DAISY award for extraordinary nurses

Nursing Live’s DAISY award for extraordinary nurses

We are thrilled to be working with the DAISY Foundation to launch a Nursing Live award for an
extraordinary nurse. Presented on the main stage on Thursday 6 November, this is an opportunity
to celebrate someone who goes above and beyond their job description every day to deliver
compassionate care.

How to nominate someone for the award

Use this form to tell us about a colleague or team member who deserves recognition for the work they do.

Please note, the nominator for this award must be (or have the support of) a chief nurse, executive nurse director, or the equivalent.

Award criteria:

• Nominee acts as a role model, consistently demonstrating compassionate and clinically competent care, impacting positively on the lives of recipients of care and their families when they are most vulnerable

• Nominee exemplifies compassion, empathy, courage and integrity when advocating for recipients of care and their families

• Nominee demonstrates excellence in the delivery of care, going above and beyond for recipients of care and their families

• Nominee exemplifies the kind of nurse that recipients of care, families and staff recognise as an outstanding role model in the nursing profession

Eligibility:

• Nominee must be a registered nurse (NMC)

• Nominee can be an existing DAISY honouree

• Nominee must not be subject to on-going or previous disciplinary procedures

• Nominee must be able to attend Nursing Live at the NEC, Birmingham on Thursday 6 November 2025 to receive the award

The judges

We are hugely grateful to our panel of judges from NAME-UK who will be reading all the nominations and selecting the overall winner.

• Dr Kerry Jones
  Vice chair, Nursing and Midwifery Excellence UK

• Dr Sue Haines
  Assistant director of nursing, Nottingham University Hospital

• Dr Jo Cooper
  Deputy director of nursing research for system transformation, NHS England

• Caroline Reid
  Clinical nurse manager, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

• Jill Ferbrache
  Lead nurse - excellence in care and innovation, NHS Grampian

• Micheal Underwood
  Senior nurse, pathway to excellence lead & DAISY co-ordinator, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

• Emily Lambert
  Lead nurse - Pathway to Excellence, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust