UHUK Awards 2026
Excellence in urgent and integrated care celebrated at UHUK Awards 2026
The UHUK Annual Conference and Awards 2026 brought together almost 200 healthcare leaders, clinicians, innovators and partners from across the UK under the theme "Intelligence. Integration. Inclusion."
The Conference concluded with the UHUK Awards Ceremony, celebrating the outstanding achievements of our members and their teams. With 50 nominations across nine categories, the Awards recognised excellence in patient care, innovation, partnership working, workforce wellbeing and community impact. They highlighted the dedication, compassion and commitment that underpin urgent and integrated care services delivered by our members and the positive difference they make every day.
Urgent Health UK Awards 2026
Clinical Safety Leadership — sponsored by Lockton
- Gold: Local Care Direct — From Audit to Safer Prescribing: Embedding MHRA Fluoroquinolone Safety Guidance in Urgent Care.
- Silver: PELC — Improving the Assessment and Management of Suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Through Clinical Leadership and Pathway Redesign.
- Bronze: LCW UCC — Improving Hand Injury Assessment and Referral Pathways to Reduce Patient Harm at West Middlesex Urgent Treatment Centre.
Digital Impact — sponsored by OneAdvanced
- Gold: Mastercall Healthcare — From Fragmented Spreadsheets to Real-Time Medicines Intelligence: Transforming Urgent Care Stock Management with Power BI.
- Silver: Cumbria Health — NHS 111 Direct Booking to Video Consultation – transforming Access to Urgent Care in Cumbria.
- Bronze: LCW UCC — Digital Innovation in Cyber Resilience: Protecting Patients, Services and Urgent Care Continuity.
Equity in Healthcare — sponsored by Babble
- Gold: Mastercall Healthcare — Care Co-ordination and Discharge Planning for People Experiencing Homelessness.
- Silver: Cumbria Health — Health Matters: Tackling Health Inequalities among Men Experiencing Homelessness.
- Bronze: Mastercall Healthcare on behalf of GMUPCA — Pan Greater Manchester Falls Responding Service.
Excellence in Operational Safety — sponsored by Cleo
- Gold: PELC — Strengthening Medicines Governance in the Out of Hours Home Visiting Service Through a Whole Team Operational Safety Model.
- Silver: NEMS CBS — Operational safety on the road: drivers as medicines safety partners in home-visit medicines transport.
- Bronze: LCW UCC — Improving access to reporting staff and patient safety incidents.
Innovation in Action — sponsored by Asterix
- Gold: FCMS (NW) Ltd — Multi-Pathogen Outbreak Response Service.
- Silver: North Hants Urgent Care — North Hampshire Home Visiting Service.
- Bronze: Local Care Direct — Integrated Urgent Community Response (UCR) Hub and Enhanced Falls Pathway.
Making a Difference — sponsored by Credentially
- Gold: Cumbria Health — WorkWell: A Joined-Up Approach to Health, Work and Wellbeing.
- Silver: DHU Healthcare — Rita Blight and the Sip and Support Group - DHU Healthcare.
- Bronze: East Berkshire Primary Care — Supporting Urgent Requests for End-of-Life Certification (SURE) Pathway.
Outstanding Engagement & Involvement — sponsored by Hempsons
- Gold: Cumbria Health — Service Improvement Through Patient Engagement Forums and Inclusive Feedback.
- Silver: Integrated Care 24 — Putting Patient Engagement at the heart of IC24.
- Bronze: PELC — Developing a Strategic Partnership with Healthwatch to Transform Patient Engagement Across PELC Urgent Treatment Centres.
People First — sponsored by Hallam Medical
- Gold: Integrated Care 24 — We are #BetterTogether at IC24.
- Silver: Local Care Direct — Project MAGIC: Improving the recognition and management of acute clinical deterioration in Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs).
- Bronze: NEMS CBS — Putting People First to Transform the NEMS Urgent Treatment Centre.
Stronger Together — sponsored by PC24
- Gold: Suffolk GP Federation — From Data to Diagnosis: A Multi-Agency Partnership Transforming Early Diabetes Detection and Prevention.
- Silver: Mastercall Healthcare on behalf of GMUPCA — Stronger Together: Transforming Urgent Care through the Greater Manchester Urgent Primary care Alliance.
- Bronze: FCMS (NW) Ltd — Proactive Care in Priority Wards.