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
    "Nomination for Global Majority Project Led by Gideon Agbemafle."
  • Sabrina Ffrench
    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
    HMP 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
  • Preceptor September Workshops
    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 University Hospitals 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
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
    A partnership Approach to Care Home Nurse Associates
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
    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 at Practice Plus Group
  • 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
    RateMyShift