We have not posted about healthcare awards for a while so thought we would send out the latest update from the Health Awards Bulletin which is compiled by Health Librarians across the North.
Please note: We have been advised that Christie staff should reach out to the Comms Team before nominating your team or colleagues for any awards.
There are awards out there for all sections of the NHS workforce so browse away!
Bio-IT World Innovative Practices Awards
Highlights outstanding examples of technology innovation in the life sciences, from basic R&D to translational medicine. They encourage nominations from valued academic and/or industry partners.
Staff group: All
Deadline: 30th November 2018 (Final deadline 1st February 2019)
Apply: http://www.bio-itworld.com/bp_awards.aspx
North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards
To celebrate success for the excellent work being undertaken across the region in relation to clinical research and innovation, to demonstrate how clinical research and innovation efforts have had an impact on patient care across the North West Coast and to showcase ideas
Staff group: All staff – researchers
Deadline: 30th November 2018
Apply: http://www.nwcawards.co.uk/
Healthcare Design Awards
The Awards aim to promote and recognise the very best developments in all types of care-related property, whilst the Award categories seek to acknowledge the contribution made by home owners, designers and architects to the wellbeing and quality of life for those in their care.
Staff group: Estates & Ancillary
Deadline: 30th November 2018
Apply: http://www.healthcaredesignawards.co.uk/
Excellence in Patient Care Awards RCP
The Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP’s) Excellence in Patient Care Awards aim to recognise, celebrate and promote the work that physicians do to improve patient care through education, policy, clinical practice and research.
Staff group: Medical & Dental
Deadline: 3rd December 2018
Apply: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/education-practice/funding-awards/rcp-excellence-patient-care-awards
Journal Of Wound Care Awards
The JWC Awards seek to recognise the hard work done by health care professionals in all fields of wound care, to benchmark standards within wound care and to highlight the great contribution that nurses, clinicians, scientists, researchers and academics make to the development of wound-care research and practice.
Staff group: All Staff
Deadline: 4th December 2018
Apply: http://www.jwcawards.com/
Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards North West
In association with Insider, this prestigious awards ceremony will see industry, academia and the NHS come together to toast the achievements of health sector organisations across the North.
Staff group: Other
Deadline: 7th December 2018
Apply: https://www.insidermedia.com/event/medilink-northern-powerhouse-healthcare-business-awards-2019
National Service User Awards
To celebrate service user led initiatives in inpatient services nationwide the National Service User Awards are designed to recognise the achievements of individuals and the initiatives implemented on a local national level.
Staff group: All Staff
Deadline: 8th December 2018
Apply: http://www.nsua.org/
British Journal of Nursing Awards
The BJN Awards recognise and celebrate the individuals going above and beyond in delivering their care. The nurse who goes above and beyond. The nurse who puts patient care at the heart of their role. The nurse who inspires you. The nurse who drives the profession. The nurse who deserves to be celebrated.
Staff group: Nursing
Deadline: 10th December 2018 (deadline extended)
Apply: http://www.bjnawards.co.uk/
Student Nursing Times Awards
Recognising and rewarding educational establishments and those committed to developing new nursing talent. They support the whole student nursing profession and celebrate the achievements those shaping the future of nursing. There are 17 categories recognising the achievements of students and educators.
Staff group: Students
Deadline: 14th December 2018
Apply: https://studentawards.nursingtimes.net/
HR Distinction Awards
Celebrates creative and engaging HR projects, promotes individuals who raise the profile of HR and honours the young, inspirational rising stars.
Staff group: Admin & Managers
Deadline: 16th December 2018
Apply: http://www.hrdistinctionawards.com/
Wellcome Photography Prize
Recognising the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images recently acquired by Wellcome Images
Staff group: All staff
Deadline: 17th December 2018
Apply: https://wellcome.ac.uk/what-we-do/our-work/photography-prize
Medical Design Excellence Awards
To recognize significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility.
Staff group: Estates & Ancillary
Deadline: 21st December 2018
Apply: http://mdeawards.mddionline.com/
Employee Benefits Award
Awards employers that have excelled in a number of areas of employee benefits including pensions, healthcare, flexible benefits, communication and many more.
Staff group: Admin & Managers
Deadline: 21st December 2018
Apply: http://www.employeebenefitsawards.co.uk/
BMA Medical Book Awards
The BMA medical book awards takes place annually to recognise outstanding contributions to medical literature.
