NSW Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2022 — finalists announced

Wednesday, 17 August, 2022

The Nursing and Midwifery Office (NMO) has announced 30 finalists for the Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2022.

In 2013, NSW Health introduced the annual Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards to celebrate and recognise the outstanding nurses and midwives.

The awards remain a keenly anticipated annual nursing and midwifery event and the NMO congratulated the finalists for the contributions they make every day to patients, their families and communities.

The 2022 finalists are:

Nurse of the Year

Nominee	Hospital or Area	Local health district or specialty network
Cecilia Desousa	Liverpool Hospital	South Western Sydney
Tamra Langley	St Vincent's Hospital	St Vincent's Health Network
Elsie Mari	Community Chronic and Complex Care	Central Coast
Beckie Petulla	Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick	Sydney Children's Hospitals Network

Midwife of the Year

Nominee	Hospital or Area	Local health district or specialty network
Jenny Flaherty	Queanbeyan District Hospital	Southern NSW
Madeleine Simpson	Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital	Nepean Blue Mountains
Kim Wood	Liverpool Hospital	South Western Sydney

New to Practice Nurse/Midwife of the Year

Nominee	Hospital or Area	Local health district or specialty network
Sarah Buckton	Corowa Health Service	Murrumbidgee
Stacey-Lee Cossar-Denny	Gilgandra Multi-Purpose Service	Western NSW
Emily Green	Lismore Base Hospital	Northern NSW
Rachael Roach	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	Mid North Coast
Matthew Weiss	Ryde Hospital	Northern Sydney

Nursing/Midwifery Team of the Year

Nominee	Hospital or Area	Local health district or specialty network
Birra Li Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service	Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service	Hunter New England
Camperdown, Marrickville & Redfern Acute Care Service	Mental Health Service	Sydney
Liverpool Opioid Treatment Program	Liverpool Drug Health Service	South Western Sydney

Judith Meppem Leadership Award (Nursing/Midwifery)

Nominee	Hospital or Area	Local health district or specialty network
Debbie Deasey	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	Mid North Coast
Michelle Keir	Tamworth Hospital	Hunter New England
Sonia Marshall	South Western Sydney District Office	South Western Sydney

Aboriginal Nurse/Midwife of the Year

Nominee	Hospital or Area	Local health district or specialty network
Tracey Bryan	Nepean Hospital	Nepean Blue Mountains
Sarah-Kathleen Colliss	Nunyara Aboriginal Health Unit	Central Coast
Courtney James	Westmead Hospital	Western Sydney
Sonia Robinson	St Vincent's Hospital	St Vincent's Health Network

Healing Heart Award for exceptional care (Nursing/Midwifery) — nominated by Colleagues

Nominee	Hospital or Area	Local health district or specialty network
Denise Burns	Campbelltown Hospital	South Western Sydney
Kate Frampton	Prince of Wales Hospital	South Eastern Sydney
Lenore Maitland	Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick	Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
Mary Mulcahy	Prince of Wales Hospital	South Eastern Sydney

Healing Heart Award for exceptional care (Nursing/Midwifery) — nominated by patients/consumers or their families/carers

Nominee	Hospital or Area	Local health district or specialty network
Judy Boynton	Sustaining NSW Families team	Illawarra Shoalhaven
Hayley Fisher	Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick	Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
Danielle Gardner	Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick	Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
Barbara Scott	Ryde Hospital	Northern Sydney