Exemplar Health Care celebrates eight regional Great British Care Awards 2024 winners

We’re thrilled to announce that following recent award ceremonies in the North East, North West, West Midlands, and Yorkshire & Humber, we're celebrating eight regional winners, with an additional six colleagues being awarded the title of ‘Highly commended’ in their categories.

West Midlands winners

Our awards season kicked off on 2 November 2024 at the West Midlands regional awards, with eight finalists from five care homes.

We celebrated two winners.

Karen Hall, Office Manager at Otterburn, won The Ancillary Worker Award.
Valerie Paragon, Activities Coordinator at Otterburn, won The Dignity in Care Award.

Additionally, Bryan Bailey, Cook at Maypole Grove, was highly commended in The Care Home Cook/Chef Award.

North East winners

Next, we headed to Newcastle, where six incredible finalists represented Exemplar Health Care at the North East regional awards.

On the night, Sian Johnson, Catering Manager at Tees Grange, was highly commended in The Care Home Cook/Chef Award.

Yorkshire & Humber winners

Our biggest night yet took place in Leeds, where we proudly celebrated an incredible 25 finalists from the Yorkshire & Humber region.

We were delighted to see five winners crowned.

James MacDonald, Registered Nurse at Quarryfields in Doncaster, won The Social Care Nurse Award.
Patrick Powell, Office Manager at Ravensdale in Leeds, won The Putting People First/Personalisation Award.
Sara Robbins, Health Care Assistant at Fairburn Mews in Castleford, won The Dementia Carer Award.
Tameika Taylor, Activities Co-ordinator at Lonnen Grove in Rotherham, won The Care Home Activity Organiser Award.
The Senior Nursing Team at Dearnevale in Grimethorpe, Barnsley, won The Palliative Care/End of Life Award.

We’d also like to recognise our highly commended colleagues.

Emma Pease, Health Care Assistant at Fairburn Mews, Castleford – The Care Home Worker Award.
Emily Day, Health Care Assistant at Lonnen Grove, Rotherham – The Care Home Newcomer Award.
Hannah Blundell, Operational Development Manager in Central Support Services – The Care Innovator Award.

North West winners

On 9 November, we celebrated the North West regional awards in Liverpool, where we had two outstanding colleagues recognised.

Ali Tajizadegan, Physiotherapist at Ribble View in Preston, won The Putting People First Award.
Chris Ravensdale, Clinical Nurse Manager at Brook View in Liverpool, highly commended in The Social Care Nurse Award.

Congratulations to all our finalists

We’d also like to extend a huge congratulations to all our regional finalists.

To be shortlisted as one of the best in the region in your chosen category is a fantastic achievement and testament to the incredible work you do each day to make every day better for the people we support.

We’re so proud!

To all our winners and highly commended colleagues, congratulations on this amazing recognition of your dedication and excellence.

You make us so proud, and we’re incredibly grateful for the difference you make on the lives of those we support.