Ann Shuttleworth Rising Star Award

Winner:

Nikola Szymanska - HC-One

" Nikola has demonstrated outstanding commitment to patient-centred and holistic care, and she is a powerful advocate for the visibility and value of nursing in social care. The judges were particularly impressed by her pathways to support personalised nutrition and hydration – demonstrating the positive difference that thoughtful nursing leadership can make. Well done Nikola! "

Finalists:

• Rakshita Chauhan - St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Steph Craig - Queen's University Belfast
• Jenny Gilchrist - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
• Zoe Hunt - Royal Centre of Defence Medicine
• Tarcia Joseph - City and Hackney Integrated Primary Care
• Keannu M. Arnoco - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
• Emily Shuttleworth - Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
• Tim Walsh - West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Paul Wharton - Practice Plus Group
  

Midwife of the Year

Winner:

Sabrina Fogg - Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

" Sabrina has shown exceptional public health leadership in tackling health inequalities across a large region. Her targeted work has transformed engagement with maternity services among women facing significant barriers, while improving vaccination uptake and smoking cessation. The judges praised her incredible results and the lasting impact she has made – an excellent example of public health and maternity care working hand in hand. Well done Sabrina. "

Finalists:

• Sara Balmforth - Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
• Jaye Fish - NHS Humber Health Partnership
• Siobhan Jarzabek - Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
• Emily Kent - Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Daniela Petrova - Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
• Hayley Seale - HCA Healthcare

Nurse Leader of the Year

Winner:

Sherwin Criseno - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

" Sherwin is leading change in endocrinology across the UK and internationally. By challenging traditional models of care, Sherwin has improved patient access, reduced waiting times and developed advanced practice roles. His work is raising the profile and impact of advanced nursing practice. Another round of applause for Sherwin. "

Finalists:

• Nasra Ali Ahmed - HCA Healthcare
• Michael Joel Apas - The London Clinic
• Tracie Lewin-Taylor - Shooting Star Children's Hospices
• Norman Lobino Jr. - St John and St Elizabeth Hospital
• Nilam Patel - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Prajeesh Pulikkal Poulose - Care UK
• Caterina Speight - Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
• Orsolya Beáta Szász - Maria Mallaband Care Group
• Lynette Walker - HCA Healthcare
• Rebecca Worswick - Bolton Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group

Nurse of the Year

Winner:

Susie Lagrata - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

" Susie has transformed her specialist area locally, nationally and internationally through pioneering nurse-led services and clinical innovation. Her ability to combine innovation with measurable improvements in outcomes, experience and sustainability, while mentoring colleagues, supporting internationally educated nurses and advancing the profession sets her apart. An exceptional leader, with lasting impact and unwavering commitment to improving care, she demonstrates how nurses can lead transformational change. The judges hailed her as an outstanding and inspirational nurse. Well done, Susie, our 2026 Nurse of the Year. "

Finalists:

• Rebecca Bennett - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Leanna Brace - Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
• Sherwin Criseno - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
• Nicola Dunlop - Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Liz Forster - Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
• Sian Francis - Swansea Bay University Health Board
• Laura Govender - Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Nicole Lee - London and South East Burns Network
• Tracie Lewin-Taylor - Shooting Star Children's Hospices
• Joan Pons Laplana - NHS England
• Martha Williams - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Care of Older People

Winner:

DHU Healthcare - Community Virtual Ward

" DHU Healthcare’s community virtual ward is an inspiring, innovative and genuinely person-centred service. The team demonstrated a truly collaborative approach, working across the whole system and alongside neighbourhoods to deliver meaningful improvements. What stood out was the team’s ability to demonstrate the difference they are making, bringing together strong quantitative evidence with powerful qualitative insights. Well done to DHU Healthcare. "

Finalists:

• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Delivering harm free care in the discharge ready unit
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - The impact of proactive care on independent living residents
• Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - Quality improvement of the Memory Assessment service
• Locala Health and Wellbeing - Falls assessment and response tool
• NeuroResponse - Personalised UTI digital care pathway
• Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - Reducing falls in older persons inpatient wards
• Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - Improving sleep to reduce falls and length of stay on a frailty ward
• Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust  - Introduction of pathways in older people community mental health team
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Promoting mobility through person-centred continence care

