Our Health Heroes Awards winners 2025
The winners of the 2025 Our Health Heroes Awards were announced on 22 May at a ceremony at the at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London.
The awards, now in its ninth year, are organised by Skills for Health and celebrate a range of support roles in health and care.
There are nine categories, which recognise and honour the hard work carried out daily by thousands of staff across the UK. From porters and cleaners to receptionists, gardeners and security guards, these often unsung heroes make up roughly 40 per cent of the NHS’s million plus workforce. Our Health Heroes Awards is a national celebration of their achievements and an opportunity to give thanks for the important role that they play in keeping our health service functioning.
NHS Employers sponsored the Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Healthcare Award, which was won by Pauline Taylor a children’s complex care quality assurance nurse at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
In the same category, Caroline Dowsett a clinical nurse specialist at East London Foundation Trust took the silver award and Vedantee Shiebert, a child and adolescent mental health services lead nurse at Central and North West NHS Foundation Trust, was awarded the bronze prize.
For a full list of the winners and more information, please visit the Our Health Heroes website.
