RLDatix Awards 2025 Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of RLDatix Awards 2025.
This year we received an outstanding range of entries, reflecting the creativity, commitment and impact of people working to deliver safer care, support colleagues and drive improvement.
Judged independently, the RLDatix Awards take place during the annual Connected Health and Care Summit, celebrating the teams and organisations making a real difference across health and care.
Paul Sanders, President UK&I, RLDatix, said: “Many congratulations to all the winners – you help drive the right outcomes and improve care delivery. This year we welcomed over 100 entries across 65 organisations, making it all the harder for winners to stand out. It has been a pleasure to celebrate and showcase your work.”
The RLDatix Awards ceremony took place on 21st October 2025 at Hilton Birmingham Metropole as part of the Connected Health & Care Summit.
The judges for this year’s awards were:
- Charlotte Quartey, Group New Homes Director and Chief Nurse, Macc Care
- Helen Hughes, Chief Executive, Patient Safety Learning
- Jackie Pool, Dementia Care Specialist
- Rahul Chodhari, Associate Director, Medical Innovation, NHS England
- Dr Stefan Cantore, Associate, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Senior Leader Apprenticeship
- Steph Lawrence MBE, Chief Executive, Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing
On this page you’ll find the winning projects by category, including their titles and organisations.
1. Digital Solutions Empowering the Workforce
Winner: Robotic Process Automation in Recruitment – Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended: Job Planning the Medical Workforce – Whittington Health NHS Trust
2. Delivering Safer Care
Winner: Transforming clinical governance: a collaborative and coordinated approach to patient safety – Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended: PATH – Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
3. Transforming Workforce Wellbeing and Flexibility
Winner: Valuing Our Bank Workforce: Boosting Fill Rates and Reducing Agency Spend – Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended: Team Based Rostering – London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
4. Collaborative Excellence in Integrated and System-Wide Care
Winner: People Digital Programme – Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
Highly Commended: Newly Qualified Recruitment Collaboration – Coventry and Warwickshire System Partners
5. Outstanding Care Across Non-Acute Settings
Winner: Empowering Community Nursing Through eCommunity – North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended: Transforming Workforce Management: A Six-Year Digital Evolution – Barchester Healthcare
6. Driving Productivity and Operational Excellence
Winner: Optimising Inpatient Staffing: Net Hours Reduction and Roster Efficiency Programme – Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended: Improving Safer Staffing Governance through Oversight and Partnership Working – Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
7. Efficient and Impactful Care Delivery
Winner: Reducing Registered Bank and Agency Spend – United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Highly Commended: Go Decaf! – Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
8. Learning and Improvement Through Incident Reporting
Winner: Seclusion Episode Monitoring – Priory Hospital Burgess Hill
Highly Commended: Turning Awareness into Action: Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Support – Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
9. Improving Care Through Data and Insight
Winner: Building Data-Driven Rostering Excellence Through Collaboration and Insight – London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Highly Commended: Strategic Workforce Transformation: A Story of Data-Driven Impact – Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
10. Legacy of Impact Award
Winner: Temporary Staffing Spend Reduction and Workforce Optimisation Programme – Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended: Safer Staffing Long Term Improvement Initiative – Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
11. Excellence in Care Award
Organisation Winner: Priscilla Wakefield House Nursing Home
Individual Winner: Adewale Samson Olibamoyo (‘Samson’) – Lifecome Care Limited
