Our Awards

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be recognised as one of the leading healthcare providers in the UK, consistently delivering outstanding care and innovation. Our services have received numerous awards and accolades that reflect our unwavering commitment to excellence, safety, and compassion. These include national recognition for clinical quality, digital innovation, patient experience, and staff wellbeing.

From prestigious NHS awards to accreditations for our inclusive and supportive workplace culture, each achievement is a testament to the dedication and talent of our remarkable workforce. We are immensely proud of our teams—whose passion, expertise, and resilience continue to drive meaningful change and deliver the highest standards of care to our diverse community.

2025

Nursing Times Awards 2025 - Finalist, Theatre and Surgical Nursing, Enhancing paediatric care of post-op patients experiencing emergence delirium
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 - Winner, Digital Clinical Safety - Demonstrating the clinical safety of Al-powered Teledermatology: Transitioning from Pilot to Sustainable Standard Practice
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 - Finalist, Improving medicines management and pharmacy- NWL APC - Therapeutic duplicate prescribing alerts for analgesia and anticoagulants
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 - Finalist, Unlocking Productivity and Efficiency through digital - Demonstrating the clinical safety of AI-powered teledermatology
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 - Finalist, Finalist Improving mental health through digital - CNWL, CWFT, West London and CW+ - Best for you
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 - Finalist, Digital Leader of the year, James Bird
Greener NHS Awards - Winner, Gary Swaker, outstanding contribution to sustainable healthcare across North West London
Greener NHS Awards - Lucinda Thomson, dedicated efforts in promoting sustainability across the Trust
RCN London Rising Star Awards 2025 – Winner, Jude Agyeman-Badu
UCLH Paediatric Collaborative Awards 2025 (University College London Hospitals) – Finalist, Innovation in Play Therapy
Nursing Times Student Awards 2025 – Finalist, Outstanding Support for Student Nurses
MyPorter Awards 2025 – Winner, Newcomer of the Year – Cormack Mylchreest
HSJ Partnership Awards 2025 – Winner, Environmental Sustainability Project of the Year – SHL
HSJ Partnership Awards 2025 – Winner, Most Effective Contribution to Improving Cancer Outcomes
HSJ Partnership Awards 2025 – Highly Commended, Effective Contribution to Integrated Health and Care

HSJ Partnership Awards 2025 – Sexual Health London for Most Effective Contribution to Clinical Redesign and Most Effective Contribution to Integrated Health and Care
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 – Winner, Digital Leader of the Year – James Bird, Chief Nurse Information Officer
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 – Finalist, Digital Clinical Safety Award – AI-powered Teledermatology Safety Initiative
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 – Finalist, Productivity & Efficiency Award – AI-powered Teledermatology Implementation
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 – Finalist, Improving Mental Health Through Digital – Best For You Youth Mental Health Programme (with CNWL, West London Trust, CW+)
HSJ Digital Awards 2025 – Finalist, Improving Medicines Management – NW London Therapeutic Duplicate Prescribing Alerts (CW Collaborative)
HFMA Awards 2024/25 (Healthcare Financial Management Association) – Winner, Finance Team of the Year
HFMA Awards 2024/25 – Finalist, Deputy CFO of the Year
BAFTA- CW+ Medicinema - was honoured with the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award
2025 Patient Safety Awards- Improving Care for Older People Initiative of the Year category - The PhAST system-wide approach aims to improve care for frailty patients in nursing and care homes. Through close collaboration between our Trust, the London Ambulance Service, West London NHS Trust, Hounslow Primary Care Network, and local care homes, the team successfully reduced unnecessary hospital admissions, improved patient outcomes, and delivered care closer to home.
Clinical Audit Heroes Awards, part of Clinical Audit Awareness Week -Paediatric Recovery (Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit, PACU) Team at our Chelsea site which has been recognised nationally as a joint winner in the Communicating for Impact category.
Art Installation of the Year at the Design in Mental Health Awards for their work in Neptune Ward at our Chelsea site
Apprentice Guide Award for Apprentice Mentor of the Year, Paoline Funtila. This award honours an individual who has provided exemplary mentorship and guidance to apprentices, contributing significantly to their development.

2024

Gold Accreditation – Mortuary Team, Chelsea Site (Gold standard for mortuary services)
HSJ Digital Awards 2024 – Shortlisted, AI Innovation in Clinical Redesign
HSJ Awards 2024 – Winner, Patient Safety Team of the Year – Critical Care Outreach Team
HSJ Awards 2024 – Winner, Modernising Diagnostics – AccuPebble (wearable respiratory diagnostic device)
HSJ Awards 2024 – Finalist, Efficiency Through Data – Teledermatology initiative
HSJ Value Awards 2024 – Winner, Surgical Services Initiative of the Year
RCNi Nurse Awards 2024 (Royal College of Nursing Publishing) – Finalist, Maternity and ODP (Operating Department Practitioner) categories
RCNi Nurse Awards 2024 – Highly Commended, Midwifery Team of the Year
RCN Nursing Awards 2024 (Royal College of Nursing) – Finalist, Midwifery Team of the Year
PLACE Assessments 2024 (Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment) – Top national scores, dementia-friendly care and food quality
Nursing Times Awards 2024 – Finalist, Inclusive Perinatal Support
Pride in Practice Gold Award – 10 Hammersmith Broadway (LGBTQ+ inclusive healthcare, awarded by LGBT Foundation)
Nursing Times Awards 2024 – Finalists, Acute Frailty and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) teams
RCN London Awards 2024 – Winner, Maternity and Neonatal Bereavement Care
Nursing Times Awards 2024 – Winner, Supporting Families after Baby Loss
London Teaching Hospitals’ Pride Awards 2024 – Winner, LGBTQ+ Inclusion
Nursing Times Awards 2024 – Finalist, Critical and Emergency Care – "Little Journeys" App (ITU – Intensive Therapy Unit)
Nursing Times Awards 2024 – Finalist, Technology and Data – Critical Care Outreach Team
CapitalMidwife Awards 2024 – Bronze, Anti-Racism Programme
CapitalMidwife Awards 2024 – Bronze, Health and Wellbeing Programme
NHS England – Pastoral Care Quality Award
CapitalNurse – Preceptorship Quality Mark