The event celebrated the dedication, professionalism and commitment shown by Estates & Facilities staff every day – often behind the scenes, but always essential to safe, high‑quality patient care. From frontline services to corporate and support roles, the awards highlighted the vital role our teams and individuals play in keeping our hospitals, health centres and community sites safe, compliant and welcoming.
The Awards Ceremony was an opportunity not only to recognise outstanding achievements, but also to say a sincere thank you to everyone working across Estates & Facilities for the difference you make every single day.
Each category was designed to recognise different ways colleagues and teams make a positive impact – whether through frontline service delivery, technical expertise, leadership, innovation, teamwork or support roles.
The winners were:
- Administrative Excellence Award – Kirsty McDiarmid
- Catering Services Award – Retail Catering Team
- Collaboration Award – Board‑wide Ligature Reduction Work Team
- Customer Service Award – Mandy Keenan & Phyllis McCreadie
- Decontamination Award – Elijah Ogunbajo
- Domestic Services Award – Lorraine Glover
- Employee of the Year – Gillian Reid
- Estates Person of the Year – Steven Smith
- Health & Safety Award – Graeme Hendry
- Leader of the Year – Christopher Haddow & Mark Riddell (Joint)
- Linen Services Award – Hillington Laundry Management Team
- Portering Award – Daniel McMillian
- Project of the Year – Bolerno Centre Project (Project Lead: Alastair Reid)
- Rising Star Award – Gary Orr
- Sustainability Award – Sarah Chesney
- Team of the Year – QEUH Security Team
- Special Recognition Award – Recipient: Graeme English.
Congratulations to all the winners!
