Extraordinary People Awards

Our NHS staff and volunteers deliver extraordinary work every day.

Through our Extraordinary People Awards we aim to recognise and celebrate their efforts and achievements.

2026 awards

Nominations for our Extraordinary People Awards 2026 are now closed.

Our judging panels are reviewing the nominations to determine our finalists. All our finalists will be invited to a special celebration event at Sandy Park, Exeter, on Friday 2 October 2025, fully funded by sponsorship and where our winners will be announced.

For further information about our awards please contact: rduh.employee.experience@nhs.net  

A huge thank you to this year's sponsors who make our celebration possible:

• Headline sponsor - The Improving Working Lives Staff Lottery

• Gold sponsor - Nevada Construction

• Silver sponsors - EX2 Group and Dartline 

• Bronze sponsors - Serve and Protect, and NHS Fleet Solutions

2025 awards

You can view our winners from this years awards and find out more about why they were nominated here.

You can view a list of our finalists in this years awards here.

2024 awards

You can view our winners and the reasons behind their nominations here.