Moorfields’ Stars celebrates outstanding staff

Staff and volunteers from across the trust came together with governors, non-executive directors and representatives of Moorfields Eye Charity and Friends of Moorfields on 28 September to celebrate the Moorfields’ Stars of 2019 and 2022.

It was a celebration of the excellent work that goes on every day at Moorfields, and it was an occasion to remember.

It was also two ceremonies in one, as the 2019 awards event in March 2020 had to be deferred because of the onset of the pandemic.

585 nominations were submitted, 322 from patients, both unprecedented numbers, as staff and patients showed their appreciation of the many teams and individuals who have shone above and beyond expectations during the past three years.

Many nominations covered the personal support given to patients during the difficult lockdown periods and the additional efforts put in to help us catch up on the resulting backlog. This short new video serves as a reminder of our achievements during this period and captures the thoughts of both nominees and patients.

This event would not have been possible without the generous support of Moorfields Eye Charity.

The 2022 winners are:

Chairman’s award for an outstanding contribution to Moorfields - Sinead Murphy, sister

Moorfields’ star of the year award - Andrea Church, senior staff nurse for Moorfields Private

Moorfields' team of the year award - Pathology

Moorfields Eye Charity award for innovation and improvement - Digital cataract service

Moorfields’ unsung hero award - Michael John-Paul, postroom porter

Moorfields’ leadership award - Adnin Chowdhury, senior ophthalmic vision science practitioner and team leader

Moorfields’ excellence in equality, diversity and inclusion award - Primrose Magala, senior staff nurse

Moorfields Eye Charity Champion award - Mariya Moosajee, professor of molecular ophthalmology and consultant ophthalmologist

The patient choice team award - Ocular prosthetics

The patient choice individual award - Julie Judge, medical secretary

Moorfields’ volunteer of the year award - Simon Rossi, volunteer, Ealing

The 2019 winners are:

Chairman’s award for an outstanding contribution to Moorfields - Professor John Dart, honorary consultant ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital and honorary professor, UCL 

Moorfields’ star of the year award - Pei-Fen Lin, consultant ophthalmologist, Croydon

Moorfields' team of the year award - Accident and emergency

Moorfields Eye Charity award for innovation and improvement - AI research group

Moorfields’ unsung hero award - Rory Coughlin, lead pharmacy technician, procurement and distribution

Moorfields’ leadership award - Ranjita Sen, former associate director – IT applications, performance & information

Moorfields Eye Charity Champion award - Performance and information

The patient choice team award - Northwick Park injection team

The patient choice individual award - Althea Tomlin, outpatient clinic coordinator

Moorfields’ volunteer of the year award - Pamela Bell, former volunteer for Moorfields at Bedford Hospital Eye Theatre

Our event programme lists the names of all of the teams and individuals recognised at the awards.