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Staff Awards 2026

The Celebrating Success Staff Awards event will be held on the evening of the 30 October 2026. It is a chance to recognise our staff from across NHSGGC and celebrate their achievements in style.

The incredible commitment, passion, professionalism, and innovation of staff is inspirational and showcases the core NHS values embedded in NHSGGC. This is what helps us to navigate even the most challenging of times.

We deliver vital services under day-to-day pressures, at the same time evolving and innovating across the Board. Our staff strive to provide our patients with the best possible experiences, and it is a testament to every staff member that, despite ongoing challenges, outstanding levels of care are provided.

Before the excitement of the Awards Ceremony on the 30 October 2026, find out about the nominees in each of the award categories, by using the links below.

The winners will be announced live on the night on our social media channels (follow the #ggcawards tag).

Staff Awards 2025

Find all the winners, nominees and more below from our 2025 Celebrating Success Awards.

Every award winner and nominee should be immensely proud of themselves for the contribution they make to the delivery of healthcare in Scotland.

Find out about the winners and nominees from each award category below.

The winners were also announced live on the night on our social media channels (follow the #ggcawards hashtag).

View our photos from the 2025 Celebrating Success Awards event.

NHSGGC - Celebrating Success Awards 2025

Previous Winners

You can read about the previous winners and nominees, watch videos, and view the photos from the awards event using the button below.


Nominate a Person, Team or Project

If you would like to nominate a person, team or project for an award please complete the relevant form below:

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Medical Director, Dr Scott Davidson, in collaboration with The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, will once again present two prestigious awards for Medical staff.

The William Cullen Prize for excellence in teaching and a separate William Cullen prize for service innovation will recognise a clinician, or clinician and team, as having made a significant contribution to local teaching or service innovation in Greater Glasgow and Clyde. 

The winners of each Prize will receive a framed print of a William Cullen letter which will be selected from the Royal College’s archive. The William Cullen Prizes will be presented at our Celebrating Success Event.

William Cullen

William Cullen (1710-1790) began his career as a medical lecturer and pioneer teacher of Chemistry at Glasgow University rising to international fame as the leading figure in Edinburgh University medical school and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He was appointed the King’s Physician in Scotland and became the most influential medical lecturer of his generation.  His private consultations survive as a remarkable archive of several thousand letters.

Teaching Award

We currently have recognition awards for medical teaching based on performance in the national trainee and student surveys. The overall William Cullen Prize winner will be selected from that cohort of around 20 of our top performers.

Innovation Prize

To enter or nominate for the William Cullen Prize Innovation award please complete this form. Dr Davidson and a panel of senior medical staff will form the judging panel.

Nomination Form

The following nomination will be opened from Monday 3 August 2026 and will close on Friday 28 August 2026.

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Chair’s Award of Excellence

The Chair’s Award of Excellence is an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding achievements, dedication, and innovation demonstrated across our NHSGGC teams.

Consider submitting a nomination, to help recognise teams who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional care, improve services, and make a positive difference for patients, families, and communities.

Take this chance to showcase the incredible work happening within your team or a team that you know and ensure these achievements receive the recognition they deserve.

Chief Executive’s Award of Excellence

The Chief Executive Award of Excellence recognises individual members of staff who consistently demonstrate exceptional commitment, professionalism, and dedication in their role.

It is an opportunity to celebrate those who make a significant difference to patients, colleagues, and services through their hard work, innovation, and leadership.

If you know someone who goes above and beyond every day, nominate them and help ensure their outstanding contribution is recognised and celebrated.

Fairer Health Award

This award recognises individuals, teams, and initiatives that are helping to reduce health inequalities and improve health and wellbeing across our communities and workforce.

We are looking for projects, programmes, or approaches that have made a positive impact in areas such as healthy lifestyles, smoking cessation, physical activity, mental health, financial wellbeing, health inequalities, or wider wellbeing support.

If you have been involved in an initiative that is helping people live healthier, happier lives, or reduced inequality, we want to hear about it.

This award celebrates those who are creating healthier, fairer futures for the people and communities we serve.

