Back for their sixth year, the Greater Manchester Health and Care Champion Awards are organised by NHS Greater Manchester (NHS GM), with support from the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham. The awards recognise our paid and unwaged workforce in health and care services across Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester Health and Care Champion Awards Categories
Categories include Community Champion, Volunteer of the Year and Lifetime Achievement, along with a new category for 2025 the Green Initiative of the Year. Nominations across all 14 categories are now open and will close on Tuesday 11 March 2025.
First established in 2018, last year’s winners included nurses, doctors, social care support workers, a hospital chef, as well as the founder of a bereavement choir supporting those affected by suicide.
How to nominate
Nominations can be completed by anyone who wishes to see an individual or team’s hard work recognised.
Members of public can say a special thank you by nominating in our People’s Champion category, which is open for patients and service users only.
To find out more information and how to nominate your champions, visit our webpage.
Nominations will be shortlisted in spring and all shortlisted finalists will be invited to a sponsored awards ceremony in July.
Sir Richard Leese, Chair of NHS GM, said:
“This is such a great event for everyone in Greater Manchester to get involved in, whether you have experienced great care or if you work with an individual or team that go above and beyond.
“It is a brilliant way to say a thank you to the people dedicated to our health care services and show them the recognition they deserve”.
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said:
“The awards are a fantastic opportunity to recognise and thank all those working in healthcare across Greater Manchester.
“We are so thankful to all those who take care of us when we need it most, even when services can be under a lot of pressure. The awards are a wonderful opportunity for us to show our appreciation to the workforce and recognise the impact they make to our communities across Greater Manchester.”
