Awards

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. 

Congratulations to the People Resourcing Team at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board who won the Recruitment Initiative of the Year award, and received a Highly Commended award for the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the year, at this year’s British HR Awards. 

Last week at a ceremony in the Senedd, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Patrick Watts received the Public Service Award at the Welsh Government’s St David Awards, presented by First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan.

Professor Zaheer Yousef grew up on a council estate in London after his family moved there from Africa. While at medical school he doubted whether he might get into the competitive field of cardiology. Now a Consultant Cardiologist at University Hospital of Wales with an impressive list of achievements to his name, Zaheer is preparing to go to Windsor Castle in March to receive an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to heart failure.