RNIB’s Integrated support system for patients named finalist for the 2025 HSJ Partnership Awards

Now in their eighth year, the HSJ Partnership Awards, have become the most recognised and respected mark of the strongest relationships between suppliers and the NHS.

Following the thorough judging process, RNIB was included in 180+ organisations, projects and individuals that made the final shortlist amid 280+ entries logged for the 2025 awards programme.

Working in partnership with Primary Eyecare Services and West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership ICS, RNIB co-designed digital referral systems into the third sector so people can access information, advice and support at the point of need. These innovative referral models are replicable, scalable and for the first time mean patients get access to vital non-clinical support from the beginning of their eye care journey.

Rob Cooper, Director of Strategic Engagement at RNIB said: “We’re delighted that we’ve been selected as a finalist for the ‘Best Not for Profit Working in Partnership with the NHS’ category in the HSJ Partnership Awards. It’s great to recognise our work with Primary Eye Care Services and with the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership ICS to help more people with sight loss access information, advice and support at the beginning of their eye care journey.

“The HSJ awards are hugely respected and like everyone else involved, we are excited to be among the finalists and to be recognised for this work to transform the support patients received at every stage of their eye care journey.”

For anyone interested in learning more about non-clinical referrals and the Eye Care Support Pathway, please visit the RNIB website.

The selected winners will be announced during the awards ceremony at Evolution London on Friday 20 March 2025.

Note to editors

For more information/media enquiries relating to the 2025 Partnership Awards, please contact Rebecca Bright on [email protected] or tel: +44 20 7608 9056. For more information relating to RNIB please contact Richard Wevill at [email protected] or tel +44 77 4945 5653.

About the HSJ awards

The HSJ Partnership Awards recognise the most effective collaborations with the NHS highlight the benefits which working with the private and third sectors can bring to patients and NHS organisations.

About HSJ

The Health Service Journal is the only title to cover all aspects of publicly funded healthcare, providing news, analysis, best practise information from some of the most powerful and respected figures in health. The HSJ audience is formed of healthcare leaders from both clinical and non-clinical backgrounds and both public and private sectors.

About RNIB

We are the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). 

Every six minutes, someone in the UK begins to lose their sight. RNIB is taking a stand against exclusion, inequality and isolation to create a world without barriers where people with sight loss can lead full lives. A different world where society values blind and partially sighted people not for the disabilities they’ve overcome, but for the people they are.