The Moondance Cancer Awards celebrate and spotlight brilliant people across NHS Wales across NHS Wales and its partners who deliver, lead and innovate cancer services. The 2026 awards took place on 11 June at DEPOT, Cardiff.
Over 110 nominations were submitted and a shortlist of 62 went on to be considered by our esteemed panel of judges.
Colleagues from across Wales came together at the Celebration and Awards Night to celebrate the phenomenal work taking place across cancer services that is benefitting patients and to see who took home the 10 awards on offer.
Details of all the winners can be found below.
Winners
Achievement Awards
- Better Patient Experience - Radiographer-Led Late Radiotherapy Effects Service, Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Working Together - Building a Multi-Professional Radiotherapy Workforce, Velindre University NHS Trust, Health Education and Improvement Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Collaborating with Partners, Delivering Myeloma Treatment at Home, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Pharmaxo Healthcare
- Patient & Public Participation & Involvement - Claire’s Campaign, Tenovus Cancer Care, Cavendish Cymru
Innovation & improvement
- Detection & Diagnosis - One-Stop Clinic for Post-Menopausal Bleeding, Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Cancer Treatment - South East Wales Cancer of Unknown Primary Team, Velindre University NHS Trust, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, NHS Wales Performance and Improvement, All Wales Medical Genomics Service, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University
- Cancer Workforce - South East Wales Immuno-Oncology Side Effects Service, Velindre Cancer Centre
Excellence
- Cancer Services Leadership & Delivery - Clare Small, Senior Programme Manager for Cancer Services, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Nursing, Clinical & Diagnostic Practice - Sian Lewis, Macmillan AHP Cancer Lead, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Medical - Dr Alex Murray, Consultant Geneticist, All Wales Medical Genomics Service