Awards

Read the latest news on the awards and nominations Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and our staff have received.

30/12/2025
Cardiff and Vale UHB colleague awarded MBE for services to Breast Care in 2026 New Year's Honours List: Congratulations to Consultant in Oncoplastic Surgery, Eleri Davies, who has been honoured with a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2026 New Years Honours List.

08/12/2025
Cardiff and Vale Nurses Honoured at 2025 RCN Nurse of the Year Awards: Two Cardiff and Vale nurses have been recognised at the RCN Nurse of the Year Awards 2025.

28/11/2025
Health Board colleagues recognised at the Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board colleagues have been recognised for their exceptional contributions to patient care and service development at the Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru 2025.

20/11/2025
Three Cardiff and Vale UHB projects win NHS Wales Awards 2025: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is celebrating after winning three awards at the NHS Wales Awards 2025. The awards were announced at a ceremony on Tuesday, 18^th November 2025.

05/09/2025
ANCLE Café team wins 2025 John Horder Award for transforming wound care: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is proud to announce that the ANCLE Café team has been awarded the 2025 John Horder Practitioner Team Award, a prestigious national award recognising excellence in collaborative working across health and social care.

10/07/2025
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board named in the shortlist for the NHS Wales Awards 2025: The NHS Wales Awards celebrate excellence in quality and improvement across health and care in Wales.

02/07/2025
Emergency Unit Achieves Bronze Accreditation in GreenED Programme: We’re proud to announce that the Emergency Unit at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) has been awarded a bronze accreditation by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) GreenED programme.

02/07/2025
Gloves Off campaign wins NHS Wales Sustainability Award: The team driving a campaign to eliminate unnecessary glove use across Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and beyond has received national recognition. On Friday 20 June, members of the Critical Care and Shaping Change teams received an NHS Wales Sustainability Award at a ceremony held at the Swansea Arena.

27/06/2025
Digital Nursing shortlisted for national awards for improving patient care with real-time data: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board was delighted when its Digital Nursing team was shortlisted for two Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards earlier this month. The recognition highlights the team’s work integrating real-time data into the day-to-day decision-making of nurses, leading to better ward staffing and improved patient care.

26/06/2025
Exceptional Initiatives: Cardiff Team Honoured for Work in Organ Donation: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is delighted to announce colleagues based at the University Hospital of Wales have won the Exceptional Promotion Initiative at the NHS Blood and Transplant / British Transplant Society Joint Congress Awards 2025.