Celebrating Digital Innovation Across Health and Social Care: HSC Digital Awards Finalists Announced

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The DHCNI HSC Digital Awards 2026 have highlighted the incredible innovation, collaboration and dedication taking place across health and social care in Northern Ireland.

This year, we received an outstanding number of submissions from teams and individuals working across a wide range of disciplines, organisations and services. The quality of entries was exceptionally high, showcasing innovative approaches, meaningful partnerships and digital solutions that are making a real difference for patients, service users and staff across our system.

The short-listing panel faced a challenging task in selecting this year’s shortlist.  We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to prepare and submit an entry.

The competition within each category was extremely strong, with many outstanding entries and only a limited number of places available on the shortlist. A number of excellent submissions narrowly missed selection due to the highly competitive nature of the process.

Every submission helped shine a light on the impressive work taking place throughout Northern Ireland and reflects the passion and expertise of those driving digital transformation across health and social care.

Congratulations to all those who have been shortlisted.  Being selected from such a strong and competitive field is a significant achievement and recognition of the impact your work is having.

Shortlisted entries will now be invited to present to our judging panel who will have the unenviable task of choosing our overall winners.  We look forward to celebrating the achievements of our shortlisted teams and individuals at the DHCNI HSC Digital Awards Ceremony, taking place at La Mon Hotel & Country Club on 8 October 2026.

The event will bring together colleagues and partners from across the health and social care community to recognise excellence, share success stories and announce this year’s winners.

The awards are about more than recognising achievement. They provide an opportunity to celebrate the people, partnerships and innovations helping to shape the future of health and social care and improve outcomes for our citizens.

We look forward to welcoming our shortlisted finalists and guests on 8 October for what promises to be a fantastic celebration and recognition.

Congratulations to all our finalists, and thank you once again to everyone who entered and supported the DHCNI HSC Digital Awards 2026.

Digital Awards Shortlisted Entries

Shortlisted Entries

Digital Rising Star

  • Caroline Wilson – Belfast Trust
  • Faye Murray – South Eastern Trust
  • Philip Rea – BSO (encompass)
  • Shannon Rocks – South Eastern Trust

Digital Team of the Year

  • Health Protection Epidemiology & Surveillance – PHA
  • Data Issues to Digital Improvement – Building Trust in encompass – Southern Trust
  • Pharmacy encompass Implementation – Southern Trust

Driving Change Using Data & Analytics

  • AKESCO Frailty Transformation – South Eastern Trust
  • Elective Care Dashboard – South Eastern Trust
  • SPPG PLICS – SPPG

Empowering People

  • My Journey – Northern Trust
  • Help Kids Talk – South Eastern Trust
  • Steps to Wellness Digital Self-Referral – Southern Trust

Improving Services

  • Regional breast Assessment Waiting List – BSO (encompass)
  • NIAS, REACH Electronic Patient Record Introduction – NIAS
  • Virtual Reality into Psychological Therapy – South Eastern Trust

Improving Staff Experience 

  • Mobile Access Management – South Eastern Trust
  • Bar Code Medication – Southern Trust
  • Digital & Data Transformation – Community & Older People Services – Western Trust

Partnership for Digital Innovation

  • Recovery reimagined: Stroke Rehab through Virtual Reality – Belfast Trust
  • Learning Zone – Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
  • Emotional Wellbeing in Schools – SPPG

Congratulations to all our finalists, and thank you once again to everyone who entered and supported the DHCNI HSC Digital Awards 2026.

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Page last updated: 24 September 2026

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