Children’s Services

Winner:

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - Core Needs

" The judges were unanimously impressed with this innovative, nurse-led and highly effective project that resulted in a shift from a diagnosis-led to a needs-led approach, driving meaningful service transformation. The team demonstrated how responding to the needs of young people at the earliest opportunity can improve access, experiences and outcomes, while also reducing pressure on services. Their passion, commitment and dedication to improving the lives of neurodivergent children was truly inspiring. Congratulations to Humber Teaching FT. "

Finalists:

• Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board - Positive Directions: Trauma informed vanguard project
• Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - Tulip: Paediatric neurodisability nursing service
• Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - Implementing the Kaiser Permanente early-onset sepsis risk calculator
• Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - Improving patient safety and experience in prolonged jaundice
• HCA Healthcare - Paediatric urology Bladder and Bowel Service
• Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust - Delivering compassionate care to the deceased child or young person
• National Neonatal Surgical Interest Group - Education and best practice standards for neonatal nurses nationally
• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - Children's hospital at home service
• South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Catching our Breath: Making national recommendations breathe for safer children’s respiratory care
• Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust - High risk nasogastric tube feeding with pH greater than 5.5 in the community

Clinical Research Nursing

Winner:

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - The Circus Project

" The judges said the Circus Project was a wonderfully innovative, nurse-led initiative aligned with UK policy. It demonstrates strong nursing leadership, using a fun approach to build trust and engagement with underserved populations. The judges were impressed by the direct impact the project has had within the community, which demonstrates real excellence in clinical research nursing innovation. Well done to James Paget. "

Finalists:

• Barts Health NHS Trust - Project Octi
• Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust - Clinical research internship programme
• Clifton Medical Centre - High-capacity primary care research hub
• Hartlepool and Stockton Health GP Federation - Embedding clinical research in primary care through nurse leadership
• Homerton Healthcare Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Parkinson's disease amongst the Afro Caribbean community
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - Neurosurgery, emergency and trauma team
• Institute of Health Visiting - Embedding clinical research leadership in health visiting
• Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - M-RIC Youth Voices
• NIHR Liverpool Clinical Research Facility - Tea trolleys – micro learning platform: the Liverpool model – a nurse-led, co-produced research workforce pathway
• University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust - Research Links programme

Continence Promotion and Care

Winner:

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - From Retention to Recovery: A nurse-led continence pathway transforming post-operative spinal care

" This project demonstrated a proactive approach that places dignity, independence and prevention at the heart of patient care. Through multidisciplinary collaboration, comprehensive pre-surgical assessment and education, the team has successfully promoted best practice in early detection and conservative management. The project has delivered significant reductions in indwelling catheter use, infection rates, length of stay and healthcare costs. Brilliant work, King's College Hospital! "

Finalists:

• Aneurin Bevan University Health Board - Supporting continence and preventing deconditioning in hospital settings
• DL Health - Core to Floor: Pelvic health programme
• HCA Healthcare - How to Train My Bladder
• Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and Centre for Sustainable Healthcare - Trial Without Catheter: A structured approach
• Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Bladder and Bowel: Washable incontinence products
• NHS Orkney - Creating a continence service for children and young people
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Promoting dignity through person centered greener continence care for older people

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Critical and Emergency Care Nursing

Winner:

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - The Eco Bed-Space

" East Kent Hospitals has delivered a truly nurse-led project that is good for patients, good for staff and good for the planet. Costing little to implement, it reduces the carbon footprint while generating real financial savings. The judges praised how easily it could be adopted across every clinical area, as well as critical care. Please join us in celebrating East Kent Hospitals. "

Finalists:

• Aneurin Bevan University Health Board - Together in Practice: Building a learning culture in the emergency department
• Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Beyond goodbye
• Barts Health NHS Trust - Flourishing in emergency medicine – an integrated model for resident wellbeing and clinical excellence
• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Quality improvement project to improve bereavement services in critical care
• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - We're Going to the Zoo
• HCA Healthcare - Implementing the CARREE framework to reduce medical device-related pressure ulcers
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Pre-ventriculitis nursing care bundle introduction
• Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - The Mental Health Link Team
• Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Intensive care unit virtual tour

