HSJ Partnership of the Year

HSj Partnership of the Year
HSJ Partnership of the Year
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In an era where increasing public sector productivity is a top government priority, the NHS’s partnerships with solution providers, whether offering goods or services, are more critical than ever. The HSJ Partnership Awards are the most recognised and respected mark of the strongest and most impactful relationships between suppliers and the NHS. This award highlights the shared mission of suppliers and the NHS to improve healthcare for all and acknowledges the significant contributions made toward this goal.

The HSJ Partnership Award recognises, celebrates, and creates a platform for the best products and services currently being used by the NHS. It highlights innovative solutions that align with the NHS’s ongoing efforts to enhance quality, improve efficiency, and achieve essential savings, all while making a tangible difference in patient care.

Eligibility

The finalists are selected from the HSJ Partnership Awards winners held in March 2026. The winners from these awards are automatically put through as finalists for this category. This category is not open for entry.

Ambition

The challenge and context within which your project, person or organisation is set alongside your goals and targets whether quantitative or qualitative, and how this aligns with national priorities.

  • Describe the brief provided by the NHS partner and the context in which private sector input was identified as the right solution
  • What were the financial, value and outcome-based targets and goals set for the partnership?
  • What made this partnership new or distinct from existing approaches?

Collaboration

The stakeholders' involvement in co-designing and delivering the project. How have patients, staff at all levels, communities and other parties worked together to realise the outcomes?

  • Provide clear evidence of how staff and stakeholders were engaged in the development and implementation of the partnership
  • How were patients involved in the project, and how was their input used to shape delivery?
  • How did each party within the partnership work together to ensure a genuinely co-produced outcome?

Impact

The measurable benefits delivered to patients, staff, your organisation or the wider system. Provide data and evidence showing improvements to outcomes, quality, access, equity or efficiency.

  • Provide evidence of savings, financial success and value for money delivered for the NHS partner
  • Describe any measurable successes in reducing bureaucracy or waiting times, and improvements in capacity, efficiency, patient outcomes or experience
  • What has the partnership achieved over and above what the NHS partner would have been able to deliver alone?

Scale

How your work has been shared, adopted or replicated beyond your immediate team or organisation. This includes dissemination through publications, presentations, toolkits, partnerships or inspiring similar initiatives elsewhere.

  • How have each party within the partnership worked to share best practice across the system?
  • What elements of the partnership have the potential for replication and application elsewhere in the organisation or in other organisations?
  • What evidence is there that this approach could deliver positive outcomes in other settings?

Sustainability

The potential for the project/work to continue and create lasting impact. Evidence of how it can be sustained or built upon.

  • How is the partnership being sustained beyond the initial project, and what resource or commitment is in place to continue it?
  • How does this partnership contribute to the longer-term goals of the NHS around quality, efficiency and productivity?
  • What evidence is there that the model of collaboration could be built upon or replicated?

To find out more

Partnership opportunities:  Sponsorship Sales Team
Awards entry enquiries: Delegate Sales Team
Judging and event management: Awards Support