Digital Champion Award

The Hospice UK Awards celebrate the innovative work taking place in hospices and palliative care organisations across the UK, and the people involved with them

The Digital Champion Award recognises the work of an individual who has passionately promoted the use of technology or digital ways of working in a hospice. 

This award is now open for nominations! Enter by 17:00 on 7 September 2026. The winners will be announced at our National Conference in Liverpool on 16 - 18 November 2026. 

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About this award

Do you work with someone who champions the use of technology to improve and enhance the work that you do? Is there an individual who has passionately promoted digital ways of working in your hospice?

Celebrate their work with a nomination for the Digital Champion Award! 

We are interested in hearing about individuals at a Hospice UK member organisation that have encouraged and supported others to use technology or digital tools and techniques to: 

  • Identify or better understand and/or solve a problem (or be progressing towards solving a problem). 
  • Improve quality or efficiency 
  • Reduce barriers and improve access 

The technology or digital tools and techniques don’t need to be cutting edge, but how they were used may be innovative for your organisation.   

What the judges are looking for

Please consider the following information when making your nomination:

What was the problem the Champion was trying to solve and how did they approach it?

  • Why was technology/digital the right approach? 
  • Why was this approach innovative for the organisation? 
  • Did the Champion work independently or in collaboration with others? 
  • If a particular technology or digital tool was used, was there a reason for choosing this instead of something else? 

What was the impact?

  • How did the Champion engage other people in the use of technology or digital ways of working? This could be colleagues, service users, customers, donors or others. 
  • What was the benefit and how was this measured?  
  • Who benefitted? 

How replicable is the work?

  • Could the approach be applied by other parts of the organisation or other hospices?

Before making your nomination, please read our submission criteria and general guidance. 

Enter now

To enter the Digital Champion Award, complete our short form and tell us about an individual at your hospice who uses technology or digital tools to enhance the work that you do.

The deadline for nominations is 17:00 on Monday 7 September 2026.  

All of our award winners will be announced at our National Conference in Liverpool on 16 - 18 November 2026.

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Digital Champion Award nomination form

Enter the Digital Champion Award to celebrate the work of an individual who has passionately promoted the use of technology or digital ways of working in a hospice.

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Previous winners

Digital Champion award 2025

2025 Winner: Debby Veigas, Wakefield Hospice

Debby Veigas introduced wearable devices for dementia patients, providing reassurance and safety. The project has received national and international interest, with measurable benefits, strong community engagement, and a solution both scalable and replicable. Debby’s leadership and promotional efforts have been instrumental in its success.  

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Aaron Salter, Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent, is the 2024 winner of the Digital Champion Award at the Hospice UK Conference

2024 Winner: Aaron Salter, Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent

Aaron Salter of Pilgrims Hospices is someone who epitomises the idea of 'humanising technology'. The panel were particularly impressed with his tenacity to solve a data problem and create insights for colleagues in all departments, particularly focusing on improving patient care. 

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Duncan Fleming, Mountbatten Hospice, was the winner of the 2023 Digital Champion Award at the Hospice UK National Conference

2023 Winner: Duncan Fleming, Mountbatten Hospice

Duncan and the team at Mountbatten Hospice collaborated on four pieces of work both internally and externally, with neighbouring hospices and others. This collaboration showed innovative thinking in multiple areas, and an eagerness to share the work, and learnings, more widely.

The Panel said: “Duncan and the Mountbatten team are worthy winners of the Digital Champion Award. We were particularly impressed with their collaboration with neighbouring hospices to share IT services and develop future IT professionals through a mentoring scheme for students. Their commitment to sharing knowledge and learning more widely stood out as an opportunity to improve digital services across the hospice sector."

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