Shortlist 2026

A huge congratulations to all of the successful entrants that were announced live via our LinkedIn feed on Thursday 2 April

Organisation Awards

• University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire - Multi-Omics Clinical Research Platform

• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Histopathology

• NHS Blood and Transplant - Transfusion 2024

• Public Services Delivery Scotland - De-centralised Point of Care Testing

• iFAST Diagnostics - Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

• The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Histopathology

• Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - Microbiology Dried Blood Spot Testing

• Integrated Pathology Solutions-Airedale, Bradford and Harrogate Trusts - POCT

• Bangor University - Higher Education

• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Microbiology

• South West London Pathology

• Histopathology departments – St Richards Hospital, Royal Sussex County, Conquest Hospital, Queen Victoria Hospital

• Mid and South Essex NHS Trust - Clinical Biochemistry

• iFAST Diagnostics - Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

• Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services

• London South Bank University

• Bangor University (1)

• Bangor University (2)

• Coventry University

• Aston University

• Zoe Andrews - Diversity

• Bangor University - Higher Education

• Jussna Mateen, Isle of Wight NHS Trust

• Cwm Taff Morgannwg University Health Board - Microbiology

• Carers in STEMM - Addressing an often-overlooked career barrier: caregiving

• University Hospital Southampton - Blood Transfusion, Haematology and Biochemistry

• Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary - Blood Science Department

• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - Blood Transfusion, Haematology, Chemistry

• St George's Hospital - South West London Pathology - Clinical blood sciences

• Sheffield Children's Hospital - South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Pathology Network - Haematology, Coagulation, Blood Bank

• Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust - Immunohistochemistry

• Public Services Delivery Scotland - Pharmacogenetics, shifting care from treatment to prevention

• Department of Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Medical Microbiology Partnership, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - Medical Microbiology Live Labs scalable work experience for Students

• Sussex Pathology Network (Histopathology) - UHSx, ESHT & QVH

• NHSBT Hospital Customer Service and NHS Hospitals served by NHSBT Barnsley Centre - Blood Transfusion

• London South Bank University and North West London Pathology

• RPSG, KDARs, Coventry University and ZtormLabostix Partnership

• Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT - Histopathology

• Bangor University - Education

• Histocare - Sustainability

• St John's Histopathology, Synnovis Analytics and Diapath - Cellular Pathology

• Aston University - Higher Education

• Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation trust - Pathology and Healthcare Science masterclass

• Make Real & NHS Blood and Transplant - Blood transfusion science

• UK NEQAS Cellular Pathology Technique - Cellular Pathology

• Pathology Academy Wales - National Pathology Programme Wales - National Pathology Workforce Education

• Histocare - Histology

• Abigail Mepham, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust - Pan-pathology

• South 4 Pathology Partnership - Education, Training, Development & Leadership Academy

• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Microbiology

• South West London Pathology - SWLP Training and Education Department

• UK Health Security Agency - Reference Microbiology

• University of East Anglia - Applied Biomedical Science

• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Cellular Pathology

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Individual Awards

• Zahrah Rosun - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Victoria Moyse - HCA Healthcare UK - Laboratories

• Katie Berger - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

• Sidra Kalsoom - Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Ruth Evans - Swansea Bay University Health Board

• Mehwish Khalid - North West London Pathology

• Lynne Morgan - NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

• Steven Swanson - NHS Lothian

• Carl Onwochei - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

• Kelly Bicknell - Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

• Rhys Tassell - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Jonathan Turner - UK Health Security Agency

• Dr Audrey Heppleston - University of East Anglia

• Temitope Ige - University Hospitals of Leicester

• Faizahmed Durwesh - Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

• Tolulope Igbekele - Diagnexia UK

• Suvedha Kandiah - HCA Healthcare UK, Laboratories

• Liliana Pereira - Cellular Pathology, Belast Health & Social Care Trust

ORGANISATION AND INDIVIDUAL AWARD

• University of Staffordshire Science Technical team - Biomedical Science

• Willink Biochemical Genetics Team

• Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board - Pathology Department

• Peninsula Pathology Network Team

• Gayle Johnstone - Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Blood Science Department

• Junior Mutombo Nsumpi - Public Engagement/Training and Education

• Northumbria Healthcare - Pathology Public Engagement Team

• University Hospitals Birmingham Pathology Training Group

• University of East Anglia Biomedical Science Team - Disciplines of biomedical science

• Scarborough Acute Laboratory Service - Part of SHYPS

• Histopathology - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Digital Histopathology Team - Kent and Medway Pathology Network; William Harvey Hospital

• Virology - The London Clinic

• Clinical Biochemistry FIT Team - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

• Pathology Training Leads Group, Wales

• Biomedical Science Teaching Team - Bangor University

• Blood Transfusion UHS

• Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Laboratory Team - Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

• Diagnostic Cytology Reporting & ROSE Team - SWLP, St Georges Hospital

• Biochemistry Department Blood Science Laboratory - Western General Hospital NHS Lothian

• Cellular Pathology, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

• Northumbria Blood Culture MDT - Northumbria Healthcare

• South West London Pathology Laboratory - Croydon Hospital

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The following award will be presented at the ceremony

Biomedical Science Champion – The Overall Winner