Awards

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.

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. 

David White, a dedicated Patient Befriender Volunteer who is part of our Patient Experience Team with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, has been honoured with the prestigious Healthcare Volunteer of the Year award at Skills for Health’s - Our Health Heroes Awards 2025.

On Sunday 11th May, children with tracheostomies and their families from across South Wales came together for an afternoon of facepainting, balloon modelling and the launch of the new TRACHEShub app designed to improve tracheostomy care outside of hospital.  On Friday the team behind the TRACHES toolkit received a national Advancing Healthcare Award for Best Collaboration across Clinical, Academia and Industry. 

The Journal of Wound Care Awards 2025 recently awarded Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Podiatry service with the Best Diabetic Foot Intervention Award. The team triumphed over strong international competition, with runners up from Italy and Singapore.

The annual VSL awards recognise, reward and celebrate the hard work and dedication that goes into immunisation programmes across Wales

Colleagues across the Primary, Community and Intermediate Care (PCIC) Clinical Board were recognised for their achievements and hard work at the annual Staff Recognition and Celebratory Event.