We are pleased to announce our esteemed judges for the awards.

Alison Schofield

Independent Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist

A tissue viability nurse with over 20 years’ experience of working in the NHS, supporting, and developing services in health and social care to provide better patient outcomes. Leading teams successfully for lower limb care and pressure ulcer prevention has been a highlight.
Producing and delivery of education has been a passion over the past 2 years, leading to a Post Graduate Certification in Medical Education. Currently working as an independent TVN, providing consultancy, education and clinical support services.

Ellie Lindsay, OBE, FQNI

Lindsay Leg Club Lifetime President

In 1995 Ellie introduced the concept of a psychosocial lower limb clinic ‘Leg Club’, to address the holistic needs of her patients. Her work has since been widely disseminated through publications and international conference presentations. She left the National Health Service to become an independent Specialist Practitioner and Clinical Consultant in December 2002. In January 2003, she was appointed Associate Lecturer (CRICP, Thames Valley University, London) and, in December 2003, Visiting Fellow, Queensland University of Technology. She subsequently established The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation, a registered charity, in September 2005 and in recognition of her work was made Life President in 2009.

She has won a myriad of awards throughout her career, most recently The British Journal of Nursing Lifetime Achievement, Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to nursing and conferred a Fellow of the Queen’s Nursing Institute (FQNI). Ellie received international recognition from The Arias Medical Foundation and The Scientific Institute of Higher Education, Mexico by being presented with an Award for Excellence and she was honoured by the International Society of Paediatric Woundcare (ISPeW) receiving an Education Award for Excellence in Wound care and become the first ISPeW honorary board member. In 2022 Ellie received the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) Lifetime Achievement Award for her “exceptional and consistent dedication to the global challenge of improving outcomes for those with lower limb conditions. She is a patient advocate through education, creation of networks, giving persons with leg wounds a voice and an integral part of the activities of the WUWHS”.

Winners will be announced on November 13th 2023.

*(or equivalent in winners’ local currency)

• The nominee must be a registered nurse (clinical practitioner) or health care assistant.
• The nominee must have been working in a health care setting for at least twelve months and must still be working as a nurse (clinical practitioner) or health care assistant.
• The nominee must be working in a health care setting including hospitals, hospices, general practice or social care, care homes, clinics, multidisciplinary setting, public and private sector.
• The nominee must be notified prior to the submission (If the nomination is made by a colleague or line manager).
• If nominating yourself, your submission must be endorsed by a colleague or manager
• Evidence of outstanding contribution to improving patient outcome/quality of life should be provided to support the nomination – evidence should be provided without compromising patient confidentiality in any way.

Here is some guidance that may help you when completing your nomination:

When providing reasons for your nomination:

Why do you feel that this person deserves to be nominated for an ActivHeal® International Nursing Award?

• What makes their care exceptional?
• What makes them stand out above their colleagues?
• What significant difference do they make to the patients they care for?
• What challenges have they overcome?
• How did they share best practice?

When supplying evidence for your nomination:

• Be specific and try to stick to the word limit (450 maximum) although there is space for additional information if required.
• Keep it simple and stick to the facts.
• Evidence can include patient or colleague feedback, documents, pictures, data, patient stories (without compromising patient confidentiality in any way), and other information you feel supports your nomination.

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• The nominee’s current curriculum vitae (if possible), or summary of their work history.
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