WINNER

Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

Oana Ciurdarean

I led Health and Care Research for All: Strengthening Eastern European Voices, a six-month programme designed to transform how underserved communities engage with research and statutory services in Northamptonshire. By combining mobile research hubs with targeted social media outreach and AI-generated explainer videos in six Eastern European languages, my team and I helped address longstanding language and trust barriers. This approach reached more than 20,000 people online and more than 400 in person. The model has since informed an ICS-wide “system explainer” initiative and created a scalable, culturally sensitive blueprint for inclusive, data-driven research engagement across the system.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions

Highly commended

Crown Medical practice: Paul Joshi

Finalists

Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children: Kelvin Miu

Kent & Medway ICB: Mayur Vibhuti

The Brooke Surgery: Dr Valeed Ghafoor

The Dudley Group Foundation Trust: Kay Jones

HSJ Digital Awards 2026: Winners revealed

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The HSJ Digital Awards 2026 took place last night at the ICC Birmingham, celebrating outstanding contributions to digital healthcare transformation across the NHS and wider sector.