2025 Shortlist


We are proud to announce our Nursing Times Workforce Awards 2025 shortlist!

Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to our finalists! Each and every entry was truly inspiring and our judges were amazed by the calibre of entries this year. Your passion, dedication and innovative approaches are helping to shape the future of the nursing and healthcare workforce, and we are delighted to be able to recognise and celebrate your achievements.

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Leadership

Sun Sander Jackson
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Sumitha Janaky
Epsom and St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust

Minija (Mini) Joseph
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Joan Pons Laplana
NHS England

Simmi Naidu
Royal London Hospital

Chidinma Victory Oforji
University of Salford

Tanwa Ogbara
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Joshi Prabhu
University of Salford

Hidden SMI Team
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Gideon Agbemafle
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Sabrina French
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Emma Addie
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Timothy Cocklin
Royal Free London -North Middlesex Hospital

Charlotte Coles
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Alister D'souza
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Karen Glover
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Rachel Kent
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Claire Livingstone
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Laura Norton
North West Leicestershire GP Federation

Priscilla Nzounhenda
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Jennifer Riley
East Glade Centre

Stephanie Smith
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

    Alvaro Alla
    HCA Healthcare UK

    Sarita Dhamala- Bhatta
    Roundwood Ward- St Marks Hospital

    Lyndsey Dunn
    Fife Health and Social Care Partnership

    Carlo Examen
    HCA Healthcare UK

    Fiona Kenton
    London Bridge Hospital- Guy's Cancer Centre

    Katie Mashingaidze
    Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundations Trust

    Maggie Maxfield
    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

    Jay Morris
    Nuffield Health

    Florence Grace Parafina
    Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    Christian Valenzuela
    Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

    Tracie Wilson
    Practice Plus Group, HMP YOI Brinsford

      Learning & Development

        Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
        Enhancing Paediatric Care of Post-op Patients Experiencing Emergence Delirium

        East Kent Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
        Career Pathways

        King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
        SpineCare Clinical Training for Nursing Professionals

        Lancashire & South Cumbria Primary Care Training Hub
        Primary Care Clinical Virtual Placement

        Lloyds Clinical
        Leadership & Management Academy

        NHSE London region
        Flexible Working: Getting it Right for your Team

        North Brink Practice
        Nursing & Healthcare Team Training and Development Plan

        Sue Ryder
        Safe, Skilled, Supported: Palliative Care Reimagined

        University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
        Preceptor September Workshops

        Kristle Bravo
        The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

        Liz Forster
        Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

        David Holland
        Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

        Sarah Kelly
        Alder Hey Children's Hospital

        Jane Laing
        Macmillan Cancer Support

        Maria Anthonette Malbas
        East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

        Munashe Nyika
        HCA Healthcare UK

        Ruth Odukale
        South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust

        Ruth Wood
        Manchester Foundation NHS Trust and Manchester Metropolitan University

        Erica Worley
        The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

        Dean Harrington-Phillips
        Epsom and St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust

        Sister Cecilia Lam
        Neonatal Unit, London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust

        Olawumi Ojo
        University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust

        Laura Sumner
        Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

          Birmingham and Solihull mental health foundation trust
          Multiprofessional Preceptorship Programme

          Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
          InsideOut preceptorship programme

          Cheshire and Merseyside Training Hub
          GPN Preceptorship Programme

          East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
          Career Scaffolding for Pre & Post Registration Nursing

          East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)
          Digital Interactive Preceptorship Programme

          Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
          Development and implementation of a postgraduate Preceptorship module

          Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
          Bespoke IEN Preceptorship Programme

          Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust - part of the University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
          Learning in Tandem: A Multi-professional Preceptorship Programme for Preceptees and Preceptors

          Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
          Flyer Preceptorship Programme

          Priory
          Preceptorship Programme

          The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
          THRIVE Programme

          Abigayle Daniels
          Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

          Catherine Jenkins
          North Devon District Hospital

          Victoria Kinmonth-Gordon
          Neonatal Unit, London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust

          Jonathan Opoku
          Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

          Danielle Owens
          London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust

          Mollie Urwin
          HMP Northumberland

          Organisational

          243 Multi-Role Medical Regiment
          Blunt Truth

          Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
          Mentoring Circle Programme

          East and North Herts NHS Trust
          Sealed Resuscitation Tray and Recirculation

          King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
          SpineLine: Nurse Led support for perioperative neurosurgery spine patients

          NHS England - North East and Yorkshire region (NEY)
          Next Generation Nursing North East and Yorkshire

          Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
          NSFT Sustainability Project

          North Bristol NHS Trust
          Commitment to our community

          Primary Care 24
          Health, Humanity, and Hope: A Workforce-Led Revolution in Social Responsibility

          Reach by Nightingale Hammerson
          Reach by Nightingale Hammerson

          Spellman Care
          Spellman Care ESG Programme

          St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
          Dementia/Sensory Garden

          Devon Alliance
          Devon Alliance: From Arrival to Belonging

          King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
          ASM transition Programme

          NHS Professionals
          Displaced Talent Programme

          North Bristol NHS Trust
          Proud To Belong

          Nuffield Health
          Workforce engagement and support

          Practice Plus Group
          Building a resilient nursing workforce

          Bradford Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust
          Basic Life Support (BLS) KIOSK

