Filipino nurses are among the best in the world. After all, the Philippines is the top source of overseas nurses globally, as in the case of seafarers.
In the last five years, several Filipinos have received awards from the Royal Family, and national and international bodies for their services to nursing and the community. Many of them have also been awarded back home in the Philippines by their colleges or universities and their local government units.
Find out what awards some of our Filipino nurses have received over the last five years.
Louie Horne, 2023 – British Empire Medal (BEM), for being the ambassador of diversity, inclusion and equity in the NHS.
Brenda Deocampo, 2023 – Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), acute medicine ward manager for services to nursing.
May Parsons, 2022 – George Cross Medal on behalf of the NHS. May administered the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine. She received the award for NHS England staff for their courage and heroism in the face of “extreme danger.” The George Cross medal is the UK’s highest honour for civilian gallantry and it was only the third time in British history that it was awarded to an organisation for an act of great heroism.
Susie Lagrata, 2022 – Innovations in Your Specialty Award, Royal College of Nursing, for starting the first nurse-led specialised headache treatment centre in Europe.
Robert Vicente, 2022 – Greener Nursing Practice Award, Royal College of Nursing, for identifying ways to avoid the use of disposable gloves in his ward, and reducing its disposable glove use count by 36,500 over a four-month period.
Ediscyll Lorusso, 2022 – National Lifetime Achievement Award, Our Health Heroes Awards, for her innovation and excellence in thrombosis care.
Dennis Singson, 2022 – International Community Nurse of the Year Award, The Queens Nursing Institute, for advancing mental health in the community. In 2018, he also won the Clinical Excellence Award for Nursing.
Marc Rodriguera, 2022 – International Community Nurse of the Year Award, The Queens Nursing Institute, for harnessing technology for community care.
Wilfredo Manuel, 2022 – Renal Nurse of the Year, British Journal of Nursing Awards, for helping set up a nurse-led service that has improved patient wait times and provided more training for renal staff.
Leo Andrew Almerol, 2022 – Vascular Access Nurse of the Year, British Journal of Nursing Awards, for his work as vascular access clinical nurse specialist at Imperial College London.
Francis Michael Fernando, 2022 – Finalist, Aster Guardians Global Nursing Awards, for leading the call to protect Filipino nurses at the height of the Covid pandemic and for founding the Filipino Nurses Association UK. Also in 2022, he was named one of 50 Most Influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health by the Health Service Journal. In 2021, Compassionate Leader, National Health and Care BAME Awards.
Ariel Lanada, 2021 – Nurse of the Year, National Health and Care BAME Awards, for supporting his colleagues and the Filipino community during Covid.
April Ann Montoya, 2021 – Overseas Nurse of the Year, Nursing Times, for improving the induction and education of overseas nurses in her trust.
Charito Romano, 2021 – British Empire Medal (BEM), for leading the nursing and care team to keep colleagues and care home residents safe at the peak of Covid.
Xyza Macutay Malloch, 2021 – British Empire Medal (BEM), for protecting care home residents throughout the pandemic as care home manager.
Minerva Klepacz, 2020 – British Empire Medal (BEM), for leading the risk assessment for ethnic minority staff at her hospital during Covid.
Joy Montalba Ongcachuy, 2018 – British Empire Medal (BEM), for treating victims of the 2017 London terror attack.
UPDATED on 25 July to amend the information that Brenda Deocampo was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), not for a British Empire Medal (BEM).
