Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry to the NHS Excellence Awards 2026. We received a fantastic response from teams and individuals across the country, showcasing the outstanding work taking place across health and care to improve outcomes, transform services and deliver for patients and communities.

Following regional and national judging, we are delighted to announce following an awards celebration, the NHS Excellence Awards winners below. Congratulations to all our winners and regional champions!

Delivering value award

The Medway SMART Acute Virtual Hospital

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

This award is proudly sponsored by

PWC

Digital innovation award

NHS 111 Online Self-Referral for Breast Cancer Diagnostics

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and NHS England

This award is proudly sponsored by

PWC

Improving health outcomes award

East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 

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PWC

Leadership award

Dr Jess Harvey

South East Shropshire Primary Care Network

This award is proudly sponsored by

PWC

Neighbourhood health award

Liverpool Place Population Management (Proactive Care) 

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Boehringer Ingelheim is proud to sponsor the Neighbourhood Health award category.

PWC

The Director of Health Systems Partnerships was invited to join the judging panel of the shortlisted group of finalists. No benefit arose to the organisation, and no conflict of interest exists.

Patient involvement and choice award

South East London ICB Women’s and Girls’ Health Hub

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board 

Quality improvement award

Gold Team Approach to Improving Palliative and End of Life Care in General Practice

Holderness Health

This award is proudly sponsored by

PWC

Sustainable healthcare award

North West London Sleep Medicine Services & Imperial Health Impact Lab

NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board

Valuing our people award

North East and North Cumbria Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

This award is proudly supported by

PWC

Working in partnership award

Marie Curie Responsive Emergency Assessment and Community team (REACT)

Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Find out more

Read our FAQs or email england.nhsawards@nhs.net if you have any further questions about the awards.

Headline partner

In partnership with, and sponsored by Pfizer Limited

 

Pfizer

Category partners

Boehringer Ingelheim

Chartered Management Institute

Flexzo AI

GXO

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