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Lewisham General Practice Excellence Awards 2025/26
23 January 2026
7.00pm - late
Venue: The Rivoli Ballroom, 350 Brockley Road, London, SE4 2BY
These Awards are organised by Lewisham CEPN Training Hub with colleagues and leads from Lewisham ICB and will recognise the outstanding contribution of staff working in general practice in Lewisham and are an exciting opportunity to celebrate with colleagues, as well as showcase and award teams and individuals
Full details and booking link for the event are available under our Events Page
Nominations for the Lewisham General Practice Excellence Awards 2025/26
The Award Categories open for staff nomination in 2025/26 are:
- GP Practice of the Year
- GP of the Year
- Practice Manager of the Year
- Practice Nurse of the Year
- Receptionist/Administrator of the Year
- Extended Practice Team Member of the Year (ARRS Roles)
- Innovation in Health Award (Project)
- System Collaboration Award (Project)
And new for 2025/26 we will be awarding an Inspiring Leader Award. This is for someone who has demonstrated exceptional leadership that motivates and empowers others to achieve their best. The award recognises not just results but how those results are achieved - through vision, empathy, integrity and the ability to inspire positive change.
Staff can submit one nomination per category (maximum); Click here to nominate
We will also once again be running a People’s Choice Award, with nominations to be made directly by the public using the following link: People's Choice Award nomination or scanning the QR code on the poster opposite,
Nominations will be assessed based on impact, quality, improved patient experience and innovation.
The deadline for all nominations is Sunday 14th December 2025.
The judging panel for the awards is as follows;
- Ann Hooper - SEL ICB, lay member for Lewisham
- Andrew Cook - Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, General Manager, Lewisham Community Services
- Ashley O'Shaughnessy - SEL ICB , Associate Director of Primary Care and Community Based Care
Lewisham PLT - online on 16th December 2025
SEL ICB Lewisham Place Safeguarding Children Team invites you to attend essential online Safeguarding Primary Care Training on December 16th from 13:45 to 17:30
The training is designed to help you fulfill your statutory responsibility to keep children safe.
It will provide you with the latest updates on safeguarding review findings, a range of topics on safeguarding and changes in legislations.
This training is crucial for all staff members, both clinical and non-clinical and will contribute to your training needs.
By attending this training, you will gain valuable insights and knowledge adding to your existing practice to ensure the safety and well-being of children in your care.
Teams link will be provided along with the full programme in due course.
Lewisham face-to-face PLT will be held on Thursday Nov 20th 2025
This PLT will be a face-to-face event held at The Broadway Theatre, Catford
The focus for this session is Hot Topics. Full details and booking information is now available under our Events Page
Lewisham High Blood Pressure Free Event - Wed 22nd Oct 2025
Where: Forest Hill Pools, SE23 3HZ
- Free blood pressure checks
- Learn what is normal and what is not
- Dietary and exercise advice
- Speak to the experts
Lewisham 'drop in' Patient Diabetes event - Monday Sept 15th 2025
Where: The Green Man, Phoenix Centre, 355 Bromley Road, SE6 2RP. Event will be held in ‘The Barn’ next door
When: Monday 15th September 2025
AM Session 10:00 - 12:30 or PM Session 14:00 - 16:30
Patients specifically from Modality and Sevenfields PCNs are invited to drop-in at the event for free and friendly diabetes information.
Exhibitors will include; Diabetes UK, Dieticians, Podiatrists, Health & Wellbeing Coach, Social Prescribers, GPs, GPNs, Pharmacists, Diabetic Eye Screening and Smoke Free Lewisham.
Attendees will be able to see how the diabetes app may help to manage their diabetes.
The Lewisham General Practice Excellence Awards for 2024
Many congratulations to all our winners detailed below:
GP Practice of the Year
Amersham Vale Training Practice
GP of the Year
Dr Bnar Raheem, Triangle Group Practice
Practice Manager of the Year
Veeru Rajamuthiah, The Lewisham Care Partnership
Practice Nurse of the Year
Barbara Abotsi, Wells Park Practice
Administrator of the Year
Avis Longhurst, Sydenham Green Group Practice
Extended Practice Team Member of the Year
Sneha Kerker, Social Prescriber, Sevenfields PCN
The People's Choice Award
Elena Mitova, Health & Wellbeing Coach,
Sevenfields PCN
Innovation in Health Award
Blood Pressure Control, The Lewisham Care Partnership
System Collaboration Award
Health Equity Fellows across all PCNs
Joint Winners of PCN of the Year
Modality PCN and North Lewisham PCN
Thanks to all who made the night a success including our amazing magician Simon, delicious food from Taste Like Home in Catford, DJ Dave, the generous hospitality once again of all at the Rivoli Ballroom and of course those of you who supported and attended the event!
We hope everyone who attended enjoyed the evening and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!
Debbie Brown - MBE
2024 New Year's Honours List
Many congratulations to Debbie Brown, SELWDH's Director of Nursing and our very own incredible Clinical Director, for her well-deserved spot on the 2024 MBE Honours List.
This is an enormous and much deserved achievement in recognition of Debbie's outstanding service to general practice nursing.
Debbie is an experienced nurse of over 47 years, almost 30 of which have been spent in primary care, within general practice as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
Debbie founded Lewisham CEPN Training Hub in 2017 to provide a range of training and development opportunities for all staff groups.
Debbie was born and raised in Lewisham, trained at Lewisham Hospital, continues to work in Lewisham and is passionate about the borough and the people who live and work here.
Debbie is shown on the right, following receiving her MBE from Princess Anne on Wednesday 17th April 2024.
The Lewisham General Practice Excellence Awards for 2023
Award Category Nominees and Winners detailed below
Many congratulations to all our nominees and our overall winners.
In addition, Dr Yog Malik and practice nurse, Anne-Marie Brennan, were recognised for their long service in the NHS and Dr Yog Malik also in relation to his long service specifically to Lewisham. We celebrate and thank them for their dedication.
We hope everyone who attended the event enjoyed the evening and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!
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