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Award for Inclusivity in Nursing and Midwifery

Winner:

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - Integrated diabetes and advanced chronic kidney disease clinical and research programme

" This team's work exemplifies the power of the nursing voice in shaping services, influencing practice and improving patient outcomes. It demonstrates how nursing leadership, clinical practice and research can advance inclusive and equitable care for patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. The judges felt their leadership strongly reflects Dame Elizabeth Anionwu’s vision for equity, inclusion and social justice. Warmest congratulations to Royal Free London. "

Finalists:

• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusive leadership behaviour programme
• Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust - Embedding inclusion and equity to improve access, engagement and outcomes for children and families
• Hartlepool and Stockton Health - Primary care outreach team
• Homerton Healthcare Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Parkinson's disease amongst the Afro Caribbean community
• Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - Core Needs
• Institute of Health Visiting - Invisible No More: Leading change in inclusive perinatal mental health care
• James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - The Circus Project
• King's College London and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust - Comedy, samosas and nursing
• Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group - Career progression in black and minority ethnic nurses using targeted initiatives
• Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust - A multilingual approach to antenatal vaccination
• NHS England - Choices College

Infection Prevention and Control

Winner:

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - A-Z app

" South East Coast Ambulance Service has developed an app that empowers frontline staff and brings the principles and values of infection prevention to life in an accessible and engaging way. It is easy to embed into everyday practice, with the potential to deliver significant and lasting impact. The team's passion and enthusiasm shone through, demonstrating excellent working relationships and collaboration. Fantastic work! "

Finalists:

• HCA Healthcare - Safer lines, stronger care – reducing catheter‑related bloodstream infections for parenteral nutrition patients
• GAMA Healthcare - Reaching the unreachable – transforming infection prevention education through micro-learning
• Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Transforming infection prevention to reduce clostridioides difficile infections
• King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Reducing healthcare-associated infections through implementation of a water-free patient washing protocol in critical care
• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - Improvements to reduce the number of invasive group A streptococcal infections in the community
• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - Improving oral health
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Enhancing cleaning standards to reduce clostridioides difficile cases
• St John and St Elizabeth Hospital - Sepsis Ambassador Quality Improvement Project
• The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust - Swarm
• Velindre University NHS Trust - Escape Room: Surviving the zombie blood virus

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Ingrid Fuchs Cancer Nursing Award

Winner:

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - Nothing About Us Without Us: Co-producing a new model of care for people living with cancer

" This team co-produced a new model of care with people living with cancer, giving a voice to those too often unheard. The judges were profoundly moved by this project. It stands out for its exceptional sensitivity, clinical depth and unwavering commitment. It is a rare blend of rigorous evidence, authentic storytelling and compassionate advocacy – a deserving winner for its innovation and its heart. Congratulations to South Tyneside and Sunderland. "

Finalists:

• Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - Breast cancer supported self-management pathway
• Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust - Children’s books
• Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Humanising data - a nurse-led transformation of acute oncology data
• Macmillan Cancer Support - The Cancer Professionals Podcast
• Somerset NHS Foundation Trust - Cancer self-referrals
• Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - Acute oncology service – low suspicion metastatic spinal cord compression pathway
• The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - Reducing drain dwell times in malignant pleural effusion through an enhanced practice nurse role
• The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust - Optimising care and experience of patients diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer
• The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - At Home, Not in Hospital: An ACP-led virtual ward transforming acute oncology care
• United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Sleep in Cancer
• University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust - Faster diagnosis standard lung quality improvement – putting patients first

Learning Disabilities Nursing

Winner:

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust - Building the registered nurse for learning disabilities workforce – T-level student placement initiative

" The panel were impressed by this innovative and exciting project to raise awareness of learning disabilities and learning disability nursing. Working with local colleges and trusts, it offers mentored placements to 16-year-olds, creating engagement with people with learning disabilities, their families, and LD nurses. At a time when the number of learning disability nurses has fallen so significantly, it is inspiring to see an approach that can meaningfully attract young people into the profession. Congratulations to North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare. "

Finalists:

