Celebrates: Individuals or teams who demonstrate genuine kindness, compassion, and empathy, making a meaningful emotional impact on others through their everyday actions.

Purpose: 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.

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

Assessment Criteria: Judges will look for evidence of an individual or team who consistently demonstrates exceptional kindness and compassion in their day to day work, and the positive impact this has on others. Particular emphasis should be given to acts of kindness and compassion, and the positive emotional or practical impact these have had on patients, colleagues, or others.

Celebrates: Effective collaboration through partnership, teamwork, and cross boundary working that delivers shared success.

Purpose: 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, colleagues, and services.

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

Assessment Criteria: Judges will look for evidence of an individual or team who works exceptionally well with others, building strong partnerships across boundaries to improve outcomes for patients, colleagues, and service users. Particular emphasis should be given to how the nominee has worked effectively with others across teams, professions, or organisational boundaries to achieve shared goals and deliver positive outcomes.

Celebrates: The promotion of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility through actions that create fair, welcoming, and inclusive environments for all.

Purpose: 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 – including ethnicity, disability, long term conditions, neurodiversity, gender, or any other characteristic – to feel welcomed, valued, and supported.

Their actions create safer, more accessible and more equitable environments for patients, colleagues, and the community. They are ambassadors for belonging and fairness across UHNM.

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

Assessment Criteria: Judges will look for evidence of an individual or team who confidently challenges inequality and barriers, and actively promotes equitable, inclusive, and accessible environments for patients, colleagues, and the wider community. Particular emphasis should be given to how the nominee actively challenges inequalities or barriers and promotes equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and the positive impact this has on colleagues, patients, and / or the wider community.

Celebrates: Outstanding performance, consistently high standards, innovation, and a demonstrable positive impact on outcomes and services.

Purpose: 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.

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

Assessment Criteria: Judges will look for evidence of an individual or team who consistently delivers work of an exceptional standard, demonstrates professionalism and commitment to patient care, and contributes to improved outcomes, services, or ways of working. Particular emphasis should be given to consistently high standards of performance, the quality and innovation of the work delivered, and the measurable impact this has had on outcomes, services, or patient care.

Celebrates: Early career clinical colleagues who demonstrate exceptional potential and a positive impact on patient care.

Purpose: This award recognises a clinical colleague who is early in their career and already making a meaningful difference. They demonstrate enthusiasm for learning, commitment to development, and a strong focus on delivering high quality, compassionate care. Their behaviours and emerging leadership qualities show clear promise for a future role in shaping clinical practice at UHNM.

Eligibility: Open to clinical colleagues who are early in their career (including registered and unregistered roles).

Assessment Criteria: Judges will look for evidence of growth, potential, and impact on patients, colleagues, or clinical services. Particular emphasis should be given to the individual’s development, learning, and growth within their clinical role, demonstrating emerging capability and a positive impact on patient care, clinical practice, or team working.

Celebrates: Exceptional early career non clinical colleagues who demonstrate outstanding potential, initiative, and a positive contribution to UHNM.

Purpose: This award recognises a non clinical colleague who is at an early stage of their career and is already making a significant impact. They demonstrate drive, enthusiasm, and a commitment to learning and improvement. Through innovative thinking, professionalism, and emerging leadership qualities, they stand out as someone with the potential to shape the future success of UHNM and support the delivery of excellent services.

Eligibility: Open to non clinical colleagues who are early in their career.

Assessment Criteria: Judges will look for evidence of an early career non clinical colleague who demonstrates growth, potential, and promise, and whose work positively contributes to teams, services, or the wider organisation. Particular emphasis should be given to the individual’s development, initiative, and growth within their non clinical role, demonstrating emerging capability and a positive contribution to teams, services, or the wider Trust.

Celebrates: Fundraising, volunteering, advocacy, and meaningful contributions that support and advance the Charity’s mission.

Purpose: 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, colleague wellbeing, and the opportunities the Charity can offer. Their passion and commitment inspire others and drives positive change aligned with UHNM Charity and its mission.

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

Assessment Criteria: Judges will look for evidence of an individual or team who has made a significant and sustained contribution to the UHNM Charity, helping to enhance patient experience, improve colleague wellbeing, and expand the opportunities the Charity can offer. Particular emphasis should be given to the nominee’s contribution to the UHNM Charity through fundraising, volunteering, or advocacy, and the positive impact this has had on patient experience, colleague wellbeing, and / or the Charity’s ability to deliver its mission.

Celebrates: Individuals or teams whose vital contributions often go unseen, recognising their reliability, dedication, and the consistent, behind-the-scenes ways they support others.

Purpose: 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. 

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

Assessment Criteria: An individual or a team that often go unnoticed or celebrated but their contributions are felt daily by those around them. Particular emphasis should be given to consistently high standards of performance, the quality and innovation of the work delivered, and the measurable impact this has had on outcomes, services, or patient care

Celebrates: A colleague who consistently supports others, brings positivity to their work, and fosters a strong, inclusive team environment.

Purpose: This award celebrates 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.

Eligibility: This award is open to individuals both clinical and non-clinical.

Assessment Criteria: We are looking for an individual, clinical or non-clinical, who daily goes above and beyond for the benefit of people, patients and population. Particular emphasis should be given to how the individual supports others, fosters a positive and inclusive team environment, and contributes to the success and wellbeing of their colleagues.

Celebrates: A high performing team that delivers strong collective achievements, demonstrates resilience, and achieves meaningful results together.

Purpose: 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.

Eligibility: This award is open to both clinical and non-clinical teams.

Assessment Criteria: The team demonstrates effective use of individual strengths, works collaboratively to overcome challenges, and exemplifies what can be achieved through shared purpose, commitment, and teamwork. Particular emphasis should be given to how the team works together effectively, uses individual and collective strengths, and achieves shared outcomes that benefit patients, colleagues, or services.

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.

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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.

Celebrates: Outstanding contributions to environmental sustainability and social value through actions that reduce environmental impact and support a greener, more sustainable UHNM.

Purpose: The health of our environment is closely linked to the health and wellbeing of our patients, colleagues, and our community. This award recognises an individual or team who demonstrates a strong commitment to sustainability, taking meaningful action to reduce environmental impact and influence more sustainable ways of working. It celebrates those who champion the green agenda and help drive positive culture change towards a more sustainable, low carbon UHNM.

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

Assessment Criteria: Judges will look for evidence of an individual or team who has made a demonstrable impact on environmental sustainability, such as reducing waste or emissions related to patient care, travel, energy, food, digital practice, or procurement of goods and services, and / or who has shown leadership in influencing behaviour and culture change. This may include delivery of a single significant initiative or multiple smaller improvements that together contribute to a greener, low carbon service. Particular emphasis should be given to the actions taken to reduce environmental impact, the outcomes achieved, and, where possible, the measurable difference made in creating more sustainable ways of working.