Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Awards 2026

Overview

The Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Awards is a unique opportunity for AHPs to receive recognition for their personal contributions towards delivery of exceptional care for patients. The awards also promote adoption and scale of good practice through celebrating and sharing success.

The awards are open to all 14 AHPs in England including support workers, assistant practitioners, registered professionals, and pre-registration apprentices and students. You can either nominate yourself or another AHP. Only the names of the people shortlisted will be published.

Please note that the CAHPO Awards is for NHS or publicly funded initiatives/projects in England. Some nominations may be applicable to more than one category. If you wish to nominate an individual, team, or innovation for more than one award, please ensure that you can identify the specific details relevant to each category. While dual nominations are allowed, only one category will proceed to final shortlisting if both are successful.

Award categories include:

• AHP Leadership for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Award
• AHP Research Impact Award
• AHP Digital Practice Award
• AHP Workforce Transformation Award
• AHP Creative Provision of Placements Award
• AHP Public Health Award
• AHP Innovation and Improvement Award
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• Greener AHP Award 

We highly encourage you to review our instructions pack before submitting a nomination. Please note that we will only accept written nominations (maximum 500 words). No attachments or accompanying material will be considered.