STAR Awards 2025 Winners
The winners of this year's STAR Awards are:
Clinical Staff Award
- Gold: Jacqueline Dunlop, Principal Genetic Counsellor, Ninewells Hospital
- Silver: Laura Donoghue, Renal Assistant Practitioner, Renal Ward, Ninewells Hospital
- Bronze: Cheryl Cruickshanks, Community Mental Health Nurse, Dundonald Centre
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Support Staff Award
• Gold: Maggie Reilly, Receptionist, Kingsway Care Centre
• Silver: Linda Allan, Domestic Assistant, Laboratory Block, Ninewells Hospital
• Bronze: Elaine Sandeman, Medical Secretary, Tayside Adult Autism Consultancy Team, Alloway Centre
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Clinical Team Award
• Gold: Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU), Carseview Centre
• Silver: Neonatal Unit, Ninewells Hospital
• Bronze: Ward 34 Haematology, Ninewells Hospital
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Support Team Award
• Gold: Laboratory Team (restorative, orthodontic and prosthodontics), Dundee Dental Hospital
• Silver: Soft Facilities, Pitlochry Community Hospital
• Bronze: Safety and Flow Admin Team, Ninewells Hospital
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Young Achiever Award
• Gold: Demi Gallacher, Charge Nurse, Rohallion Secure Care Clinic, Murray Royal Hospital
• Silver: Sarah McBride, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
• Bronze: Sara Young, Senior Pharmacy Technician, Perth Royal Infirmary
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Unsung Hero Award
• Gold: Helen MacFarlane, Community Mental Health Nurse, Dundonald Centre
• Silver: Heather Esplin, Healthcare Support Worker, Maternity, Ninewells Hospital
• Bronze: Alison Stuart, Midwife, Arbroath Infirmary
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Innovation and Improvement Award
• Gold: Mental Health Education Officer Team, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
• Silver: Portable Fibroscan Team, Hepatology
• Bronze: Kira Tubbs and Heather Payne, Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy
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Inspiring Educator/Trainer Award
• Gold: Clement Seeballuck, Honorary Specialty Dentist, Dundee Dental Hospital
• Silver: Claire Carden, Consultant Surgeon
• Bronze: Gwen Gordon, Clinical Educator, Nursing Education
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Social Impact and Global Citizenship Award
• Gold: Marianne White, Infant Feeding Advisor, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Silver: Donald Martin, Transport Fleet Officer/Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser, Support Services
• Bronze: Mobile Dental Unit
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Tayside Together Award
• Gold: DFN Project Search
• Silver: AIMS (Addressing Inequalities in Maternity Services)
• Bronze: Mental Health Enhanced Community Support Hub, Angus
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Volunteer Award
• Gold: Alison Perkins, Reception, Cornhill Macmillan Centre
• Silver: Sara Oussidan, Art Tutor, Dudhope Young Peoples Inpatient Unit (YPU)
• Bronze: William Shields, Music Therapist, Strathmartine Centre
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