Staff group: All staff
Deadline: 19th December 2019
Apply: http://bma.org.uk/about-the-bma/bma-library/medical-book-awards
iESE Public Sector Transformation Awards
The iESE Public Service Transformation Awards celebrate the best in local public services. Over a range of categories we look for those transformations in public services that have had the demonstrate true innovation and have delivered the biggest improvement for the lives of residents and local businesses.
Staff group: All staff
Deadline: 11th January 2019
Apply: https://www.iese.org.uk/transformation-awards-2019
HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards
The HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards seek to recognise and reward outstanding efficiency and improvement by the NHS. The Value in Healthcare Awards recognise excellent use of resources, but they also seek out examples of demonstrable improvement in outcomes, both within back office functions and clinical initiatives.
Staff group: All staff
Deadline: 11th January 2019
Apply: https://value.hsj.co.uk/enter
NICE Shared Learning Awards
The NICE Shared Learning Awards recognise and reward examples of how NICE guidance has been put into practice in the NHS, local authorities, voluntary organisations and elsewhere.
Staff group: Admin & Managers
Deadline: 11th January 2019
Apply: https://www.nwprocurement.co.uk/eisinfo.php
Advancing Healthcare Awards
The Advancing Healthcare Awards recognise and reward projects and professionals that lead innovative healthcare practice and make a real difference to patients’ lives. The awards are open to allied health professionals, healthcare scientists and those who work alongside them in support roles.
Staff group: Allied Health Professionals
Deadline: 14th January 2019
Apply: http://ahpandhsawards.co.uk/
BMJ Awards
The BMJ Awards are the UK’s leading medical awards. Now celebrating 10 years of recognising the incredible work that healthcare teams across the country do every day, we aim to promote excellence in healthcare, showcase knowledge and experience that will inspire others, and give exposure to teams who demonstrate courage and passion for overcoming challenges in our common mission to improve outcomes for patients and communities across the country.
Staff group: Medical & Dental
Deadline: 18th January 2019
Apply: http://thebmjawards.bmj.com/Home
International Safety Awards
The awards are open to businesses and organisations of all sizes, types and sectors – both members of the British Safety Council and non-members, in the UK and internationally, which demonstrate a real commitment to achieving high standards of health and safety.
Staff group: Admin & Managers
Deadline: 25th January 2019 (deadline extended)
Apply: https://www.britsafe.org/awards-and-events/awards/international-safety-awards
Care Business Awards
The Awards will look at the expertise of companies providing home care in the UK, praise the teams that are making a difference by looking to raise standards, and look at both the products and services that the supplier side of the sector offers and at the organisations providing advice and consultancy in the sector.
Staff group: All staff
Deadline: 31st January 2019
Apply: https://www.britsafe.org/awards-and-events/awards/international-safety-awards
RCN Fellowship & Honorary Fellowship
RCN members can nominate people for exceptional contributions to nursing or health care. Fellowships are for RCN members who are registered nurses in the UK. Honorary Fellowships are awarded to non-nurses or nurses registered outside the UK.
Staff group: Nurse/Midwife/Visit
Deadline: 1st February 2019
Apply: https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/rcn-awards/rcn-fellowship-and-honorary-fellowship-awards
RoSPA Awards -Birmingham London and Competitive
Awards for individual, team or organisational contribution to Health & Safety. There are also a number of specialist awards for environmental management or occupational health for example.
Staff group: Admin & Managers
Deadline: 1st February 2019
Apply: http://www.rospa.com/awards/faqs/#2b
Patient Safety Awards
Individuals and organisations that are proving successful at initiatives that are driving the quality, clinical efficiency, effectiveness and safety agendas.
Staff group: All staff
Deadline: 5th February 2019
Apply: https://awards.patientsafetycongress.co.uk/
Festival of Learning Awards
Festival of Learning awards showcase and celebrate the wonderful things that learning can achieve for individuals, families, communities and employers. Get involved, and nominate the learners, tutors, projects and employers that deserve recognition, and will inspire others
Staff group: All staff
Deadline: 12th February 2019
Apply: http://www.festivaloflearning.org.uk/
National Recycling Awards
The National Recycling Awards reward excellence across the industry and address recycling, reuse and waste reduction and are judged by their peers from across the industry. To win, entrants must demonstrate effective strategy, tangible improvement, innovative and creative solutions, and a strong business case. It’s as much about the bottom line as the environment.
