Our awards

Spectrum has won and been shortlisted over 50 times for national healthcare awards. Many of our services are recognised for their innovation and commitment to tackling health inequality.

Here are some of our recent initiatives commended through awards:

Our team in HMP Deerbolt won the Skills for Health Our Health Heroes Award for our health champions programme, which supports offenders to gain skills and qualifications by acting as health ambassadors for their peers. This programme is now delivered across seven prisons in the North East.

A trauma-informed Cervical Screening programme in HMP Styal led to more than 400 vulnerable women accessing screening and an increase in uptake from 62% to 90% over two years. This project was shortlisted for multiple awards, including the RCNI Nurse Awards and the Nursing Times Awards.

Our forensic primary care team in Fieldhead Hospital received the Chief Executive’s Award from NHS South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust in 2022. Our small team provide primary care for patients in a medium secure psychiatric hospital.

Our PROVENT Antibody Trail won the Pharma Times Clinical Research Award and the NHR Yorkshire and Humber Research Awards for outstanding contribution to COVID-19 research.

One of our senior nurse leaders, Kim Hogg, developed a bespoke midwifery service and has led on initiatives to improve care for pregnant women in custody. She won a Health Heroes Bronze Award for Lifetime Contribution to Healthcare in the Nursing Times Awards.

Spectrum was a key partner in the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Root out Racism anti-racism movement which scooped NHS Communications Initiative of the Year at the HSJ Awards. The campaign invited local organisations to pledge their support as community allies.

Previous awards

Nursing Times Workforce Awards – Best Use of Workplace Technology, Finalist

HSJ Patient Safety Awards Education and Training, Finalist (Donna Phillips)

Our Health Heroes Awards – Lifetime Contribution to Healthcare, Bronze Award (Sandra Hands)

Nursing Times Awards – Public Health Nursing, Nursing in Primary Care, Rising Star, Nurse Leader of the Year (Finalists)

NEPACS Ruth Cranfield Excellence Awards – Outstanding contribution (Finalists)

Community Alcohol Partnership Awards – Excellence in Education, WINNER (Andy Simms)

Our Health Heroes Awards – Best Healthcare Initiative in a Community or Criminal Justice Setting, WINNER (HMP Deerbolt team) & Lifetime Contribution to Healthcare, Bronze Award (Kim Hogg)

SW Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust Excellence Awards – Chief Executive’s Award, WINNER (Fieldhead Primary Care)

NIHR Yorkshire & Humber Research Awards – Contribution to COVID-19 Research, WINNER

RCN Nurse Awards – Innovation in your Specialty (Finalist)

HSJ Patient Safety Awards – Patient Safety Team of the Year (Finalist), Service User Engagement and Co-Production (Finalist) & Primary Care Initiative (Finalist)

Nursing Times Awards – Nursing in the Community (Finalist) & Nurse of the Year (Finalist)

HSJ Awards – NHS Communications Initiative of the Year (Finalist), as part of West Yorkshire ICS

Nursing Times Workforce Awards – Nurse Manager of the Year, WINNER (Kim Hogg)

Pharma Times Awards – Clinical Site Team of the Year, WINNER (Wakefield Together)

Connected on Inclusion Awards – Role Model of the Year, WINNER, in partnership

SME Leaders 20 – for Dr Linda Harris OBE (Top 20 winner)

BBC Radio 4 All in the Mind Awards – Best Group Project, WINNER (Spectrum People)

Patient Safety Awards – Patient Safety Innovation of the Year (Highly Commended)

BJN Awards – Hepatology Nurse of the Year & Renal Nurse of the Year (Finalist)

NEPACS Ruth Cranfield Good Practice Awards – Commended / Certificate of Excellence

Nursing Times Awards – Technology and Data in Nursing (Finalist), Nurse Leader of the Year (Finalist), Enhancing Patient Dignity (Finalist) & Public Health Nursing (Finalist)

HSJ Awards – in partnership, supporting West Yorkshire & Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (Finalist)

HSJ Awards – System Leadership Initiative, in partnership, WINNER

Nursing Times Awards – Rising Star, WINNER

Nursing Times Awards – Managing Long Term Conditions, WINNER

Nursing Times Awards – Florence Nightingale Nurse of the Year, WINNER

Nursing Times Awards – Team of the Year (Finalist)

Patient Safety Awards – Education and Training (Finalist)

– RCNi Nurse Awards – Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Finalist)

– HSJ Value Awards – System-Led Service Redesign Initiative (Highly Commended)

– Nursing Times Workforce Awards – Nurse Manager of the Year (Finalist)

Patient Safety Awards – Patient Safety in the Community, WINNER

Nursing Times Awards – Nurse Leader of the Year, WINNER

Nursing Times Awards – Nurse Leader of the Year (Finalist)

Nursing Times Awards – Nursing in the Community (Finalist)

Nursing Times Workforce Awards – Nurse Manager (Finalist)

RCNi Nurse Awards – Healthcare Assistant (Finalist)

HSJ Awards – Acute Sector Innovation (Finalist)

Yorkshire Evening Post Health Awards – Community Healthcare (Finalist)

Nursing Times Workforce Awards – Staff Engagement and Wellbeing Initiative, WINNER

Queen’s Institute Award – Siobhan Andrewartha, WINNER

BJN Awards – Clinical Leader of the Year (Finalist)

Patient Safety Awards – Patient Safety in the Community, Education and Training (Finalist)

Nursing Times Awards – Cancer Nursing, Nursing in the Community (Finalist)

Macmillan Professionals Innovation Excellence Awards – Innovation (Finalist)

Nursing Times Awards – Managing Long-Term Conditions, haemodialysis project, WINNER

BJN Awards – Renal Therapies Nurse of the Year, WINNER

GP Awards – Clinical Team of the Year (Respiratory), WINNER

RCGP Summit and Award – Best Clinical Team in Secure Environments, WINNER

Nursing Times Awards – Managing Long Term Conditions (Finalist)

Nursing Times Awards – Emergency and Critical Care (Finalist)

Nursing Times Awards – Nursing in the Community (Finalist)

Nursing Times Awards – Respiratory Nursing (Finalist)

GP Awards – Clinical Team of the Year, Sexual Health (Finalist)

Patient Safety Awards – Education and Training (Finalist)

Pamela Sheridan Award – Sexual Health (Finalist)

Nursing Times Awards – Nurse Leader of the Year, WINNER

Yorkshire Evening Post Awards – Doctor of the Year, WINNER

Macmillan Professionals Excellence Awards – Team of the Year, WINNER

RCNi Nurse Awards (Finalist)

HSJ Awards – Community Services Redesign (Finalist)

Yorkshire Women of Achievement Awards – Community Impact (Finalist)

Pamela Sheridan Award – Sexual Health Award, Prison RSE project, WINNER

Macmillan Excellence Awards – Head and Neck Cancer Team – WINNER (partnership)

Community Alcohol Partnership Awards – Excellence in Education, WINNER (partnership)

Nursing Times Awards – Care of Older People – Finalist

Yorkshire & Humber Social Enterprise Awards, Social Impact – WINNER

BJN Awards – Innovation, CVD Project, WINNER

HSJ Awards – Primary Care and Community Redesign, Finalist

HSJ Awards – Chief Executive of the Year, Finalist

Nursing Times Awards – Nurse of the Year, Finalist

Nursing Times Awards – Nursing in the Community, Finalist

Wakefield District Business Awards – Employee of the Year, Finalist

British Heart Foundation Awards – Innovation and Creativity, WINNER

Best Practice Conference – Best Practice, Finalist

Mediplex Innovation Awards – Wellbeing Team, Finalist