• Achieve Together - Embedding coproduction at the heart of adult social care
• Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - Psychological therapies and wellbeing team
• Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - Using Positive Behaviour Support to understand and reinterpret behaviours considered to be a significant risk
• Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - Nurse-led community engagement to reduce health inequalities
• Egalité Care - Equal lives – a nurse-led model transforming care for adults with learning disabilities
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Wessex Cancer Alliance - Cervical screening for peoplewith learning disabilities – learning resources
• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust - Supporting families who manage risky behaviours at home
• Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - Evaluating the “Let’s Talk Boobs” education workshops
• Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - Transformation of the adult learning disabilities services

Nursing in Mental Health

Winner:

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - Efficient perinatal mental health – a nurse prescriber model

" Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership’s nurse prescriber model for perinatal mental health is a strong example of how advanced nursing practice can fundamentally transform the experience of service users. Care is delivered with the person at the centre – in the right place, at the right time – enabling access, maximising impact and sustaining positive outcomes. These mental health nurses are driving positive outcomes as crucial leaders within the multidisciplinary team. Well done! "

Finalists:

• Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust - Communicating safely – post incident debrief, providing a voice for distress
• Bay Medical Group - Primary mental health team
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• Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Turning risk into visible action – patient safety improvement in nurse-led clinics in adult community mental health services
• Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - Core Needs
• Institute of Health Visiting - Invisible: Transforming paternal mental health through nurse-led innovation
• Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust - Start-aFresh cognitive behavioural therapy
• Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - Introduction of nurse-led clinics in the community
• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - Detecting kidney disease in severe mental illness – a point-of-care creatinine pilot
• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - From Observation to Intervention: Transformation of enhanced care in mental health
• Suffolk GP Federation - ADHD monitoring and prescribing service
• Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - Improving access to ADHD treatment to reduce comorbid mental health needs

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Nursing in Primary Care

Winner:

Staffordshire Training Hub - General practice nurse foundation school

" The Staffordshire GPN Foundation School is our standout winner, offering a genuinely nurse-led, joined-up solution to one of primary care’s biggest challenges. The judges were impressed by its support for nurses from first exposure to general practice through to practice, retention and leadership. With clear evidence of improved confidence and career progression, this programme is delivering real and lasting impact. Congratulations!. "

Finalists:

• Bay Medical Group - Primary mental health team
• Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - Testing without barriers – non-invasive STI screening
• City and Hackney Integrated Primary Care - Improving childhood immunisation uptake through community clinics
• City and Hackney Integrated Primary Care - Primary care transformation project management office programme- Springfield Park PCN
• Court Street Medical Practice - Step up to step down the carbon footprint
• Edge Hill University and Cheshire and Merseyside Training Hub  - Transforming primary care education through co-production, inclusion and student-led innovation
• Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - Assessing lower-limb ulcer patients within 2 weeks
• Gender Plus - Registered independent gender hormone clinic for those 16 years and over
• Moreton & Meols and Wallasey Wellbeing Primary Care Network - Diabetes integrated assessment and support team model
• Old Fire Station Surgery and Wessex Cancer Aliance - Cervical screening for people with learning disabilities – learning resources for sample takers
• University of Bedfordshire - Integrating primary care experience into simulated practice learning for pre-registration nurses

Nursing in Social Care

Winner:

NeuroResponse - Personalised UTI digital care pathway

" NeuroResponse's personalised digital pathway enables faster diagnosis and treatment for people in adult social care with suspected urinary tract infections. Our judges called it a potential game changer for suspected UTIs, which could be adopted across the health and social care sector. Its wow factor is that it represents the future of care – an idea driven by nurses working in partnership with the people they support. Well done! "

Finalists:

• Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board - Positive Directions: Trauma informed vanguard project
• Filipinos in Care - Project CHARM
• Gorsey Clough Nursing Home - SWAN model of care for end of life and bereavement
• Lewisham Council and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust - Patient safe discharges
• St Martins Care - Development of social care nursing career pathway

Nursing in the Community

Winner:

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bradford and West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board - Community nursing student-supported service placement

" This brilliant programme from Airedale FT, University of Bradford and West Yorkshire ICB has brought nursing students into the community workforce through a supported service. It is expanding placement capacity, supporting services and promoting career opportunities in the community. Our judges said this is a model that could – and should – be scaled across the UK. Well done to all involved! "

Finalists:

• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - Single point of access – frailty hospital at home
• DHU Healthcare - Northamptonshire palliative and end of life care
• Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - Reducing moderate harm pressure ulcers
• Hartlepool and Stockton Health - Primary care outreach team
• Institute of Health Visiting - Community nursing innovation in perinatal and family mental health
• IQVIA - Multiple sclerosis patient support program
• North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - AI digital wound care in district nursing
• Sirona Care and Health - Reducing health inequalities in community stroke prevention
• St Giles Hospice - RUN-PC triage tool
• Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust - High risk nasogastric tube feeding with pH greater than 5.5 in the community

Patient Safety Improvement

Winner:

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - Improving patient safety through a trust-wide safeguarding duty hub

" Mersey Care has adopted an innovative and highly effective approach to one of healthcare’s most complex challenges – safeguarding across organisational boundaries. By creating a shared system and common language across acute, community and social care services, the team has improved information sharing, strengthened joined-up working and enabled more holistic, person-centred care. This is an outstanding example of nurse-led quality improvement delivering meaningful and sustainable improvements in patient safety. Congratulations Mersey Care! "

Finalists:

• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - Outbreak response to prevention – transforming infection prevention and control
• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Improving patient safety – innovation in patient monitoring to enhance recognition and response to acute deterioration
• Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust - HomeBridge pathway
• Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - From 600 to zero, no child left waiting – a nurse-led transformation of access, safety and care
• Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Enhanced observation – quality and safety review
• Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust - High risk nasogastric tube feeding with pH greater than 5.5 in the community
• Swansea Bay University Health Board - Limb reconstruction and bone infection
• The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust - The epilepsy service – reducing waiting times and prioritising patient safety
• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Basic and advanced male urinary catheterisation
• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - Safeguarding IBD patients: A digital-first triage model for rapid clinical intervention
• University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust - Oranges and Lemons

Public Health Nursing

Winner:

Institute of Health Visiting - Bringing fathers’ mental health into focus

" The institute is driving a movement for change on fathers’ mental health, a major public health issue overlooked for many years. The judges were impressed by the innovative, evidence-based approach to addressing this challenge. By thinking outside the box and harnessing collaboration, co-production and creativity, the team successfully translated evidence into practical action and meaningful change. It is a powerful example of nursing leadership, innovation and advocacy delivering lasting improvements. "

Finalists:

• Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - The specialist community public health nursing workforce
• Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust - Health visitor led smoking cessation service
• Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust - Perinatal vaccination service
• Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust - Embedding inclusion and equity to improve access, engagement and outcomes for children and families
• HCRG Care Group Surrey Child and Family Health - Early Intervention Sleep Campaign
• Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust - Special educational needs and disabilities workstream and improvements
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Between the Navel and the Knees: Intimacy and sexual function after pelvic chemoradiotherapy
• North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - Be Wise, Immunise
• Practice Plus Group - Closing a critical gap – improving sexual health screening in prisons
• UK Health Security Agency - Student nurse pilot project
• West London NHS Trust - Improving access to health care through universal digital health forms

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Sustainability in Nursing and Midwifery

Winner:

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - Shared wound care – delivering sustainable, low‑carbon wound management

" Our judges described this as an excellent and novel nurse-led innovation with clear, measurable outcomes and meaningful impact. It was inspiring to see a change initiative that looks inward before outsourcing, recognising that sustainability is not necessarily about new technology or products, but about reshaping pathways and relationships. This team's shared approach to wound care is delivering a resilient, low-carbon service with prevention, quality and safety built in. They are compelling, highly skilled storytellers and role models. Congratulations to South Tyneside and Sunderland FT. "

Finalists:

• East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - The Eco Bed-Space
• King's College London - Clinical Skills Sustainability project
• Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Washable incontinence products
• Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Washables and Sustainability Project
• Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Centre for Sustainable Healthcare - The Green Nursing Challenge: Combined multi-disciplinary pregnancy and inflammatory bowel disease clinic
• Nuffield Health - Safe, sustainable theatre ventilation
• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Centre for Sustainable Healthcare - The Green Nursing Challenge: Comprehensive insulin reviews and the use of continuous blood glucose monitoring
• Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - Addressing unnecessary linen use
• The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust - Bathroom First: Preventing deconditioning and protecting our planet
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Promoting person centred care with dignity focused on greener nursing

