This award focuses on personal humanity, empathy, and emotional impact.

This award celebrates an individual or team who consistently demonstrates exceptional kindness and compassion in their daily work. They bring humanity into every interaction, providing comfort, reassurance, and emotional support to patients, families, and colleagues.

Through their empathy, patience, and genuine care, they create moments that make people feel valued, understood, and safe. This award honours those whose warmth and compassion transform experiences and exemplify the heart of UHNM.

Judges will be looking for an individual or a team that displays exceptional kindness and compassion in their day-to-day work.

This award is open to all colleagues - individuals or teams, working in clinical or non – clinical roles.

The nominator should include examples of how the nominee has displayed acts of kindness and compassion in 700 words or less, and the impact that this achievement has had upon a patient, visitor or a colleague. 

The Collaboration Award celebrates partnership, teamwork, and cross-boundary working.

This award recognises an individual or team that excels at working with others to achieve shared goals. They build strong partnerships across departments, professions, or organisations, breaking down silos and enabling joined up solutions. Their approach centres on communication, inclusion, and collective problem solving. By drawing on diverse perspectives and fostering a supportive team environment, they demonstrate the power of working together to improve outcomes for patients, staff, and services.

Judges will be looking for an individual or a team that excels at working with others to improve outcomes for patients, staff and service users.

This award is open to all colleagues - individuals or teams, working in clinical or non – clinical roles.

The nominator should include examples of how the nominee has worked within collaboration with others to achieve shared goals across departments, professions or the organisation in 700 words or less. 

The Inclusion Award celebrates all things equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility.

This award recognises an individual or team who actively champions inclusion and works to ensure UHNM is a place where everyone feels respected and able to thrive.

They challenge barriers, promote fairness, and support people of all backgrounds, abilities, identities, and lived experiences - whether in relation to ethnicity, disability, long-term conditions, neurodiversity, gender, or any other characteristic, feel welcomed, valued, and supported. Their actions create safer, more accessible and more equitable environments for patients, staff, and the community. They are ambassadors for belonging and fairness across UHNM.

Judges will be looking for an individual or a team that is not afraid to challenge in support of all providing equitable environments for patients, staff and the community.

This award is open to all colleagues - individuals or teams, working in clinical or non – clinical roles.

The nominator should include examples of how the nominee has actively challenged in support of providing equitable environments for, staff, patients and the environment in 700 words or less.

The Excellence Award focuses on outstanding performance, high standards, innovation, impact on outcomes.

Do you know an individual or a team that consistently delivers to a high standard, a dedicated professional committed to patient care, improved outcomes and services?

This award honours an individual or team that consistently delivers work of the highest quality. Their dedication, skill, and professionalism contribute to exceptional patient care, improved outcomes, or significantly enhanced services.

They take pride in achieving high standards, driving innovation, and continually striving to do better. Whether through exceptional leadership, clinical expertise or service delivery, their work sets a benchmark for excellence and inspires others across the organisation. 

This award is open to all colleagues - individuals or teams, working in clinical or non – clinical roles.

The nominator should include examples of excellent leadership 700 words or less. 

The Rising Star Award highlights someone's early-career talent, growth, potential and promise.

Do you know a colleague who is early within their career that has demonstrated potential growth and promise?

This award celebrates an individual who is early in their career and already making a remarkable impact. They show exceptional potential, enthusiasm and a proactive approach to learning and personal development. Their drive to improve, innovate, and growth sets them apart. 

They demonstrate emerging leadership qualities and are viewed as someone who will play an important role in shaping the future of UHNM.

This award is open to individuals at the start of their career in both clinical and non – clinical roles.

The nominator should provide examples of career progress and growth in 700 words or less and specify clinical or non – clinical.

The UHNM Charity Award celebrates fundraising, volunteering, advocacy, and contribution to the charity’s mission.

This award recognises an individual or team that has made a significant contribution to the UHNM Charity.

Through fundraising, volunteering, or championing the charity's work, they have helped enhance patient experience, staff wellbeing, and the opportunities the charity can offer. Their passion and commitment inspire others and drive positive change aligned with UHNM Charity and its mission.

Judges will be looking for an individual or a team who have made significant contribution to the UHNM Charity, helping to enhance patient experience, staff wellbeing, and the opportunities the charity can offer.

