Meet our Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2025 winners

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Over the past year, our members and fellows around the world have continued to lead the way in improving patient care through education, research, clinical practice and policy.

Following a short pause during the pandemic, we are proud to bring back the Excellence in Patient Care Awards in 2025. With the NHS continuing to face significant challenges, from rising demand and workforce pressures to the long-term impact of COVID-19, it feels more important than ever to pause and recognise the remarkable work being done across our healthcare community.

We’d like to thank everyone who took part in this year’s awards, from those who submitted entries and nominations, to our judges whose time and expertise made this celebration possible.

This year’s entries were incredibly strong and being shortlisted is a real achievement. The breadth and quality of the applications have been nothing short of inspiring. Whether through pioneering research, digital innovation, equity of care or compassionate frontline practice, each project tells a story of impact, of lives improved, and of care delivered with excellence.

We’re now delighted to share the winners of the Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2025:

The Alliance Medical Health inequalities – working towards inclusive care for all

#MoreThanAHospital – The Midland Metropolitan University Hospital

Organisation: Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust (59385)

Team Members: Dr Sarb Clare MBE, Rachel Barlow SRO, Liam Kennedy, Marsha Jones, MMUH Company

Statement: The new acute hospital Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) hashtag is #morethanahospital. MMUH is a catalyst for improved health outcomes via regeneration, increased employment, education, and local opportunity.

The team at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust said they were ‘honoured to receive recognition for [our] approach to creating a community for local residents, and leading to opportunities for work and training.’ They added that sharing their work through these awards will ‘help with the design of new hospital builds’ and ensure that ‘investment is considered an opportunity for healthcare improvement.’  

 

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The Lean enabled service improvement award

National Implementation of Optical Diagnosis in the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

Organisation: DISCARD3 (St Mark's Hospital) and NHSE Optical Diagnosis Implementation teams

Team Members: Ahmir Ahmad, Brian Saunders, Stephen Hearing and Lee Adams representing the teams

Statement: The DISCARD3 study showed that optical diagnosis with a “resect and discard” strategy is a greener, leaner, more efficient and cost-effective way to perform colonoscopy and is both safe and acceptable for patients and clinicians. The findings have now been adopted nationally in the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP)

Members of the DISCARD3 (St Mark's Hospital) and NHSE Optical Diagnosis Implementation teams said receiving the award was ‘a huge boost’ and provided ‘renewed vigour to transform the bowel screen process.’

Service Improvement

Sustainability – reducing the environmental impact of healthcare

Pen switch: An initiative promoting sustainable insulin prescribing by switching to reusable pens in Devon.

Organisation: University Hospital Plymouth NHS Foundation Trust & Amicus Health (Tiverton)

Team Members: Dr Vincent Simpson and Dr Deepthi Lavu

Statement: Disposable insulin pens generate 60 tonnes of plastic waste and CO2eq equivalent to ~2.5 million car miles annually in England. Using reusable reduces 89% plastic waste. 40% carbon footprint and 1–5

They added that by sharing their work through these awards, they were raising awareness of environmental impact and demonstrating that ‘good diabetes care can be provided in a sustainable way.’ 

 

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