Group staff awards

Nominations for the 2025 Group Staff Awards are now open!

This year will see the second Group Staff Awards and will be bigger and better than ever before, recognising and celebrating our NHS stars across the Group.

The awards are an opportunity for the people of Lincolnshire to recognise the hard work, dedication and care shown by community and hospital staff working across the county, and where they have demonstrated exceptional professionalism and care.

You can view the full criteria below. To nominate your NHS stars, please complete this form. Paper copies are also available upon request to  ulth.staffawards@nhs.net

Our guide full of top tips for writing award nominations and the full judging criteria are featured below.

You can alternatively submit your nomination via video, telling us all about how your nominee has gone above and beyond.

Please note that the nominations for 2025 will close on Friday 4 July.


This award is open for patient and public nominations only, and will be awarded to a team or individual that has made a significant impact upon improving the patient experience for an individual patient or patient area, within a community setting, and/or involved patients within the process of improving the care we deliver to patients.  

This award is open for patient and public nominations only, and will be awarded to a team or individual that has made a significant impact upon improving the patient experience for an individual patient or patient area, within a hospital setting, and/or involved patients within the process of improving the care we deliver to patients. 

This award recognises a clinical team who consistently demonstrate good team working, to deliver an efficient and high performing service. They will be a clinical team who consistently demonstrate good team working, to deliver an efficient and high performing service. They have successfully implemented change and/or improved services for the benefit of their patients, taking into account the quality and safety of the care they provide. 

This award recognises a non-clinical team who consistently demonstrate good team working, to deliver an efficient and high performing service. They will be a non-clinical team who consistently demonstrate good team working, to deliver an efficient and high performing service. They have successfully implemented change and/or improved services. This could include developing new ways of working and shared learning.   

This award will go to a team or individual who have implemented an idea or innovative approach which has resulted in a saving of time or money, sustainability improvements, or a new way of working within the acute or community setting. They may have carried out or published innovative research papers, taken on a service/quality improvement programme, been involved with clinical trials or taken part in training or education with the end result of benefitting patients. They could have also fundraised or utilised charity funding for the betterment of patient and staff experience. 

This award will go to someone who has been within their organisation, team or job role for less than a year, but in that time has really made an impact. This might be through supporting colleagues, displaying excellent patient care, developing a service or innovating for the benefit of staff and patients.  

This award recognises individuals, teams or pieces of work that demonstrate genuine collaboration and partnership working for the benefit of patients. This could be in working across teams or organisations to deliver greater efficiency and developing patient-centered services. 

This award recognises an individual or team that has been a champion of diversity and inclusion in any part of the Group, with actions that have positively impacted upon colleagues and the organisation as a whole. This could include a broad range of actions to promote, further and develop awareness and understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion issues, and tackling discrimination in any form. . 

This award will celebrate an individual or team in working in a clinical area, that goes above and beyond to help the Group deliver its objectives and values and make a genuine difference to others. They will be people who bring about change and clear benefits for patients, their colleagues and the Group as a whole.   

This award will celebrate an individual or team working in a non-clinical area that goes above and beyond to help the Group deliver its objectives and values and make a genuine difference to others. They will be people who bring about change and clear benefits for patients, their colleagues, our clinical services and the Group as a whole.   

This award recognises someone with outstanding leadership skills who inspires people to go the extra mile. Good leaders are not necessarily managers. This is for anyone at any level can be a leader and make a difference. They are innovative and value their peers while actively mentoring, encouraging and supporting the health and wellbeing of the people they work with.  

This award recognises a volunteer or voluntary team who work tirelessly and generously give their free time, enthusiasm and energy to help improve NHS services, facilities and support for patients, visitors and their families. 

This award will be chosen by the Chair from submitted nominations. This award is for an individual or team that shows a genuine concern and compassion for others, is interested in others and in helping to meet their needs and providing the best possible quality of care.  

Nominations will not be taken for this award.  

The winner will be chosen by the Trust Chief Executive to recognise a member of staff or team that deserves public recognition of their achievements over the last year.