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RCN Nursing Awards 2022: more time to enter as deadline extended

You now have until 20 April to enter the prestigious awards that share innovative practice and celebrate nursing excellence

You now have until 20 April to enter the prestigious awards that share innovative practice and celebrate nursing excellence

Do you know a nurse whose hard work and dedication to the profession deserves to be recognised? The deadline for entering the prestigious RCN Nursing Awards has been extended until 20 April.

Enter the RCN Nursing Awards 2022 here

The awards offer nurses, nursing students and healthcare assistants a chance to share their innovations and expertise, and celebrate their contribution to improving patient care and outcomes.

Find the awards category that’s right for you

Entries are open to individuals and teams in 14 categories – as well as the RCN Nurse of the Year 2022 – that capture the diversity of nursing.

The Patient’s Choice category, which gives patients the opportunity to nominate a nurse, health visitor or nursing support worker who has made a difference to their lives, is decided by public vote.

The RCN Nurse of the Year 2022 will be chosen from the category winners and announced at the awards ceremony at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in London on 6 October.

Consultants and managers can nominate a fantastic nurse or team to recognise their contribution and show appreciation of their efforts.

Awards can ‘highlight an overlooked group of people and their needs’

Foundation of Nursing Studies chief executive Joanne Bosanquet, who will chair the judging panel, said nurses were incredibly busy at the moment, which is why the deadline for entries had been extended to allow them more time to enter.

‘Finalists and winners are featured in local, regional and national media, and RCNi’s nursing journals, so entering these awards can also shine a spotlight on the particular challenges a specialty might face, or highlight an overlooked group of people and their needs,’ she said.

‘You now have more time, so please share your examples of nursing excellence with us so we can share it UK-wide.’

RCN Nursing Awards 2022 categories

There are 14 awards categories this year:

Child health

Commitment to carers – sponsored by NHS England and NHS Improvement

Community and GP nursing – sponsored by NHS England

Excellence in cancer research nursing – sponsored by Cancer Research UK

Greener nursing practice – sponsored by Greener NHS

Innovations in your specialty – sponsored by Nursing and Midwifery Council

Leadership – sponsored by Lloyds Pharmacy Clinical Homecare

Learning disability nursing

Mental health nursing – sponsored by NHS Professionals

Nursing older people – sponsored by Aquarate

Nursing student

Nursing support worker

Patient’s choice - sponsored by Alexandra

Team of the year – sponsored by LV=


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