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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2023 HPMA partnership award - submissions closed

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. 

Learn more about 2023 partnership award on the HPMA website

The closing date was Wednesday 3 May 2023. Best of luck to all who submitted an entry.

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 spread the good practice.

Join us in celebrating our 2023 finalists

Watch this space for details of this year's Meet the Finalists webinar. Join to hear our finalists showcase their examples of partnership working between NHS employers and trade unions and be inspired to develop your own initiatives.

Follow us @NationalSPF and HPMA @HPMAAwards on Twitter, retweet our tweets and use #HPMA2023 and #HPMAAwards to promote the award.

  • 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.