick Martin, CIO, Royal National Orthopedic Hospital
- Gary Price, Chief Operating Officer, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Graham King, Chief Information Officer, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT
- Hala Zendah, Practice Manager, Strensham Road Surgery
- Hassan Paraiso, Consultant Acute Physician, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Iain Fletcher, Assistant Director of Programmes, NHSE – New Hospital Programme
- Iolanda Pedrosa, Chief Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Information Officer, Whittington Health NHS Trust
- James Foster, Executive Manager, St Stephens Gate Medical Practice and N2S Day Surgery Unit
- Jason Somerville, Head of Clinical Communications & Telemetry, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Jayne Headland, Digital Learning Manager, Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS FT
- Jeffrey Wood, Deputy Director of ICT, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Jenni West, Associate Director for Digital Change, Innovation Agency (AHSN North West Coast
- JenniferSomoye, Patient Advice Liaison Officer (PALS), Croydon Hospital
- Jessica Lister, Consultant Nurse- Learning Disabilities, North Staffordshire Combined Health Care Trust
- Jessica Lister, Consultant Nurse- Learning Disabilities, North Staffordshire Combined NHS Healthcare Trust
- Jill Stott, Director Nursing, NCA
- Jim Crombie, Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Lothian
- Jim Hughes, Director of Digital and Data Programmes, Mersey Care NHS Trust / Cheshire and Merseyside ICS
- Joana Franca, Clinical IT Facilitator, University Hospitals of Leicester
- John Lynch, Clinical Digital Lead, SNEE
- John Patterson, Associate Medical Director GMNHS Co-chair of GM Elective Care Board, GMNHS ICS
- Joshua Marchant, Principal Pharmacy Technician, Anuerin Bevan University Health Board
- Julie Hill, Digital Operations Lead Officer, NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
- Justin Griffiths, CDIO, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Karnesh C Patel, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Kate Howard, Chief Nurse, Cambridgeshire Community Service NHS Trust
- Kate Pound, Improvement Lead, NHS England
- Kathryn Ley, Practice Manager, Cottage Lane Surgery
- Katie Roebuck-Marfleet, Urgent and Emergency Care Programme Director, South Yorkshire ICB
- Katie Trott, Head of Digital Delivery, NHS England
- Katy Dogbey, Consultant Midwife, James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Kenny Rees, Strategic Sourcing National Category Manager – Medical Equipment and Devices, National Procurement, NSS, National Health Service Scotland
- Kerrie Turner, Principal Pharmacist – Infection Management, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Kim Cox, Director of Nursing, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Kimberley Salmon-Jamieson, Chief Nurse & Deputy Chief Executive, Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Kiranmayi Penumaka, GP partner, Quarry Bank Medical Centre
- Laura Kearney ,Operational Services Manager, Outpatients ULHT
- Lee Martin, Chief Delivery Officer, NHS Kent and Medway
- Lee Rickles, CIO, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- Levi Buckley, Chief Operating Officer, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- Lindsay Masson, Site Lead and Advanced Practice Radiographer, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Lisa Taylor, Care Group Director of Operations and Transformation – Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS FT
- Liz Delauney, Non Executive Director, North East London Foundation Trust
- Lynda Scott, Director of Marketing and Communications, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Lynne Mellor, Non Executive Director, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Maggie Choras, Transformation Team Senior Project Manager Primary Care, GTD Healthcare
- Martin Carpenter, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Martin Cohn, IMT-2 Doctor, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Martin Eades, Managing Partner, Priory Medical Group
- Matthew Phillips, Chief Nursing Information Officer / Clinical Safety Officer, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
- Matthew Shepherd, Deputy Digital Medicines Lead Pharmacist, University Hospitals Dorset
- Meenakshi Battu, Practice Business Manager, Sangam Surgery
- Melody Reeves, Recipient Renal Transplant Coordinator, University Hospitals of Leicester
- Michael Dickson, Chief Executive, NHS Shetland / NHS Orkney
- Michael Yates, Improvement Project Manager, Hampshire Hospitals
- Mikila Walters, Clinical Research Practitioner, University Hospitals Leicester
- Molly Dasaolu, Chief Clinical Physiologist, Guy’s and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
- Monique Duffy-Brogan, CDIO, NHS
- Morgan Thanigasalam, Clinical Lead Digital Innovation & Transformation, Sherwood Forest Hospitals
- Naginder Dhanoa, Executive Director – Chief Digital Officer ED at GWH and SFT Hospitals
- Natalie Gibson, Information Governance Officer, Horder Healthcare and NHS trust
- Natasha Scott, Associate Director of Digital Transformation Delivery, Surrey & borders NHS partnership trust
- Nausheen Hameed, GP, Barnet CCG
- Nick Black, CIO, Gateshead Health
- Nick Hopkinson, Associate Director – Strategy & Engagement, NHS England
- Nick Sands, Executive Director of Transformation and Digital, Royal Surrey NHS FT
- Nicki Doherty, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy, Business Development and Partnerships, Primary Care Sheffield
- Nicola Davies, Managing Partner, Highgate Group Practice
- Nicola Burton, Senior Project Nurse, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Nicole Callender, Associate Director of Midwifery, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Nigel Guest, GP partner, Park Medical Centre
