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

    Maggie Maxfield
    Royal Free London NHS Foundation 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

      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 Hospitals 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 - CapitalNurse
          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 Gonzales 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
                  Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

                  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 Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
                    Greener Emergency Response System

                    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

                    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 managed on a Digital Platform called Compassly

                      London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust
                      Implementing Digital IVTP: Transforming Workflows with Technology

                      The Royal London Hospital - Barts Health NHS Trust
                      Digitally Enabled Clinical Site Safety Huddle:Streamlining Workflows & Enhancing Patient Safety

                      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 Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Edge Hill University, Wigan Borough Council and Wigan and Leigh College
                        A partnership Approach to Care Home Nurse Associates

                        Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Edge Hill University, Wigan Borough Council and Wigan and Leigh College
                        Growing our own workforce

                        Recruitment

                          Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
                          International Recruitment Team

                          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 workshop 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 Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
                                      International GROW Trolley & Mobile Wellbeing Hub

                                      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 & NHS Partners
                                      Braver Than Before

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

                                      Worksights
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