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Celebrate our new ERS gold award winners

This award celebrates a deep commitment to supporting the Armed Forces.

7 August 2025

The Ministry of Defence has granted an impressive 21 healthcare organisations the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award. 

This distinguished award recognises extraordinary support for the Armed Forces community and an ongoing commitment to integrating this support into their workplace culture, resulting in a substantial impact within their organisations and beyond. 

There are three levels to the awards: bronze, silver, and gold. Attaining gold status requires organisations to show a deep commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, ensuring their policies and practices reflect the core values of the Armed Forces community.  

This years award recipients are:

  • Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital
  • Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
  • Kettering General Hospital
  • Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
  • Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
  • Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
  • NHS Fife
  • NHS Humber & North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
  • NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
  • Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
  • Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
  • South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals NHS Trust.