THE finalists have been announced in the You’re a Star Awards, which recognise the work of healthcare professionals and volunteers at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

A total of 42 finalists – across 14 categories, from mental health to children’s services – are in the running for accolades this year.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony next month.

It will be the first such event that the trust has held since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Finalists include Tracey Barningham and Donna Smalley, in the Working Together category, for their app and digital hub, Keeping My Chest Healthy.

The app helps people with learning disabilities to look after their respiratory health.

In the Unsung Hero Corporate category, the trust’s estates and facilities business manager, Liza Pyrah, is a finalist for her work recruiting apprentices, upskilling existing staff and developing a training and development strategies for the estates and facilities team.

Within community health services, a Team of the Year nomination has been earned by the proactive care team, which works with the wider sector to reduce health inequalities in deprived areas of Bradford district – and whose efforts have contributed to a 41 per cent reduction in A&E attendance.

The proactive care team has also been announced as a finalist in the nationwide NHS Parliamentary Awards, by Bradford West MP Naz Shah.

The NHS Parliamentary Awards see MPs nominating NHS staff, and those working with the NHS, from their own constituencies.

Nominees are judged across a range of categories, with a focus on delivering high-quality care.

Other finalists in the You’re A Star Awards include the children in care, care leavers and youth justice team, which advocates for vulnerable children; the Shipley District Nursing Team, which has demonstrated good results for leg ulcer healing and “regularly” scores 100 per cent in a monthly comfort and dignity audit; pharmacy technician Patsy Bamber, who has been helping diabetics to self-administer insulin; and Lucinda Gumbrell, who led the development of Well Baby clinics in disadvantaged areas.

Trust chair, Dr Linda Patterson, says: “Every year it’s both heartening and humbling to hear of the lengths that individuals and teams go to in order to make a difference and support all of our services to deliver high-quality care we can all be proud of.”

The winners will each receive £300 to support their work, as funded by sponsors Sovereign Health Care and Rhodar Industries.