Celebrating excellence in improvement and quality: The NHS Wales Awards 2025 are now open for entries

28 April 2025

The NHS Wales Awards 2025 are officially open and you’re invited to enter…

Now in its seventeenth year, the NHS Wales Awards shine a spotlight on the incredible quality improvement work transforming health and care across Wales. Whether you're a clinician, a student, or part of a non-clinical team, this is your opportunity to be recognised.

Back for 2025

The 2025 awards feature 12 categories to choose from, aligned with the Duty of Quality and the Health and Care Quality Standards 2023.

1. NHS Wales Safe Care Award
2. NHS Wales Timely Care Award
3. NHS Wales Effective Care Award
4. NHS Wales Efficient Care Award
5. NHS Wales Equitable Care Award
6. NHS Wales Person-Centred Care Award
7. NHS Wales Leadership Award
8. NHS Wales Workforce Sustainability Award
9. NHS Wales Team Culture Award
10. NHS Wales Information Award
11. NHS Wales Learning & Research Award
12. NHS Wales Whole Systems Approach Award

Plus: the Outstanding Contribution to Healthcare Improvement Award will be chosen from the 12 category winners.  

Why enter the NHS Wales Awards?

Your ideas for change can make a real difference to the people in your care, your organisation and the whole health and care system. By entering, you can:

• Share your success and gain recognition for your project and team,
• raise the profile of your improvement work,
• be part of a community of learning and improvement that can inspire others across NHS Wales.

Dominique Bird, Acting National Director of Quality, Safety and Improvement said: “The NHS Wales Awards continue to be a fantastic way to highlight quality improvement work taking place in Wales. We want to hear from every corner of the system - big projects or small changes, whatever the scale of your improvement work, the awards are here to help showcase your achievements. At the heart of every improvement is the patient, and by sharing your stories, you can inspire others, ensuring that learning spreads beyond local projects to benefit people accessing services across Wales.”

How to enter?

1. Read the Entry Guide carefully to find all the key information you need before entering.
2. Head to the online awards platform to submit your entry. Remember to seek appropriate authorisation from your Executive Director before submitting.

Entries close 5:00pm, Friday 6 June and finalists will be announced in July.

Don’t miss your chance to be recognised. Enter today and you could be a winner!