HPMA partnership award

The SPF is proud to sponsor the HPMA Excellence in people award for partnership working between employers and trade unions.
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Submit your entry for the 2023 HPMA partnership award

For the fourteenth year, we are proud to sponsor the HPMA Excellence in people award for partnership working between employers and trade unions.

The award celebrates initiatives that exemplify the benefits of employers and trade unions working together to support NHS staff in their delivery of healthcare services.

The winner will be crowned at a national awards ceremony in Leeds on 19 September 2023. They will also be invited to attend one of our national SPF meetings to share their initiative with healthcare leaders.

Case studies on the finalists’ entries will be available on our website to share the good practice.

To learn more and submit your entry for the 2023 partnership award, visit the HPMA websiteRead our guide to submitting a winning partnership award entry, and read HPMA's general guide to creating a winning entry.

The closing date for entries is Thursday 27 April 2023.

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2022 HPMA partnership award winner

Congratulations went to Belfast Health and Social Care Trust for their work in supporting staff facing domestic and sexual violence and abuse.

Read their case study to learn more about their award-winning initiative.

Read the 2022 HPMA winners guide to find out what the judges thought about their award-winning example of partnership working.

Congratulations also went to the runner-up, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Trust who worked in partnership to develop and implement a new pregnancy loss policy.

Read their case study to learn more.