Patient and Public Involvement Hero 2025

The Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) Hero Award is one of five main award categories in our 2025 Clinical Audit Heroes Awards, part of Clinical Audit Awareness Week. This award recognises clinical audits and quality improvement projects that are effectively engaging patients, carers and their communities.

How to enter: The awards are now open! Read below for the criteria, eligibility and new commendations in 2025, or watch this video; and then complete the NOMINATION FORM.

Deadline: The awards will close for all submissions on Sunday 27th April 2025 (23:59).

Award announcement: The winner(s) will be announced at a Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) themed online Lunch & Learn event on Tuesday 3rd June, 12:30 – 1:30pm (details can be found here). Please keep this date/time free if you are entering this award, as the winner(s) will be asked to present on the day.

What are the judges looking for?

Excellence in clinical audit and/or quality improvement, with meaningful and impactful patient engagement, should be demonstrated. More specifically, submissions will be judged on the following criteria:

    1. Clear project design involving robust clinical audit(s) or similar evidence/data-informed quality improvement aligned with patient priorities
    2. Evidence of meaningful and impactful patient engagement at all stages of the project (planning and reviewing through to implementation and delivery)
    3. Wider impact of patient engagement, including shared decision-making and amplifying the patient voice, particularly those who are often marginalised.

The following additional criteria will also be taken into consideration:

    1. Consideration of sustainability and/or longevity
    2. Innovative approach.

NEW commendations for 2025

In addition to the five award categories in 2025, we’re pleased to announce two new additional commendations this year:

A. National Clinical Audit Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) Commendation

An additional award will be given to project(s) demonstrating excellence in the use of data from the NCAPOP to deliver improvements in healthcare.

B. Communicating For Impact Commendation 

An additional award will be given to project(s) demonstrating excellence in effective communication of impact.

The nomination forms for all five main categories of the Clinical Audit Heroes Awards will include two optional questions related to these new commendations. If you think your project qualifies, you can choose to answer either (or both), in order to be considered for the NCAPOP or the Communicating for Impact Commendations. Please note that the answers to these optional questions will ONLY be considered for the extra commendations; it will not affect your eligibility for the main category in which you are submitting your entry. The winners of these commendations will be announced on Friday 6th June 2025.

If you have any questions relating to the Clinical Audit Heroes Awards (or Clinical Audit Awareness Week), please email: [email protected].

Eligibility criteria
  • Individuals or teams can be nominated by themselves or by others
  • Projects, individuals or teams can be involved in any type of healthcare setting in the UK
  • Eligible to healthcare professionals and others involved in patient engagement, e.g. volunteers, patient panels, members of project teams
  • Open to projects at a local, system or national level
  • The project period must be as recent as practically possible (ideally run since October 2023; however, we recognise – and accept – that some projects may involve longer lead times)
  • Those nominated must have led or made a substantial contribution to the successful delivery of the project.

 

Return to Clinical Audit Heroes Awards webpage.