Nominations are now open for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust’s (LPT) annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, giving patients, service users, carers, and staff the opportunity to recognise extraordinary individuals and exceptional teams working and volunteering across the Trust.

Angela Hillery, chief executive of LPT, said: “We are incredibly proud of our staff and volunteers. These awards are a chance to recognise and thank them for the outstanding commitment and compassionate care they provide to the people who use our services across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.

“If you have received care from any of our community health, mental health, or learning disability services, whether in children and families’ services, adult services, or older people’s services, we encourage you to take the time to nominate those who have made a difference to you.”

Judges will be particularly interested in nominations that reflect LPT’s values of compassion, respect, integrity and trust.

The following four categories are open for nominations from the public:

  • Delivering Exceptional Care Award
  • Volunteer of the Year Award
  • Unsung Hero of the Year – Compassion Award (a special award presented by LPT’s CEO/Chair)
  • Excellence in Patient or Service User Involvement Award

Nomination forms and further details about the Celebrating Excellence Awards 2025, including award criteria, can be found on our website

Nominations are open until 5pm on Monday 12 May 2025 with winners announced at a fully sponsored awards ceremony on the evening of Friday 26 September 2025.

Previous winners of the Celebrating Excellence Awards include:

  • Unscheduled Care Coordination Hub, a partnership between multiple NHS and social care organisations providing patients with alternative pathways to hospital admission through advice, support, and community-based care.
  • The Mental Health Neighbourhood Leads, a team who have set up 25 neighbourhood mental health cafes across LLR to help support local people in mental health distress and their Getting Help in Neighbourhoods grant scheme has helped more than 11,000 people.
  • Specialist Autism Team, which developed a shared vision to better reflect the needs of autistic people, introduced a ChatAutism text messaging service, and launched Autism Space, an online support resource for autistic young people and adults across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.

Nominators of the three finalists in each category will be invited to attend the event and celebrate the achievements of remarkable teams and individuals.

The headline sponsor for this year’s awards is UK building and infrastructure company Tilbury Douglas.

There are also opportunities for businesses to sponsor one of the 13 individual awards. For more information, please contact Magda Korytkowska, fundraising manager at Magdalena.Korytkowska@nhs.net.

For general enquiries about the Celebrating Excellence Awards, please contact lpt.communications@nhs.net.