The Unsung Hero Award celebrates hidden contributions, reliability, going above and beyond in unseen ways.

This award recognises individuals or teams whose vital contributions often go unnoticed and uncelebrated but make a significant difference every day.

They quietly go the extra mile, step in when needed and consistently deliver high quality support or care without seeking recognition. They are the dependable, behind the scenes champions who keep UHNM running smoothly and support everyone around them.
This award celebrates those who demonstrate true humility and dedication, whose efforts may not always be seen, but whose influence is felt every day. 

This award is open to all colleagues - individuals or teams, working in clinical or non – clinical roles.

The nominator should provide examples of contributions made daily and the difference that they make to trust in 700 words or less

This award celebrates outstanding support for peers, positivity and team environment.

This award if for an individual who consistently supports, uplifts, and empowers their colleagues. They go beyond their own responsibilities to offer guidance, encouragement and assistance, helping others to thrive and succeed within their team and the wider NHS community. 

Whether during challenging times or daily routines, they foster a positive, respectful, and collaborative atmosphere. Their actions strengthen team spirit and contribute significantly to colleagues’ wellbeing and success.

This award is open to individuals both clinical and non – clinical and we are looking for an individual, clinical or non – clinical who daily goes above and beyond for the benefit of people, patients and population.

The nominator should include examples of how this individual has gone above and beyond helping others to thrive and exceed within either their team or wider NHS context within in 700 words or less. 

This award celebrates a high-performing team, collective achievements, resilience and results.

This award recognises a team that has demonstrated exceptional performance, unity, and resilience over the past year. Together they have demonstrated effective problem-solving, adapting to challenges, to deliver results in a dynamic environment. This team has consistently worked together to meet both short-term goals and long-term objectives. 

They use each member’s strengths, overcome challenges collectively, and embody what can be achieved when a team works with shared purpose and commitment.

This award is open to both clinical and non – clinical teams.

The nominator should include examples of strengths and challenges overcome by the team and the benefits realised by either our patients or the wider NHS in 700 words or less.

UHNM's People’s Choice Award celebrates exceptional patient, family and community impact.

This award honours an individual who has made an outstanding impact within the UHNM. Whether through exceptional care, meaningful support during difficult moments, or actions that leave a lasting positive impression, this person has touched the lives of others and embodies UHNM’s values in the eyes of those we serve.

It is their dedication, compassion and exceptional service which has made a true difference to patients, families, or the wider community, as recognised by public vote.

This award is open to both clinical and non – clinical individual colleagues

The nominator should include examples of outstanding impact on their families, relatives or the wider community in 700 words or less.

The Outstanding Achievement Award is chosen by our Chief Executive, Dr Simon Constable.

This achievement is a testament to exceptional, organisation wide impact; leadership; major contribution.

This prestigious award is chosen by the Chief Executive Officer to honour an individual or team who has demonstrated exceptional dedication, initiative, and lasting impact on UHNM. Their contributions have made a tangible difference, whether through transformative projects, overcoming significant challenges, or developing new ways to improve services and outcomes for patients and the wider community.

Their achievements may include transformational improvements, exceptional leadership, innovation, or overcoming significant challenges. They exemplify UHNM’s highest standards and values, delivering work that shapes the future of our organisation and embodying the spirit of collaboration and progress that is central to UHNM.

New for 2026, The Green Awars highlights outstanding contribution to environmental sustainability and social value at UHNM.

We are looking for an individual or a team that has made a demonstrable impact towards reducing waste or emissions from patient care, travel, energy, food, digital or procurement of goods and services, and/or who has shown leadership in transforming behaviour and culture. The nominee may have delivered a single significant project, or multiple small changes which add up to a greener, low carbon service.

The health of our environment has a direct link to the health of our patients and our community. This award celebrates an individual or team with a real passion for sustainability, who has gone above and beyond to drive forward the green agenda and influenced colleagues to make changes to be more sustainable in their working practice.  This award honours those who champion sustainability and promote a shift in culture towards a low carbon UHNM.

This award is open to all colleagues - individuals or teams, working in clinical or non – clinical roles.

The nominator should include examples of actions taken by the nominee to reduce the environmental impact of their working practice in 700 words or less, and where possible include measurable evidence of the impact they have made.