Derbyshire staff receive recognition awards

Colleagues from across the Derbyshire division were recognised for their long service and outstanding contribution in a ceremony at The Whitworth Centre on Friday 17 January.

Both frontline colleagues and Patient Transport Services (PTS) staff were recognised at the ceremony with recipients serving over 250 years altogether in the NHS!

General Manager for Derbyshire Tim Slater, Director of Strategy and Transformation Will Legge, and Ambulance Operations Manager for Derbyshire Samantha Westwell, presented the awards to the deserving attendees.

Those recognised included:

PTS colleagues

20 years

• Sally Lancashire

30 years 

• Beverley Donaldson
• Carol Chapman
• Roy Hurst
• Moira Bunker
• Martin Jackson

Frontline colleagues

20 years

• Jo Taylor
• Alan Maddison
• Annette Maxfield
• Jason Hewitt

30 years

• Jon Stringer
• Paul Wildgoose
• Karen David

40 years

• Pete Wheeldon

Retire and return colleagues

• Amanda Bird
• Carolyn Smith

Outstanding Contribution

• Melvin Pegg
• Joy Spendlove

Chief Executive Commendation

• Kate Brown