The Sarah Henshaw Award for Clinical Excellence
Recognising hospital teams for excellence in patient-centred myeloma care
About the award
Created in memory of the late Sarah Henshaw, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, this annual award recognises a hospital team whose work reflects the compassion, generosity, and commitment to patient-centred care that defined Sarah’s career.
Presented as part of the Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP), the award is made to one of the hospitals that completed CSEP accreditation in the previous year. Hospitals are awarded for high-quality clinical practice, thoughtful service improvements, and innovative approaches to myeloma care.
Award recipients 2026
Why Royal Berkshire Hospital was recognised
Improving care across the pathway
The team introduced multi-stakeholder myeloma service meetings that review the full patient pathway and identify practical ways to improve the experience of care.
Patient involvement in action
Patients are included in service improvement discussions. In response to this, the Myeloma CNS co-produces a twice-yearly patient newsletter with input from the local myeloma support group.
A strong commitment to holistic care
Patients undergoing stem cell transplant have access to prehabilitation and rehabilitation services that include psychological, physical, practical, and social support.
At a glance
- A myeloma patient representative helps bring lived experience into multi-stakeholder meetings to streamline the myeloma pathway.
- Learning from these meetings is shared with the wider haematology department.
- A twice-yearly newsletter keeps patients informed about the service, treatment, and support.
- The Reading Myeloma Support Group helps shape and distribute the newsletter.
- The team welcomed and acted on CSEP feedback to strengthen their service.