Innovation in Care Award
The 2026 finalists are ...
Be Caring Bradford
Care 24-7 Ltd
The Glen Nursing Home
This award recognises innovation that has improved quality, safety, experience, outcomes or efficiency within adult social care.
The 2026 award is sponsored by delphi care solutions
More about this award
Ideal service/team
A team that identified a challenge, introduced a new approach, and demonstrated clear positive impact.
Eligibility
- Must be from a CQC Registered Adult Social Care provider (regulated provider supporting the people of Bradford District)
- This is a service/team award, not an individual award
Impact & Evidence prompts
- Improvements in outcomes, experience, or quality of care
- Benefits to wellbeing, independence, or engagement of people supported
- Positive changes to staff practice, workload, or confidence
- Improvements to service delivery, efficiency, or quality
- Wider influence on the organisation or other services
- Feedback from people supported, families, colleagues, stakeholders etc.
- Examples of how the innovation has been implemented in practice
- Evidence of improved outcomes or measurable change
- How working in partnership with others has supported innovation
- Any learning or refinement that has come from delivering the innovation
Judging criteria
- The clarity of the innovation and the need or challenge it was designed to address
- Its person-centred focus and how it improves care or support for people
- The creativity and originality of the idea
- The approach to development and delivery, including collaboration and partnership working
- Its sustainability and the learning taken from its design and implementation
- The evidence that informed its development
- The measurable impact it was intended to achieve