Ayrshire Achieves is about recognising exceptional staff and volunteers who provide health and care services in Ayrshire and Arran. Awards are open to all members of staff employed by NHS Ayrshire & Arran or one of the three Health and Social Care Partnerships, as well as volunteers.
Ayrshire Achieves is supported by NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Area Partnership Forum and a number of generous sponsors.
Voting for our 2026 winners will open soon.
2026 Award Categories
| Callan Thain Young Achiever of the Year Award | This award recognises outstanding young individuals aged 30 or under (by 4th June 2026) who are working in health or social care roles within NHS Ayrshire & Arran or the Health & Social Care Partnership. It celebrates those in the early stages of their career who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, innovation, or impact in their field. |
| Care and Compassion Award | This award will be for individuals or teams who have demonstrated care and compassion towards colleagues or patients and their families with exceptional care, compassion, dignity and respect. This may include nursing, midwifery, allied health professional, GP, care home colleagues and staff providing an NHS contracted service. |
| Collaboration and Working Together | Teams who have demonstrated exceptional team working, collaboration, working across boundaries, connectedness etc. This does not need to have been a long piece of work – with examples of what they have done and the impact it has had. |
| Innovation Award | Individuals / teams who have done something new or different, delivered innovation, reform, a surprising or left field solution, or found solutions ‘against all the odds’ – with examples of what they have done and the impact it has had. |
| Shining Stars Award | Individuals or teams who stand out in some way in terms of their contribution and achievement, and/or going the extra mile, with examples of how they have done this and the impact they have had. |
| Support Worker Award | For an individual involved in providing excellent NHS non-clinical support services. Any member of staff who delivers hands on care or works behind the scenes to improve patient care. This could be an ancillary assistant, a domestic assistant, a catering assistant, a porter or many more. An individual or team without whom something couldn’t happen, yet who may not be visible or recognised in the work. Examples of what they do, the difference they make and the impact it has. |
| Sustainability Award | Recognises staff or teams who are making a significant contribution to creating a greener, safer, cleaner or more sustainable environment. |