Many men don’t currently seek help for prostate cancer early enough and far more men are living with the disease without knowing it. We have created a pioneering self-referral service which moves the UK considerably closer to developing an early detection programme that could save thousands of lives.

Nominated by: Royston Smith MP

The Lancashire and South Cumbria Reproductive Trauma Service delivers an integrated approach to providing innovative, person centred support and therapy to women experiencing moderate to severe or complex mental health difficulties directly arising from, or related to, their maternity experience following birth trauma, perinatal loss or severe fear of childbirth (tokophobia).

Nominated by: Antony Higginbotham MP and Paul Maynard MP

Doctors and scientists at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been shortlisted for the Future NHS Award for developing an artificial intelligence tool which can evaluate heart function in seconds. The super-fast analysis could be a ‘game changer’ in future heart disease care – speeding up diagnosis, treatment and care.

Nominated by: Clive Betts MP

Vicki is passionate about improving pathways, supporting anyone affected by pancreatic cancer and raising awareness (including dying her hair purple for pancreatic cancer awareness month). Her nationally-recognised work has seen the average time our patients wait between referral and confirmed diagnosis fall by almost half.

Nominated by: Rt Hon Sir Jake Berry MP, Rt Hon Nigel Evans MP, Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE MP and Antony Higginbotham MP

The Southend Ambition project enables people who are unemployed or economically inactive to work in Southend Hospital or the local healthcare sector. In partnership with local organisations, the project helps those not normally reached by traditional recruitment processes. It is being expanded to communities in Basildon, Chelmsford, and Thurrock.

Nominated by: Sir James Duddridge KCMG MP, Rebecca Harris MP and Rt Hon Dame Priti Patel DBE MP

Richmond Road Medical Centre has delivered on a number of innovative campaigns to transform the Practice into a centre of health and wellbeing. Initiatives including yoga, mindfulness, antenatal classes, carers’ support, IT classes and a ‘Winter Wonderland’ have transformed the patient experience and created a real sense of belonging for the community.

Nominated by: Dame Meg Hillier DBE MP

NHS Devon are the first Integrated Care Board (ICB) to employ an Interpersonal Trauma and Violence Lead, to deliver a domestic abuse and sexual violence strategy across the whole health system.  We are striving to ensure a confident, trauma-informed response to anyone impacted by abuse accessing or working within primary or secondary care.

Nominated by: Rt Hon Sir Ben Bradshaw MP, Richard Foord MP and Simon Jupp MP

Through a shared desire for home first and improving outcomes for patients, SWFT’s acute and community frailty teams work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. The service has received national recognition, with the team proactively sharing best practice to enhance frailty care locally, regionally, and nationally.

Nominated by: Matt Western MP

Devina Maru is a Doctor working in primary care is an advocate for patients with hearing loss. She develops educational resources for GPs to help reduce variations in accessibility to GP practices, promotes the Accessible Information Standard and ensures hearing loss is considered across all aspects of primary care activity including consultations and continued care. She is an entrepreneur within the healthcare space and is a founder of Health Pioneers Charity which helps reduce health and education inequalities amongst young people in the most socio-economic deprived areas. She has also been involved in health policy work around the future of primary care and is a co-founder of a national platform to discuss the future vision of general practice.

Nominated by: Tulip Siddiq MP

The Pets As Therapy Teams at Queen Alexandra Hospital are such a key part of our Trust. They are the joy-bringers during a long shift, the calm before an operation, the help during rehabilitation. Having a furry friend and volunteer by your side whilst in hospital makes a huge difference.

Nominated by: Dame Caroline Dinenage DBE MP, Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP

I started my student nursing in 1983, I currently work as a Breast Screening Clinical Nurse Specialist at the SW London Breast Screening Unit. I previously worked as a Macmillan Breast CNS for 15 years. I am proud to be the President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (UK) providing pastoral support to newly recruited overseas nurses from Jamaica to the UK.

Nominated by: Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP