This year the Chair, Dr Lesley Thomson KC, presented the Chair’s Awards of Excellence with Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Professor Jann Gardner also presenting the Chief Executive Award of Excellence.
These awards recognise outstanding achievement, expertise and dedication in patient care. As with all our awards, they celebrate the incredible efforts of our wonderful staff.
The Celebrating Success Event was held on Friday 30 October 2026.
The winners were announced live on the night on our social media channels (follow the #ggcawards tag).
Find out who the winners were and also view their photos and videos below.
Congratulations to our winners!
Chief Executive Award of Excellence Winner – Dr Helen Hopkinson
Dr Helen Hopkinson deserves recognition for transforming Type 1 diabetes care across NHSGGC. Her visionary leadership increased insulin pump uptake from 2% to 26.6%, above the national average, while tackling health inequalities.
Through T1TAN, DAFNE and multidisciplinary collaboration, she created sustainable, equitable systems that empower patients, strengthen teams and deliver lasting improvements.
Chief Executive Award of Excellence Winner – Paediatric Hospital at Home Team
Paediatric Hospital at Home demonstrates how innovative healthcare can deliver better outcomes for children while transforming the way services are provided. Combining clinical expertise, technology and family-centred support, it reduces unnecessary hospital stays while improving patient experience.
Chair’s Award of Excellence Winner – Point of Care High-Sensitivity Troponin Pathway
Teams across Point of Care, Emergency Medicine, Digital, Information Governance and Innovation turned bedside troponin testing into embedded practice, reducing ED waiting times, four-hour breaches and pressure on capacity while maintaining safety and generating evidence for wider NHS adoption, showing genuine multidisciplinary collaboration with measurable patient and system benefits.
Chair’s Award of Excellence Winner – The Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory
SNSL delivered Scotland’s national newborn SMA screening programme, overcoming complex scientific, operational and logistical challenges under intense scrutiny. Their work enables earlier diagnosis and treatment, potentially transforming children’s lives. The programme has also influenced wider UK implementation, with SNSL now sharing its expertise with NHS England.
