The Moondance Cancer Awards celebrate and spotlight individuals and teams across NHS Wales and its partners who deliver, lead and innovate cancer services.
Our 2024 awards took place on 13 June at Depot, Cardiff, where colleagues from the country came together at the Celebration and Awards Night to celebrate the phenomenal work taking place across cancer services.
We received over 100 nominations were submitted, with a shortlist of 55 considered by our esteemed panel of judges across 10 award categories.
The Moondance Cancer Awards are a biennial event and will return in 2026.
In the meantime, you can explore the 2024 winners and shortlisted entries 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