The Moondance Cancer Awards are back!
The awards celebrate and spotlight brilliant people across NHS Wales and its partners who deliver, lead and innovate cancer services.
In hosting these awards, we recognise the achievements of individuals, teams and wider collaborations working across all parts of the cancer pathway — from detection and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care — and showcase the innovation and improvement driving better outcomes for people affected by cancer across Wales.
Key Dates
- Nominations Open - Monday 23 February 2026
- Nominations Close - Wednesday 15 April 2026
- Shortlist Announced - Thursday 23 April 2026
- Celebration & Awards Night - Thursday 11 June 2026
Full details on award categories, guidance and how to submit nominations will be published here shortly.
In the meantime, you can explore the winners from the 2024 Awards below.
Winners
Achievement Awards
- Working Together -
3D-printed Eye Shields for Radiotherapy, Swansea Bay UHB
- Better Patient Experience (joint) - Prostate Active Care Together (P.A.C.T), Hywel Dda UHB & Expansion of Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Service, Teenage Cancer Trust / Cardiff & Vale UHB
- Patient & Public Participation & Involvement - Improving Equity of Care for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients, Tassia Haines (in memoriam) & campaigning colleagues
Innovation & improvement
- Cancer Treatment - All-Wales Colorectal Peritoneal Metastasis Service, Cardiff & Vale UHB, Basingstoke Peritoneal Malignancy Institute
- Cancer Workforce - Regional Hepatocellular Carcinoma Service for South Wales, Cardiff & Vale UHB, Aneurin Bevan UHB, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB
- Early Detection & Diagnosis - Lung Health Checks - Operational Pilot for Wales, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB & National Strategic Clinical Network for Cancer
- Working with industry & 3rd sector - QuicDNA, All Wales Medical Genomics Service, Amgen, Illumina, Aneurin Bevan UHB, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff & Vale UHB, Cardiff University, Life Sciences Hub Wales, Tenovus Cancer Care, Health and Care Research Wales, Maxwell Family Genomics Fund
Excellence
- Systems & Pathways - Kara Price, Transformation Programme Manager, Powys Teaching HB
- Non-medical & Nursing - Rachel Lewis, Allied Health Professional Lead, Hywel Dda UHB
- Medical - Ms Zoe Barber, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB
