The Chief Health Professions Officer's Award for Leadership (England)
Sponsored by the Department of Health, England

• Integration of 3D Modelling and Rapid Manufacture Technology to improve current practice and Deliver Improved Patient Outcomes in the Field of Maxillofacial Prosthetics
  Jason Watson and Andrew Sidebottom, Nottingham University Hospital
• Establishing an Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Practitioner role on the wards of an Acute Trauma Hospital
  Katrina Kennedy and Carol Thorne, Poole Hospital NHS Trust
• Quality of Life Assessments for people with severe/complex Learning and Physical Disabilities
  Elizabeth Sara John, Anita Rush and Jenny Harris, West Berkshire NHS

The Chief Scientific Officer’s award for leadership (England)
Sponsored by the Department of Health, England

• Telemetry for decision making for primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Clive Butler and Jane Pateman, South East Coast Ambulance Service
• The integration of electronic referrals into the Respiratory Physiology Service Ian Cliff and Martin Allen, University Hospital of North Staffordshire

Achieving excellence in learning, teaching, development or mentorship
Sponsored by GateHouse Training

• Stroke services training programme
  Janet Ivey, Tanya Edmonds and Alyson Davies, Cwm Taf Health board
• Developing a Centre of Excellence for Training the Cervical Cytology Workforce Kathryn Hinchliff, Nick Dudding and Keith Faulkner, NHS Yorkshire & Humber
• Follow in my footsteps: research career development internships for podiatrists Anthony Redmond, Catherine Bowen and Paul Emery, NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit

Enhancing public health and creating healthy communities
Sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government

• Eye Tests For Adults With Learning Disabilities
  Joe McQuillan, Anthony Sullivan and Andrew Coombes, Barts and the London NHS trust
• Community Nutrition Service for Families of Young Children
  Marie Murphy and Rita Thakaria, ONEL Community Services
• Speech and Language Therapy Primary School Outreach Service
  Kelly Halligan and Lorraine Coulter, South Eastern HSC Trust

Enhancing self-care and independent living
Sponsored by NHS Scotland

• Development of a concise Occupational Therapy Assessment of Occupations- An example of client centred practice innovation Nancy Roberts James and Janet Kelly, Aneurin Bevan Health Board
• Outpatient Fibromyalgia coping Skills Programme
  Sandi Derham, Julie Russell and Gemma Pugh, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
• To see ourselves as others see us: The development and implementation of a Talking Mats resource for comparing perspectives and enhancing understanding within relationships
  Morag Place, Joan Murphy and Lois Cameron, Talking Mats Research and Development Centre

Innovation in recruitment and career development
Sponsored by NHS Employers

• Peripatetic Occupational therapists and career pathways Jan Spencer and Joanna Birch, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• Building a team and creating a skill mix to drastically reduce the Speech and Language Therapy Waiting List
  Janet Sparrow and Anita Williams on behalf of Team, Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy Department, Liverpool Community Health
• First harmonised supervision policy for AHPs in NI
  Carmel Harney, Ann Tate and Francis Rice, Southern HSC Trust

Joint working between allied health professionals and healthcare scientists
Sponsored by Unite the Union

• Reducing orthotics waiting times
  Morag Bardsley, NHS Stockport
• Paediatric Visual Electrodiagnostic Testing
  Lawrence Brown, Lynne Rossiter and Ric Betts, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Development of a web based system for radiographers to check protocol requirements for clinical and research studies
  Vivien Stevens, Andrew Brammer and Wendy Tindale, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Rethinking the patient care pathway
Sponsored by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland