CCAG Wins National Patient Innovation Award

We're proud to announce that healthAbility's Community Champions Advisory Group has won the Outstanding Patient Innovation Award at the 2026 Patients Choice Awards.

This award recognises the impact of partnering with people who use services and embedding lived experience into service design and improvement. Through co-design, Champions Advisory Group members help ensure our services reflect the needs, priorities and experiences of our community.

A special thank you to our Champions Advisory Group members, whose generosity, insight and willingness to share their experiences make this work possible. This award is recognition of the contribution members make to improving services for healthAbility and our community. Thank you also to the healthAbility staff and teams who have partnered with our Champions Advisory Group, sharing the important things they do day to day, bringing ideas for discussion, listening to feedback and turning insights into action.

This achievement demonstrates what genuine patient partnership can achieve when lived experience is treated as expertise, not consultation.