Entries for the Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards close a week today.

The awards, to be staged for the third successive year at the Health and Innovation Expo 2016, close to submissions next Thursday 30 June. So now is the time to make sure you get your entry or nomination in.

Named after Kate Granger, the terminally ill doctor who has worked tirelessly to raise awareness around compassion in the NHS through her #hellomynameis social media campaign, the awards will be made at Expo 2016 at Manchester Central on 7 September.

Kate was delighted to learn the awards are to run for a third successive year, saying: “Celebrating and rewarding colleagues in the NHS, who work incredibly hard every day to provide outstanding care to their patients, has an extremely powerful effect.”

Read the full story on the Health and Care Innovation Expo web pages.