          East and North Herts Teaching NHS Trust
          Use of Digital Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle Suite to Improve Compliance Recording

          East and North Herts Teaching NHS Trust
          Use of AIM (Actions and Improvement) Overarching Action Log

          Health Service Executive
          Filling The Gap with ANP-Led ADHD Psychoeducation

          Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS
          East of England Multiprofessional Healthcare Learner Toolkit App

          Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
          Clinical Competencies being managed on a Digital platform called Compassly

          London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust
          Tessy Chacko

          Royal London Hospital - Barts Health NHS Trust
          RLH Digitally Enhanced Clinical Site Safety Huddle

          The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust     
          The introduction of artificial intelligence to create a real-time list of all newly diagnosed blood clots in Newcastle Trust

          University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
          Empowering maternity staff to drive continuous improvement with ImproveWell

            Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
            Healthcare Support Worker Development Team

            Health Education and Improvement Wales
            National Retention Programme

            Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
            Kings EDI Project for Theatre workforce

            Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust New to Care training programme

            Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
            LUHFT Temporary Staffing

            Nuffield Health
            Building Futures: Launching a Clinical Career Pathway for Sustainable Workforce Development

            Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
            Embedding Equity and Efficiency: Royal Papworth’s Recruitment Transformation

            Swansea Bay University Health Board
            Neath Port Talbot and Singleton Service Group Workforce Business Partners - Staff Engagement, Wellbeing and Retention Plan

            The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
            Confirm and Challenge: Nursing workforce initiative at the ROH

            Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
            Widening Participation for Nursing Students

            Edge Hill University, Wigan Borough Council and Wigan and Leigh College
            A partnership Approach to Care Home Nurse Associates

            Edge Hill University, Wigan Borough Council and Wigan and Leigh College
            Growing our own workforce

            Recruitment

            Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
            Kanwal Kaur

            Devon Alliance
            Devon Alliance: From Arrival to Belonging

            East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
            Structured Orientation and Upskilling Programme (SOUP)

            King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
            ASM transition Programme

            NHS Professionals
            Displaced Talent Programme

            Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
            Accommodation, Transition program and further clinical support

            Barchester Healthcare
            Pathway to practice

            Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
            Inclusive recruitment reimagined: our NQNclusive recruitment for NQN's

            Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
            New to Care - Collaborative Recruitment

            University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
            Maternity Recruitment

            University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
            On-Boarding of Student Midwives

            Angela Agore
            Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

            Mark Anthony Doblas
            NHS England - North East and Yorkshire region (NEY)

            Charlene Dsouza
            South Western Ambulance Service

            INDU JACOB
            Royal Gwent Hospital

            Minija Joseph
            King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

            Joan Pons Laplana
            NHS England

            Wilfredo Rodriguez Manuel
            North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital

            Jaime Mariano
            East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Lister Hospital)

            Susy Pramod
            The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

            Manu Thomas
            Sirona care and health

            Jandryle Trondillo
            Maria Mallaband Care Group

            Wilfredo Vitao, Jr.
            George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

            Retention

            Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
            BWC Universal Family Programme

            East Kent Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
            Restoring Professional Identity: from HCSW (IEN) to Registered Nurse in the UK

            Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
            Inclusive recruitment reimagined: our NQNclusive recruitment for NQN's

            King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
            Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Transformation Programme

            Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
            Your Future in ACC program

            Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
            New to Care

            NHS England - North East and Yorkshire region (NEY)
            STEP Up (Start To Elevate your Professional) Career Workshop - Stay and Thrive

            Practice Plus Group
            Treating patients and each other as they would like to be treated

            Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
            Reverse Mentorship - Internationally Educated Nurses

            Somerset NHS foundation Trust
            Allyship training with executive colleagues

            The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
            ReSTORE

            University of Salford
            Global Majority Leadership Certification Program and the Global Majority Mentorship Program

            Avante Care and Support
            Investing in People: Supporting Carers to become Nurses (with Kinari CIC)

            Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
            The Nightingale Award

            Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
            HCSW development project

            Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
            International Day of the Nurse Event

            Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
            MTW Acute Virtual Ward

            NIHR Liverpool Clinical Research Facility, University Hospitals Liverpool NHS Foundation Trust
            Co-Producing Progression: The Band 5/6 Pathway and Workforce Development Model

            Practice Plus Group
            Making the everyday wins extraordinary

            West London NHS Trust
            All the small things - reward and recognition A-Z Strategy

            Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
            Passport to Progression - CNO Fellowship Programme

              Homerton University hospital
              Category Best Staff Wellbeing Initiative

              Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
              Pre-registration Peer Support

              Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust
              Together, WE RISE (Wellbeing, Resilience, Inclusion, Support and Empowerment): A Multi-Professional Approach to Supporting Newly Qualified Healthcare Staff

              Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Hospital Trust
              NMAHP Wellbeing Café

              NHSE London region - CapitalNurse
              Flexible Working: Getting it Right for your Team

              North Central London Clinical Academic Nexus in partnership with Develop to Thrive and Middlesex University
              Diamond Moments

              Practice Plus Group
              Wellbeing cupboards: Cutting cost-of-living pressures for Health in Justice colleagues

              South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
              Wellbeing Matters Project, Staff Support Team

              The Bravest Path
              Braver Than Before

              University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
              An integrated approach to Health and Wellbeing

              Worksights
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