Excellence Awards Category Information

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.