17th March 2025

ASiT Silver Scalpel Award Winner 2025

This year was the 49th ASiT Annual Surgical Conference, which took place in Belfast, from the 7th – 9th March. Now in its 26th iteration, the prestigious Silver Scalpel Award sponsored by Swann-Morton, has played an important role in recognising trainers who go the extra mile to inspire, support and shape the next generation of surgeons over the past two decades.  

The Nominees for the 2025 ASiT Silver Scalpel Award were as follows:

• Mr Filippo Di Franco - Consultant Upper GI Surgeon, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
• Mr Diwarkar Sarma - Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
• Miss Melissa Cuhna - Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospitals of Birmingham 
• Miss Emma Gray - Consultant General and Breast Surgeon, Southend Site, Mid and South Essex
• Mr James Tysome - Consultant ENT Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Mr Jon Ghosh - Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary

2nd April 2024

ASiT Silver Scalpel Award Winner 2024

This year was the 48th ASiT Annual Surgical Conference which took place in Bournemouth from the 8th – 10th March. Over the past two decades the prestigious Silver Scalpel Award sponsored by Swann-Morton, has played an important role in recognising trainers who go the extra mile for their trainees and promote the highest of standards of surgical training. “Empowering Tomorrow’s Surgeons”

 The Nominees for the 2024 Association of Surgeons in Training Silver Scalpel Award were as follows:

•  Ms Hawys Loyd-Hughes – Consultant Plastic Surgeon – Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
•  Mr James Brewer – Consultant Upper GI Surgeon – Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust
•  Professor Jim Khan – Consultant Colorectal Surgeon – Queen Alexandra Hospital
•  Mr Mark Dilworth – Consultant Colorectal and Paediatric Surgeon – Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
•  Mr Matija Krkovic – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon – Addenbrooke’s Hospital
•  Mr Nikolaos Kostoulas – Consultant Thoracic Surgeon – Golden Jubilee National Hospital

28th March 2024

Swann-Morton 2023 ODP Award - Sheffield Hallam University

Swann-Morton were delighted to congratulate and present the annual Swann-Morton Award for Academic Excellence in Operating Department Practice, in conjunction with Sheffield Hallam University, to the 2023 winner Amy Bell. 

18th March 2024

30th Anniversary of JK Surgical

Chairman and Financial Director of the W. R. Swann Group, Mike Hirst, recently visited Swann-Morton's overseas subsidiary JK Surgical Sp. z o.o. and was delighted to present them with the commemorative Golden Scalpel Award to celebrate their 30th Year Anniversary. 

1st May 2023

Sheffield Lady Mayoress and Deputy Lord Mayor visit Swann-Morton

On 24th April Swann-Morton were very pleased to welcome the visit of the Lady Mayoress of Sheffield, Councillor Jackie Satur and the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Colin Ross.  

15th March 2023

ASiT Silver Scalpel Award Winner 2023

This year the 47th ASiT Annual Surgical Conference took place in Liverpool from the 3rd–5th March. The Nominees for the 2023 Association of Surgeons in Training Silver Scalpel Award were as follows:

Mr Adrian Harris – General Upper G.I. – Hinchingbrooke Hospital
Ms Cristina Frezzini – Oral & Maxillofacial – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Mr Nick Carleton-Bland – Neurosurgeon – Walton Centre
Mr Richard Boulton – Colorectal – Barking, Havering & Redbridge Hospital 
Ms Tamara Kiernan - Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon - St. Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust – University of Liverpool
Mr Thomas Pearson – Colorectal – Broomfield Hospital