- Nihal Fernando, Consultant Psychiatrist, Visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Nikki Kahllon, Performance Improvement Programme Manager & Connect Lead, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Osman Bhatti, GP and Chief Clinical Information Officer, NHS North East London ICB
- Owen Powell, ICT Director, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Paul Singer, CCIO and GP, BLMK ICS
- Paul Wright, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisation
- Penny Kechagioglou, CCIO and deputy CMO, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
- Peter Maclean, Consultant Haematologist, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
- Phill James, Digital Director, Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust
- Professor Ann-Marie Cannaby, Group Chief Nurse/Deputy Chief Executive , Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
- Rachel Addy, Associate Director of Nursing, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust
- Raja Reddy, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Kettering General Hospital
- Ramandeep Kuar, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- Ratan Das, Consultant A&E(r) & GP, BLMK CCG, Bedford
- Reena Pradhananga, Learning Management System Course Manager, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Richard Bailey, Consultant ED, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT
- Richard Cullen , CCIO and Clinical Innovation Lead, South Yorkshire ICB
- Rob Cooper, Managing Director/Chief Operating Officer, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Rob Forster, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Robert Forster, Deputy Chief Executive, Liverpool NHS Foundation Trust
- Robin Binks, Deputy Chief Nurse, University Hospitals of Leicester
- Roger Flint, HealthTech Fellow, Harvard University
- Ronke Adejolu, National Associate Chief Nursing Information Officer, NHS England
- Rosie Scott, Consultant Radiologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS FT
- Russel Ashworth, Clinical Educator, Lead for Technology Enhanced Learning, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Ruth Campbell , Associate Director Health & Care Innovation, NHS National Services Scotland
- Ryan Smith, Non-Clinical partner and PCN Strategic Manager
- Saiful Choudhury, Data Protection Officer, University Hospitals of Leicester
- Sally Deacon, Digital Transformation Lead, Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent ICB
- Sally Evans, Director of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Group
- Samantha Saunders, Senior Project Nurse – DIT, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
- Sandeep Lakhani, Divisional Clinical Director, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Sandeep Sharma, Director, Together First Federation
- Sandra Kazembe, Clinical IT Facilitator, University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
- Sarah Amani, Chief Nursing Information Officer, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
- Sarah Barlow, Practice Manager & Practice Nurse, Lucie Wedgwood Surgery
- Sarah Barr, Chief Information Officer,The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
- Sarah Mills, Associate Director of Strategic Operations and Innovation, Innovate Healthcare Services
- Sarah Shingler, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer: Deputy Chief Executive, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Saritha Prathipati, Head of Digital Transformation, NHS England -Midlands
- Sean Greene, Director of Estates and Facilities, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University NHS Trust
- Seema Buckley, Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmcogenomics, University of Surrey
- Sheena Khanduri, Medical Director, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Shirley Michael, Clinical Systems Group Training & User Support Services Manager, Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Singh Jagtar, (RYG) Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Sonya Gardiner, Chief Operating Officer, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Stephen Collman, Chief Executive, Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
- Stephen East, Chief Technology Delivery Architect, LGT NHS / SEL ICS
- Steve Peak, NED for Herefordshire & Worcestershire HaCNHST and Chief Operating Officer, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health and Care NHST
- Stuart Setchell, Specialist Pharmacy Technician, EPMA, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
- Sudip Ghosh, Deputy Executive Medical Director, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
- Sue Greenwood, Modern Matron, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Sue Thompson, Head of National Operations and Delivery – Frontline Digitisation, NHS England
- Sue Truman, Strategic Lead, Central Basildon PCN
- Sumi Anand, Lead Information Pharmacy Technician, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- Sunil Gupta, Vice Chair, East of England Clinical Senate Council
- Sunil Rathod, Digital Clinical Lead, HIOW ICB
- Suzanne Edwards, Director of Operations/Deputy Chief Executive, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust
- Verónica Blanco Gutiérrez, Midwife and PhD candidate in Digital Health and Care University of Bristol, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Vickie Pring, Senior Web and Systems Developer, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Vidya Rajbhoj, Clinical Psychologist, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
- Yuki Kano, Symptom Control and Palliative Care Research
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