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For the inaugural NHS Excellence Awards, regional judges were met with an exceptional response and faced the challenging task of selecting regional champions from a high calibre of entries. 70 individuals and teams have now been recognised as regional champions, as listed below. They will go on to the national ceremony in June, where the overall winners will be announced. Good luck to all regional champions!
This award is proudly sponsored by
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | Pre-hospital Stroke Video Triage | Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks |
| London | Pharmacy Team - Medicines Modernisation Programme | London Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
| Midlands | The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Chronic Kidney Disease Integrated Care Delivery (LUCID) programme | Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB |
| North East and Yorkshire | Transforming Same Day Urgent Care and Winter Services across North Yorkshire | Nimbuscare |
| North West | Care Closer, Care Smarter: Transforming Mental Health Flow in Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust, Pennine Care Foundation Trust and Greater Manchester ICB |
| South East | The Medway SMART Acute Virtual Hospital | Medway NHS Foundation Trust |
| South West | Drugless CT Coronary Angiography Service At University Hospitals Plymouth | University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust |
This award is proudly sponsored by
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | Digital Health Team - Digital First Transformation | East Coast Community Healthcare |
| London | Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Project | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Midlands | From Paper Registers to Real-Time Safety: A Clinically Led Digital Transformation of Controlled Drug Management | University Hospitals Birmingham |
| North East and Yorkshire | Virtual Wards in Secure Environments | Spectrum Community Health CIC |
| North West | Digitally Transforming Dialysis: The UK’s First Largest Bidirectional Device‑to‑Main EPR Integration | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| South East | Enhancing T2/T3 Prescribing with Digitisation and Decision Support in ePMA | Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| South West | NHS 111 Online Self-Referral for Breast Cancer Diagnostics | NHS 111 Online & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust |
In partnership with, and sponsored by Pfizer Limited
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | Youth Workers in Hospital | Essex ICB |
| London | Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) Engagement Project | NHS North East London Cancer Alliance |
| Midlands | East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative | Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| North East and Yorkshire | Wakefield Family Nurse Partnership Team | Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust |
| North West | "Let’s Talk Boobs" | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| South East | Isle of Wight Ambulance Service – Out‑of‑Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Improvement Programme | Isle of Wight NHS Trust |
| South West | The Market Health Hub | Coast and Country Primary Care Network |
Boehringer Ingelheim is proud to sponsor the Neighbourhood Health award category.
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | Revolutionising Oncology: The "Care Closer to Home" SACT Model Enabling Home Self-Administration | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust |
| London | CHILDS - Child Health Integrated Learning and Delivery System | Evelina London |
| Midlands | Team Up | NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board |
| North East and Yorkshire |
Safety Hub - Bishop Auckland | Rethink Mental Illness |
| North West | Liverpool Place Population Management (Proactive Care) | Cheshire and Merseyside ICB |
| South East | East Brighton Integrated Community (Neighbourhood) Team | NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board on behalf of East Brighton ICT (East and Central PCN and Deans and Central PCN) |
| South West | Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Neighbourhood Health | Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
Boehringer Ingelheim is proud to sponsor the Neighbourhood Health award category. 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.
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | Carer Experience Service | East & North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust |
| London | South East London ICB Women’s and Girl’s Health | NHS South East London Integrated Care Board |
| Midlands | Little Voices | Walsall Healthcare |
| North East and Yorkshire | Gleadless and Heeley Neighbourhood Mental Health Centre project | Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust |
| North West | Neuro Rehabilitation Online Service | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| South East | Care Co-ordinators + Family Engagement Leads - The Baby Steps: Our Neonatal Journey Cards | South East Neonatal ODN |
| South West | Isaac’s Story - Leading to System Wide Change For Deaf People and National BSL Diabetes Films | NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board |
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | Using Ambient Voice Technology to reduce report writing time on an ASD diagnostic pathway | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (Milton Keynes based service) |
| London | Harrow Psychotropic and Physical Health Clinics | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Midlands | PCN Equity Review Tool | Nottingham West Primary Care Network |
| North East and Yorkshire | Gold Team Approach to Improving Palliative and End of Life Care in General Practice | Holderness Health |
| North West | Touch Activated Phlebotomy for Patients with Learning Disabilities | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust |
| South East | Integrated Frailty Crisis Pathway | Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust |
| South West | Acute Medical Admission Pathways | University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust |
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | The Green Plan | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust |
| London | North West London Sleep Medicine Services & Imperial Health Impact Lab | North West London Integrated Care Board |
| Midlands | Bronze to Gold | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust |
| North East and Yorkshire | Reusable Surgical Hats, Recycling Frayed Shirts and Second Hand Linen | North Cumbria Integrated Care |
| North West | ECO4 Flex Health Referral Pathways | NHS Greater Manchester ICB |
| South East | Green Nursing Challenge 2025: A Transformative 15-week Journey | Centre for Sustainable Healthcare |
| South West | Peeinpot (PiP) | Somerset NHS Foundation Trust |
This award is proudly supported by
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | CPFT’s AHP Led, Evidence Based Wellbeing Programme Supporting a Healthier Workforce | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| London | Kofoworola Abeni Pratt Fellowship | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust |
| Midlands | #morethanajob | Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust |
| North East and Yorkshire | North East and North Cumbria Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub | North East and North Cumbria ICB & Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust |
| North West | Your Future Your Way - Breaking Down Barriers to Career Progression | Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| South East | BrigHT futures @BHT | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust |
| South West | Reasonable Adjustments Project | Devon Partnership Trust |
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | Supporting a Peaceful Death at Home in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease | Hospice of St Francis and West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals |
| London | Stroke Rehabilitation Programme - NHS and Football Club Foundation Partnership | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Midlands | Navigating Our Womanhood Together (NOWT) — Co-Producing Better Access to Women’s Health in the Black Country | Black Country ICB |
| North East and Yorkshire | Marie Curie Responsive Emergency Assessment and Community Team (REACT) | Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford |
| North West | Greater Manchester Urgent Primary Care Alliance | Greater Manchester Urgent Primary Care Alliance |
| South East | Solving Problems, Transforming Lives: Addressing the Underlying Triggers of Mental Health Crisis | Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Citizens Advice Winchester District |
| South West | A System‑Wide Partnership for Compassionate End‑of‑Life Care | University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust |
This award is proudly sponsored by
Regional champions:
| Region | Name | Organisation |
| East of England | Dr Elizabeth Kendrick | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust |
| London | Leeanne McGee | West London NHS Trust |
| Midlands | Dr Jess Harvey | South-East Shropshire Primary Care Network |
| North East and Yorkshire | Lucy Elkiss | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| North West | Duncan Craig | We are Survivors |
| South East | Michelle Gallagher | Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust |
| South West | Dr. Scott Grier | Retrieve Adult Critical Care Transport Service |