HSJ Partnership Awards - Categories and Criteria

Please note that entries are closed for the 2026 awards. They will reopen in the summer. Keep updated here. 

Eligibility

Entrants must be from a private organisation that work in partnership with the NHS. Evidence must relate to a project, ongoing or completed within the past 2 years up until the award entry deadline. For specific eligibility per category, please click the links below.

Entries were reviewed against the following criteria 

• Ambition - The challenge and context within which your project, person or organisation is set alongside your goals and targets whether quantitative or qualitative, and how this aligns with national priorities.
• Collaboration - The stakeholders' involvement in co-designing and delivering the project. How have patients, staff at all levels, communities and other parties worked together to realise the outcomes?
• Impact - The measurable benefits delivered to patients, staff, your organisation or the wider system. Provide data and evidence showing improvements to outcomes, quality, access, equity or efficiency.
• Scale - How your work has been shared, adopted or replicated beyond your immediate team or organisation. This includes dissemination through publications, presentations, toolkits, partnerships or inspiring similar initiatives elsewhere.
• Sustainability - The potential for the project/work to continue and create lasting impact. Evidence of how it can be sustained or built upon.