HQIP win’s Best Procurement Delivery Award at the Go Awards

Published: 22 May 2025

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is delighted to have won the Best Procurement Delivery Award at the UK National Go Awards 2025.

The awards ceremony celebrates the very best procurement achievements from across the UK’s public, private and third sector organisations. Our Best Procurement Delivery nomination focused on the creation of the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN) to host all NHS national cancer audits. HQIP proposed an innovative umbrella approach to tendering, rather than commissioning individual projects.

NATCAN has made excellent progress since the start of contract. It places particular emphasis on patient engagement, with a patient and public involvement forum in place for each of the audits. Patients are contributing to the development of the work right from the start and are involved in the co-creation of outputs specifically designed to be public-facing and patient-friendly.

“I am beyond delighted for the HQIP team for winning this award. Only 2.5 years into the contract, NATCAN is already exceeding expectations. The Centre has been established as a centre of clinical, data science, methodological, and epidemiological expertise. The data now available is enabling the NHS to identify and address areas of variation in patient care. It’s great to see HQIP recognised and rewarded for the work that we do, with this award demonstrating our commitment to delivering better outcomes for patients.” 

Judith Hughes, HQIP Associate Director of Procurement

As well as winning the Best Procurement Delivery Award, HQIP was a finalist in two other categories:

  • Jon Williams, Senior Procurement Manager at HQIP, was a finalist in the Next Generation award category. Jon’s nomination recognised the tenacity and innovation that he has brought to his role since joining the organisation in 2021, and his commitment to social value.
  • The Best Procurement Team nomination recognised HQIP’s unique approach to value-based procurement, combining expertise in procurement, patient engagement, and quality improvement. It also notes the support that HQIP’s expert procurement team offer to other organisations, helping them to improve the value and outcomes of their procurement.

Our specialist healthcare procurement team provide:

  • Expert consultancy and bespoke training to embed quality, value, and patient voice into procurement
  • Flexible resourcing, from needs definition to contract award
  • Stakeholder, patient, and supplier engagement to shape procurement strategies and improve outcomes

Find out more about our Procurement+ approach or contact the team directly on [email protected]