Hunter New England Health Excellence Awards
The Hunter New England Health Excellence Awards are a way of formally recognising outstanding staff members and teams, acknowledging the work they do for others day in and day out. Feeding directly into the NSW Health Awards, our yearly awards celebrate the pinnacle of clinical excellence, quality, innovation/improvement, and outstanding achievement across the District.
The awards continue to focus on meeting the strategic outcomes of Future Health, aiming to deliver on our vision of a sustainable health system that generates patient and community-centred outcomes, is personalised, invests in wellness, and is digitally enabled.
In 2024, we received well over 60 nominations from colleagues and teams right across our District, reiterating the immense amount of talent and innovative thinking we have in our workforce.
Achievement Awards (Individual Awards)
| Staff Member of the Year Award |
| Volunteer of the Year Award |
High Value Health Care Awards (Team Awards)
| Environmental Sustainability Award |
| Excellence in Aboriginal Healthcare Award |
| Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health Services Award |
| Excellence in Multicultural Healthcare Award |
| Health Innovation Award |
| Health Research Award |
| Keeping People Healthy Award |
| Patient Safety First Award |
| People and Culture Award |
| Transforming Patient Experience Award |
2025 Key Dates
| Entries Open | TBA |
| Entries Close | TBA |
| Finalists Announced | TBA |
| Winners Announced | TBA |
How to prepare an Excellence Awards submission
Recordings:
- 2024 HNE Health Excellence Awards Webinar (31 October 2023)
Examples of HNE Winning Submissions:
2023 HNE Health Excellence Awards Winners
- Excellence in Aboriginal Healthcare Award - Chronic & Complex Care Service, Tamworth Hospital
- Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health Services Award - CAMHS, John Hunter Children's Hospital
- Patient Safety Award - NICU, John Hunter Children's Hospital
- People and Culture Award - HNE Nursing and Midwifery Services
- Transforming Patient Experience Award - Paediatric Physiotherapy, John Hunter Children's Hospital
- Keeping People Healthy Award - HNE Population Health (2023 NSW Health Awards Winner)
- Volunteer of the Year Award - Bill Cottrell, Consumer Representative
2022 HNE Health Excellence Awards Winners
- Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health Services Award - HNE Mental Health Pharmacy (2022 NSW Health Awards Winner, 2022 ACHS QI Awards Winner)
Contacts
If you have any questions regarding the Staff Member of the Year Award or the High Value Health Care Awards, please contact the HNE Research Office, via HNELHD-ResearchOffice@health.nsw.gov.au or on 4921 4140.
If you have any questions regarding the Volunteer of the Year Awards, please contact Alice Hoffman, Human Resources Consultant, via alice.hoffman@health.nsw.gov.au or on 4985 3391.
For any other enquiries regarding the Awards program, please contact the Strategic Relations and Communications team, via HNELHD-Communication@health.nsw.gov.au or on 4985 5522.