Digital Leader of the Year  

Digital Leader of the Year  
Digital Leader of the Year  
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In an era defined by rapid digital transformation, effective leadership is essential for navigating the evolving healthcare landscape. As the NHS embraces new technologies and practices, digital leaders play a crucial role in championing the importance of digital skills and fostering a culture of continuous learning. This leadership extends beyond traditional IT departments, encompassing individuals who inspire change across clinical and operational teams, ensuring that patient needs remain central to all digital initiatives.

This award will recognise an individual who has significantly contributed to creating an environment that facilitates successful digital transformation within the NHS or broader healthcare system. The winner will demonstrate strategic vision and the ability to influence others, driving the adoption of innovative technologies that improve service delivery for patients and staff alike. As the NHS continues to strive for digital maturity, this leader will exemplify how thoughtful and inclusive leadership can pave the way for transformative change in healthcare delivery.

Eligibility

  • Nominations (including self-nominations) can be for those displaying strong digital leadership across any NHS organisation or setting.
  • Evidence must relate to the 2 years up until the award entry deadline.

Ambition

  • Describe how the nominee has created a clear, ambitious and well-reasoned vision for their team or department, that links back to the wider digital vision of the organisation/system, or the national digital vision.
  • Outline any targets set by the nominee in delivering on that vision, and the plans or roadmap to deliver these.
  • Discuss how the nominee engaged with colleagues, stakeholders and patients in developing their vision and planning to ensure inclusivity and deliver user-centric products or services.

Outcome

  • Evidence how the performance of the team/organisation/system has improved as a result of the actions of the nominee. This should be both qualitative and quantitative, and make reference to the targets above.
  • Provide examples of specific digital initiatives, products or projects that the nominee has introduced and how they have positively impacted patients and staff.
  • Discuss how the nominee has influenced or improved the culture of the organisation/system.

Value

  • Discuss how the digital leadership of the nominee has helped improve patient experience, staff satisfaction, the working environment, and/or efficiency.
  • Evidence how the nominee has helped improve digital literacy across your organisation or system’s leadership and/or wider workforce – this could be qualitative or quantitative.
  • Share any other benefits the actions of the nominee have delivered within your organisation/system.

Involvement

  • Provide testimonial and/or supporting evidence of how the nominee has engaged differing teams across the organisation with the digital agenda.
  • Share how the nominee has included and involved patients, families and/or communities in their digital initiatives and planning.
  • Judges are looking for an individual who has created an inclusive culture, in which staff feel able to question the status quo, raise concerns and make suggestions for improvement.

Spread

  • Describe how the nominee has inspired and helped develop a digital culture across your organisation/system, providing specific examples of how they have directly influenced the behaviour of colleagues.
  • Discuss any training the nominee has delivered to colleagues across the organisation/system, and the impacts of this on digital adoption and performance.
  • Share how the nominee has looked beyond the organisation/system to share knowledge and experience with others.

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