Philippines-trained nurse Sherwin Criseno named Nurse Leader of the Year at the Nursing Times Awards
Sherwin Criseno, a Philippines-trained Nurse Consultant in Endocrinology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, has won Nurse Leader of the Year at the Nursing Times Awards 2026, University Hospitals Birmingham announced.
Sherwin Criseno, Nurse Consultant in Endocrinology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, has won Nurse Leader of the Year at the Nursing Times Awards 2026, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) announced on 2 November. Nursing Times, which reported 26 award winners at this year's ceremony, lists him under University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
UHB said Criseno is hugely passionate about endocrine nursing and has worked to develop endocrine nursing and raise the profile of the speciality and his team. He now leads the largest specialist endocrine nursing team in Europe, caring for people with a wide range of hormone-related conditions.
Last year, the Department of Health and Social Care's Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme highlighted the service as the most advanced, best led and well-organised specialist endocrine nursing team in the UK, according to the trust. In 2024, Criseno became the first nurse to be appointed to the UK Society for Endocrinology's Board of Trustees, and he is also a Trustee of The Pituitary Foundation and the Royal Osteoporosis Society.
From the Philippines to Birmingham
In an interview for Birmingham City University's That's Me! employer spotlight, Criseno said he trained in the Philippines, qualified in 1995 and came to the UK in early 2000 to work as an Accident and Emergency nurse. After ten years in A&E, he moved into intravenous therapy and established the first specialist nursing team in the Midlands, before an opportunity came up in endocrinology.
He told the university that he completed a Master's in Endocrinology and a Master's in Advanced Clinical Practice at the same time while working full time and managing a team; the university describes him as an NIHR-funded PhD fellow. Speaking about his team, he said:
In my team, more than half are from the Philippines. My philosophy is simple: I bring them with me. I show them what’s available, but it’s up to them to grab it.
At the same awards, Susie Lagrata of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was named Nurse of the Year, Nursing Times reported.
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- Sherwin Criseno, Nurse Consultant in Endocrinology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, won the Nurse Leader of the Year award at the Nursing Times Awards 2026, University Hospitals Birmingham announced on 2 November.
- He leads the largest specialist endocrine nursing team in Europe, according to the trust.
- In 2024 he became the first nurse appointed to the UK Society for Endocrinology's Board of Trustees.
- Criseno trained in the Philippines, qualified in 1995 and came to the UK in early 2000 to work as an Accident and Emergency nurse, he told Birmingham City University.
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