Team of the Year

Winner:

Barts Health NHS Trust - Adult critical care transfer service

" The team at Barts has built a critical care transfer service that recognises every member’s contribution, making the most of their skills and knowledge to improve patient care in a high-risk environment. Having overcome the difficulties of the pandemic to bring this project forward, they have delivered fantastic work. The judges would love to hear how this model could be adapted across the UK. Congratulations Barts! "

Finalists:

• Barts Health NHS Trust  - Lost to Follow Up project
• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - New team, real results – transforming outbreak prevention
• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - We're Going to the Zoo
• Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board - Integrated autism service
• Filipinos in Care - Project CHARM
• Institute of Health Visiting - Making fathers visible
• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - Quality improvement team
• Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - Maternity triage – Birmingham symptom-specific obstetric triage system
• South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust - Toward Zero Suicide
• South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Day 1 discharge programme following thoracic surgery
• Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust - Embedding Martha’s rule patient wellness questions through collaborative working

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Technology and Data in Nursing

Winner:

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust - The Comfort Tracker

" Sussex Community's comfort tracker is making a meaningful difference to end-of-life care. Drawing on feedback from patients and carers, it enables proactive interventions, better coordinated care and more timely support. Combining innovative technology with a clear focus on patient needs and clinical decision-making, the tool has helped improve experiences during some of life’s most challenging moments. Well done to Sussex Community. "

Finalists:

• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Innovating patient monitoring to enhance recognition and response to acute deterioration
• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Learning disability dashboard
• East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - Finding signals among noise
• Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance - Revolutionising communication skills training for nurses
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - CalciTrack
• Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Digitally augmented enhanced recovery after surgery pathway
• NHS England (South East) - A knitting pattern for nursing placements – using data to optimise practice learning opportunities
• North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - Introduction of red flags and professional judgment in district nursing
• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - Data-Driven Triage: Leveraging technology to revolutionise the inflammatory bowel disease advice line

The King's Award for Integrated Approaches to Care

Winner:

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Helping hands sensory blood test clinic

" King’s College Hospital has created a simple yet inspirational sensory clinic, designed around patients’ unmet needs at every step, which our judges said was a truly compassionate service. Its early interventions will help shape the future interactions service users have with healthcare, helping to reduce the development of further inequalities. The judges praised it as a truly equitable service that could be replicated across all healthcare settings. Huge congratulations to King’s College Hospital.. "

Finalists:

• Barts Health NHS Trust - Shared responsibility, reduced visits – targeting paediatric emergency department frequent attendances
• Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust - Proactive care Team
• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - Lipid Optimisation programme
• City and Hackney Integrated Primary Care - Integrated community clinics to improve childhood immunisation uptake – Springfield Park PCN
• City St George's, University of London - Pregnancy and Parenting Circles: Transforming pregnancy and postnatal care through cross sector collaboration
• East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust - Carer experience service
• Moreton & Meols and Wallasey Wellbeing Primary Care Network - Diabetes integrated assessment and support team model
• Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - Integrated diabetes and advanced chronic kidney disease clinical and research programme
• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Multiple sclerosis family planning and pregnancy cliniC

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Theatre and Surgical Nursing

Winner:

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Enhanced recovery after surgery for neurosurgery

" An outstanding entry from King’s College Hospital for its neurosurgery spinal enhanced recovery programme. A highly effective nurse-led project that extends patient care beyond the hospital setting, it has successfully redefined the nursing role from facilitator to proactive leader, integrating each stage of the recovery pathway into a seamless, coordinated process while maintaining a strong focus on patient-centred care. Well done! "

Finalists:

• Aneurin Bevan University Health Board - Peyton's Principles - enhancing ERCP competency in the endoscopy nursing workforce
• Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust - High-volume Super Weeks
• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - High risk airway clinic
• Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Distance Dots
• National Neonatal Surgical Interest Group - Education and best practice standards for neonatal nurses nationally
• Newmedica - Reducing avoidable cancellations in cataract surgery
• South East London Acute Provider Collaborative - Pre-operative assessment nursing forum