HQIP Associate Director wins health Information Governance award

24 Mar 2026

We are delighted to share that our colleague, Yvonne Silove, has won the IG Human Encyclopaedia category at the National Health and Social Care Information Governance Annual Awards 2025/2026, announced this week.

Supported by NHS England and run by the National Health and Social Care Strategic Information Governance Network (SIGN), these awards recognise excellence in information governance and data protection across UK health and social care. They recognise those working in Information Governance for their hard work and dedication, in keeping our health and social care data safe and ensuring data protection compliance.

The Information Governance Human Encyclopaedia category is designed to recognise those who are considered to be the ‘font of all knowledge’; the person you can go to for advice and they can always give you an answer, quote the relevant guidance and refer to it from memory. We are so proud of Yvonne, as the SIGN awards recognised what we already knew, that Yvonne is the epitome of this.

“I am honoured and humbled to receive this award. Patients trust the NHS with both their health and their data. I’m very proud to be part of the fantastic team at HQIP who, in partnership with our expert teams who deliver our national data programmes, take that trust incredibly seriously in all our efforts to improve patient outcomes.”

Yvonne Silove, HQIP Associate Director and IG Human Encyclopaedia 2025/26 (SIGN awards)

Desi Staykovska, Head of Information Governance (DPO) at HQIP, who nominated Yvonne for this award, explains: “The moment I saw the ‘IG Human Encyclopaedia’ category, I thought immediately of Yvonne. She has exceptional IG knowledge and understanding of the healthcare industry as a whole. Yvonne is the living history of HQIP and has a solution to any IG (and not only IG) problem!” 

HQIP’s National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow, Dr Thomas Salisbury, agrees when he adds: “Nobody deserves this more. Working alongside Yvonne, I’ve seen firsthand just how deep her knowledge runs, and how generous she is in sharing it. Yvonne doesn’t just know IG inside out, she helps it make sense for everyone around her.“

Congratulations, once again Yvonne!