Staff group: Estates & Ancillary
Deadline: 15th February 2019
Apply: http://www.festivaloflearning.org.uk/
HPMA Excellence Awards
Recognising and rewarding outstanding work in healthcare human resource management. Awards categories include creative thinking, partnership with unions, use of ESR, use of social media, improvement of HR capability amongst others.
Staff group: Admin and Managers
Deadline: 20th February 2019
Apply: www.hpma.awardsplatform.com
BIR Bayer Make It Better Service Award
The award will be given to the group of people who have demonstrated the best improvement in an aspect of service delivery by making it more effective, or have improved patient experience. This might be an innovative design of a piece of kit or changes to a patient pathway that has improved patient comfort or made the pathway less invasive, reduced delays or improved the environment for the patient.
Staff group: Allied Health Professionals
Deadline: 28th February 2019
Apply: http://www.bir.org.uk/makeitbetterserviceaward
Zenith Global Health Awards
Recognises that many healthcare and Allied Healthcare Professionals go beyond the call of duty to ensure delivery and sustenance of quality care for patients globally.
Staff group: Allied Health Professionals
Deadline: Open for submissions with no set deadline
Apply: http://zenithglobalhealth.com/awards/
Note: No closing date for entries, apply as soon as possible.
Cavell Awards
Celebrating the best and brightest in UK nursing and midwifery talent.
Staff group: Nurse/Midwife/Visit
Deadline: Open for submissions with no set deadline
Apply: https://www.cavellnursestrust.org/awards
Note: No closing date for entries, apply as soon as possible.
Global Health & Pharma Awards (GHP) Social Care Awards
Give recognition to the individuals, teams and companies who show the highest levels of innovation, compassion and courage in one of the most important, yet challenging industries.
Staff group: Other
Deadline: Open for submissions with no set deadline
Apply: https://www.ghp-news.com/social-care-awards-2019
Note: For organisations and service providers.
GHP Technology Awards
The GHP Technology Awards 2018 has been established to recognise the important contributions made by companies and individuals who are dedicated to enhancing the quality of healthcare available and create innovative healthcare solutions for individuals across the world.
Staff group: Other
Deadline: Open for submissions with no set deadline
Apply: https://www.ghp-news.com/technology-awards-2018
Note: For companies and individuals.
Philip Goodeve-Docker Memorial Prize
The prize is offered to the top performing student of the District Nursing programme in every university in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Staff group: Nurse/Midwife/Visit
Deadline: No deadline set
Apply: https://www.qni.org.uk/explore-qni/qni-awards/philip-goodeve-docker-memorial-prize/
RCN Award of Merit
The Award of Merit is the highest honour the RCN bestows for service. As an RCN member, if you know someone who has dedicated their time and energy to helping RCN members, you can nominate them for an RCN Award of Merit.
Staff group: Nurse/Midwife/Visit
Deadline: All nominations now received will be considered for 2019
Apply: https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/rcn-awards/rcn-award-of-merit
RCN Fellowship & Honorary Fellowship
RCN members can nominate people for exceptional contributions to nursing or health care. Fellowships are for RCN members who are registered nurses in the UK. Honorary Fellowships are awarded to non-nurses or nurses registered outside the UK.
Staff group: Nurse/Midwife/Visit
Deadline: All nominations now received will be considered for 2019
Apply: https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/rcn-awards/rcn-fellowship-and-honorary-fellowship-awards
The Dora Roylance Prize for Student Health Visitors
This new academic prize is offered for outstanding students who have completed the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) Health Visitor programme. The prize is available at every university in England, Wales or Northern Ireland where this programme is currently offered.
Staff group: Nurse/Midwife/Visit
Deadline: Open for submissions with no set deadline
Apply: https://www.qni.org.uk/explore-qni/qni-awards/dora-roylance-memorial-prize/
The Queen’s Nursing Institute Long Service Award
The QNI Long Service Award is available to all community nurses across all specialties, who have completed 21 years of service.
Staff group: Nurse/Midwife/Visit
Deadline: All year round submission
Apply: https://www.qni.org.uk/explore-qni/qni-awards/long-service-award/
The following sites also have ongoing awards/prizes and should be checked each month:
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