2025 Winners
We are proud to announce our Nursing Times Workforce Awards 2025 winners! Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to our winners! 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.
Leadership
Winner:
Chidinma Victory Oforji
University of Salford
Finalists:
Sun Sander Jackson
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Sumitha Janaky
Epsom and St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust
Joan Pons Laplana
NHS England
Simmi Naidu
Royal London Hospital
Tanwa Ogbara
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Joshi Prabhu
University of Salford
Rosaline Agyekum
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Gideon Agbemafle
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Sabrina Ffrench
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Winner:
Emma Addie
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Finalists:
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
Royal Free London 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
Winner:
Lyndsey Dunn
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership
Finalists:
Alvaro Alla
HCA Healthcare UK
Sarita Dhamala- Bhatta
Roundwood Ward- St Marks Hospital
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
Winner:
NHSE London region - CapitalNurse
Flexible Working: Getting it Right for your Team
Finalists:
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
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
Winner:
Kristle Bravo
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Finalists:
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
Winner:
Sister Cecilia Lam
Neonatal Unit, London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust
Finalists:
Dean Harrington-Phillips
Epsom and St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust
Olawumi Ojo
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
Laura Sumner
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Winner:
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
THRIVE Programme
Finalists:
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
Winner:
Danielle Owens
London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust
Highly Commended:
Mollie Urwin
HMP Northumberland
Finalists:
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
Organisational
Winner:
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Mentoring Circle Programme
Finalists:
243 Multi-Role Medical Regiment
Blunt Truth
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
Winner:
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Widening Participation for Nursing Students
Finalists:
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
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
Winner:
North Bristol NHS Trust
Proud To Belong
Finalists:
Devon Alliance
Devon Alliance: From Arrival to Belonging
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
ASM transition Programme
NHS Professionals
Displaced Talent Programme
Nuffield Health
Workforce engagement and support
Practice Plus Group
Building a resilient nursing workforce
Recruitment
Winner:
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
ASM transition Programme
Finalists:
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)
NHS Professionals
Displaced Talent Programme
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Accommodation, Transition program and further clinical support
Winner:
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
New to Care - Collaborative Recruitment
Finalists:
Barchester Healthcare
Pathway to practice
Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Inclusive recruitment reimagined: our NQNclusive recruitment for NQN's
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Maternity Recruitment
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
On-Boarding of Student Midwives
Winner:
Angela Agore
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Finalists:
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
Winner:
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
ReSTORE
Finalists:
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
University of Salford
Global Majority Leadership Certification Program and the Global Majority Mentorship Program
Winner:
Practice Plus Group
Wellbeing cupboards: Cutting cost-of-living pressures for Health in Justice colleagues
Highly Commended:
North Central London Clinical Academic Nexus in partnership with Develop to Thrive and Middlesex UniversityDiamond Moments
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
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
RateMyShift
Winner:
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
MTW Acute Virtual Ward
Highly Commended:
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Passport to Progression - CNO Fellowship Programme
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