Nursing and Midwifery

This award celebrates nurses, midwives, and nursing or midwifery teams who consistently demonstrate excellence in care, compassion, professionalism, and leadership.

Do you know someone who has made an exceptional difference to patients, families, or colleagues? Perhaps they have gone above and beyond to provide outstanding care, introduced improvements that enhance patient outcomes, or embodied the values and ethos of the profession every day.

Whether working in a hospital, community setting, or specialist service, we want to hear about the individuals and teams whose dedication and commitment deserve recognition.

Outstanding Care Award

Every day, individuals and teams across NHSGGC make a remarkable difference to the lives of patients, families, and communities. This award recognises those who consistently deliver exceptional care and demonstrate a commitment to quality, compassion, and excellence.

We are looking for examples of outstanding practice that have improved patient outcomes, enhanced experiences, increased safety, or transformed the way care is delivered. This may include innovative approaches, service improvements, collaborative working, or acts of exceptional dedication that have made a lasting impact.

Whether through a single achievement or sustained excellence over time, this award celebrates those who go above and beyond to provide the highest standards of care.

Supporting Our People Award

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. This award recognises individuals and teams who have made an outstanding contribution to creating a positive, inclusive, and supportive working environment.

We are looking for examples of initiatives, behaviours, or leadership that have improved staff experience, supported wellbeing, promoted equality, diversity and inclusion, strengthened teamwork, or helped colleagues develop and thrive.

Have you introduced a new approach to teamwork, supported staff wellbeing, championed diversity and inclusion, or helped colleagues develop and reach their potential? Do you know someone who consistently creates a positive working environment and supports those around them?

This award celebrates those who help make NHSGGC a great place to work and grow.

Sustainability and Value Award

Delivering high-quality healthcare requires innovation, responsible use of resources, and a commitment to continuous improvement. This award recognises individuals and teams who have found new ways to improve efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and value while maintaining or enhancing the quality of care.

We are looking for initiatives that have reduced waste, improved processes, made better use of resources, lowered environmental impact, or delivered measurable benefits for patients, staff, and services.

This award celebrates those who are helping NHSGGC maximise value today while safeguarding resources for the future.

Volunteer

Volunteers play an invaluable role in supporting patients, families, communities, and services across NHSGGC. This award recognises those who give their time, skills, and experience to make a positive difference.

We are looking for volunteers, patient representatives, Public Partnership Forum members, patient panel participants, and others who have gone the extra mile to improve experiences, influence services, or support the wellbeing of others.

If you know someone whose contribution has made a lasting impact through their commitment, enthusiasm, and generosity, tell us their story and help us celebrate their achievements.

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The NHSGGC staff Excellence Awards are looking for patients, visitors and staff to nominate our dedicated teams and individuals. Our staff truly have gone above and beyond in this past year and a half and we want you to tell us about your experience of outstanding care.

These prestigious awards are for individual members of staff, teams, or projects that have identified ways to deliver improvements that benefit patients and service uses, colleagues, or NHSGGC.

Staff, patients and visitors can all nominate in these awards. We want you to tell us about the dedicated teams and individuals who go to extraordinary lengths to provide exceptional care for people who use our health services. The award ceremony will take place Friday 30 October 2026.

But we’re not just looking to celebrate the tremendous efforts of our staff. We are also looking for services that staff have moulded to patients’ needs, or projects that have transformed the way we work.

There are nine categories in our Excellence Awards, so there is a category to fit every project, programme, or an outstanding member of staff.

They are:

  • Chair’s Award of Excellence
  • Chief Executive’s Award of Excellence
  • Fairer Health Award
  • Nursing and Midwifery
  • Outstanding Care Award
  • Supporting Our People Award
  • Sustainability and Value Award
  • Transforming through Technology
  • Volunteer.

Our awards are a brilliant opportunity to shine a light on someone you know, who goes above and beyond the call of duty, to provide exceptional care and support.

We know our staff provide incredible patient care but we need you to tell us your stories.

Nominations closed on Friday 24 July 2026.

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