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Patient's Choice Award

Sponsored by the  Patient Client Council

The Patient’s Choice Award is open to all registered nurses, midwives and health care assistants working in all health care settings in Northern Ireland. Patients, clients or relatives can nominate someone whom they believe has made a difference and has gone that extra bit further to ensure that the patient or client has received the highest standards of care.

Who can be nominated?

Nominees for the Patient’s Choice Award must currently be a registered nurse, midwife or nursing assistant/ healthcare assistant working in Northern Ireland.

How to apply:

Fill out the application form and complete a summary (up to 500 words) of how the practitioner has cared for the patient or client and has made a difference to their care or treatment. Please include:

• what area the nominee works in

• what specifically they did that was beyond the call of duty

• how this has impacted on the patient.

Please read the nomination form guidance note before beginning your submission. 

Please note you will not be able to save the form, it must be completed in one go.

Sponsored by:

PCC

Patient and Client Council

Please note you will not be able to save the form, it must be completed in one go. Therefore please make sure you have the place of work and contact details for both the nominee and the verifier. Please do not use colons, ampersands or arrows when completing the form, as it will not submit correctly.

When your nomination has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email – if you do not receive this, it means we have not received your nomination. In this case please contact the Nurse of the Year team on 028 9038 4600 or ninurseawards@rcn.org.uk to resolve.

Section 1 - Before completing your nomination

Section 2 - Nominee details

Section 3 - Your details (nominator)

Section 4 - Verifier details - It is important that a third party verifies your nomination. Please ask a colleague of the person you are nominating, or a suitable person, to verify that your entry is genuine and sincere.

Section 5 - Reason for nomination

Section 6 - How did you hear about the RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year awards?

Page last updated - 20/01/2025

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