The deadline for the Medipex NHS Innovation Awards and Showcase 2026 has been extended to Tuesday, 14th April 2026.

The Awards acknowledge and promote the achievements of NHS colleagues and their partners who have developed innovative ideas to improve patient care across the NHS, and nominations are now welcomed.  Entries are being sought in the following categories:

• Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve patient outcomes
• Improved treatments, therapies and rehabilitation
• Delivering benefits through diagnosis and screening
• Process and systems innovations

Full details on how to enter can be found on our awards website https://www.medipexawards.co.uk/how-to-enter/. This year they are offering entrants the opportunity to submit a video as part of their application form, outlining the problem that they are trying to solve and the proposed benefits, as an alternative to our standard entry form.

The Medipex NHS Innovation Awards and Showcase 2026 will take place online on Wednesday, 24th June 2026.

If you plan to submit an entry, please let the Communications Team know by Tuesday, 7th April. Please email CHFT@cht.nhs.uk