Winners of the National Health and Social Care - Information Governance Annual Awards 2024

Information Governance Professional of the Year 
Ranisha Dhamu - Information Governance for London Cyber and Compliance Manager at Brent Council

Information Sharing Champion (IS) of the Year 
Anton King - Senior IG officer at Health Innovation Manchester

Information Governance Innovator of the Year
Greater Manchester Integrated Care System – SDE Information Governance Team

Information Governance Team of the Year 
Innovate Healthcare Services IG Team

Information Governance Human Encyclopaedia - 
Heidi Doubtfire Lynn - Head of IG & Data Protection Officer at United Hospitals Sussex

Outstanding Contribution to Information Governance 
Lynn Wyeth - Head of Information Governance and Risk, and Data Protection Officer at Leicester City Council

SIGN recognition of excellence to the IG profession 
John Hodson - NHS England

Full Finalists

Information Governance Professional of the Year

Ranisha Dhamu - Information Governance for London Cyber and Compliance Manager at Brent Council

Lynn Wyeth - Head of Information Governance and Risk, and Data Protection Officer at Leicester City Council

Roz Samuel - Head of Safe Practice at Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB

Sharon Merrell – Information Governance Officer at Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Information Sharing Champion of the Year

Louis Lau - IG and Information Security Manager Data Protection Officer at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Anton King – Senior IG officer at Health Innovation Manchester

Helen Alty - Deputy Head of Information Governance at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT

Information Governance Innovator of the Year

Greater Manchester Integrated Care System – SDE Information Governance Team

Black Country ICB IG Team

Information Governance team  Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Information Governance Team of the Year

Sciensus Pharma Services Limited IG Team

IG Team Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Innovate Healthcare Services IG Team

Greater Manchester Integrated Care System – SDE Information Governance Team

IG Team Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool

Information Governance Human Encyclopaedia

Ibrahim Hasan – Director of Act Now Training

Heidi Doubtfire Lynn - Head of IG & Data Protection Officer at United Hospitals Sussex

Outstanding Contribution to Information Governance

Ranisha Dhamu - Information Governance for London Cyber and Compliance Manager at Brent Council

Lynn Wyeth - Head of Information Governance and Risk, and Data Protection Officer at Leicester City Council

Richard Green – Data Protection Officer at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Sharon Ormesher – Information Governance Manager at Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The awards took place on the 11th March from 2 pm – 4pm.