National shortlist 2023
NHS regional teams across England announced the individuals and teams chosen for the national shortlist in the NHS Parliamentary Awards 2023.
The champions – including NHS volunteers, patients, local council health teams and the creators of extraordinary digital innovations – will now vie with each other for a national award to be presented at a special ceremony at the QEII Centre, Westminster, on 5 July.
The NHS Parliamentary Awards recognises the massive contributions made by those who work in and alongside the NHS as we reach the health service’s 75th birthday.
Launched in March, we asked MPs from across the country to find and nominate those individuals or teams they thought have made the biggest improvements to health services in their constituencies across ten categories.
From more than 750 entries submitted by almost half of all MPs in England, senior NHS experts have chosen seventy outstanding nominations, which exemplify the best of what the NHS and its partners do day in, day out.
The shortlisted nominees are listed below. Further details about each nominee can be found on the NHS Parliamentary Awards website.
The Excellence in Mental Health Care Award (Sponsored by Lloyds Bank)
- North West: Lancashire and South Cumbria Reproductive Trauma Service –Maternal Mental Health Service, South Cumbria ICB
- South East: Talking Wellness: Kent and Medway’s Staff Mental Health Wellbeing Service, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- North East and Yorkshire: NHS Practitioner Health
- Midlands: The Crisis Care Centre, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
- London: Mental health response car, London Ambulance Servce
East of England: Mental Health Joint Response Care Initiative, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust - South West: Integrated Access Partnership, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
The Excellence in Health Care Award
- North West: Cytoprime 1: Improving the care and detection of oesophageal cancer in patients with Barrett’s oesophagus
- South East: Prostate self-referral team, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- North East and Yorkshire: Reducing health inequalities for children in Sheffield, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Midlands: Rushcliffe Dementia Communication and Support project, Rushclffe Primary Care Network
- London: The pan-London cardiac virtual ward, Barts Health NHS Trust
- East of England: Virtual Hospital programme, West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The Excellence in Urgent and Emergency Care Award
- North West: Whiston Hospital Emergency Department, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- South East: Reducing avoidable cardiac arrest calls, A ‘Patient first’ frontline-led collaborative journey, Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- North East and Yorkshire: NHS North of England Cre System Support (NECS) UEC-RAIDR Control Centre
- Midlands: Integrated frailty service, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- London: Urgent and emergency care team, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- East of England: Provide Community Interest Company (CIC) Child Health Information Service (CHIS), Provide CIC
The Excellence in Primary Care Award
- North West: First Contact Practitioner (Physiotherapy) team, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- South East: Frailty Urgent Care Response and Virtual Ward Service, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- North East and Yorkshire: #OUCH #Bye Bye UTI – community pharmacy pilot project team, North East and North Cumbria ICB
- Midlands: Choices Care Ltd. – domiciliary care services, Choices Care Ltd.
- London: Richmond Road Medical Centre, Hackney
- East of England: East and North Hertfordshire Hospital’s At Home Service, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
The Future NHS Award
- North West: Dynamic Support database – clinical support tool, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- South East: My Medical Record team, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- North East and Yorkshire: NHS first developed AI cardiac diagnostic tool, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Midlands: Martyn Staddon, SUPERB dashboard, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- London: Virtual Ward Programme team, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- East of England: RealWear, Provide Community Interest Company (CIC)
The NHS Rising Star Award (Sponsored by Liverpool Victoria)
- North West: Karen Cotici, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
South East: Megan Jones, Oxford Hospitals Charity - North East and Yorkshire: Elise Featherstone and Rochelle Featherstone, West Yorkshire ICB
- Midlands: Sophie Garcia, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- London: Devina Maru, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
The Nursing and Midwifery Award
- North West: Vicki Stevenson-Hornby, East Lancashire Hospitals Trust
- South East: Mahfuja Aktar, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- North East and Yorkshire: Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ Midwifery team, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Midlands: Dawn Forbes, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- London: Nuru Clark, Newham Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust
- East of England: Carer Support Nurse pilot, East Coast Community Healthcare
The Health Equalities Award
- North West: Lancashire South Cumbria Covid-19 vaccination programme, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB
- South East: One Recovery Bucks (Adult Substance Misuse Service), Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- North East and Yorkshire: Health Literacy team, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Midlands: Specialist community public health nursing for asylum seeking families, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- London: Better health on your doorstep, Central London Community Health NHS Trust
- East of England: The Anchor programme, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- South West: Homelessness Health in Somerset, Somerset Council (in partnership with NHS bodies)
The Volunteer Award
- North West: Salford Royal Volunteer Dining Companions, Northern Care alliance – Salford Royal Hospital
- South East: Pets As Therapy team, Queen Alexandra Hospital
- North East and Yorkshire: St Oswald’s Hospice Lymphoedema Volunteers, Newcastle
- Midlands: Julie Hammond, League of Friends
- London: Deborah Quintin, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- East of England: Bedfordshire Breastfeeding Buddies, Bedfordshire Community Health Services
- South West: Health Connect Coaching, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Lifetime Achievement Award
- North West: Dr Clare Byrne, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- South East: Jane Cansfield, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- North East and Yorkshire: Martin Bennett, Associated Chemists (Wicker) Ltd; Christine James, Wooler Health
- Midlands: Howard Straughen-Simpson, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- London: Charmaine Angela Case, St Georges University Hospitals Foundation Trust
- East of England: Louise Allen, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- South West: Toni Starr, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust