We are delighted to offer this fully funded award category.
This category is for student generated projects or proposals that are designed to improve patient or service user experience.
This category includes projects, proposals or charitable work, that have led to changes in practice placements, or within their local or international community. The project should illustrate the positive impact students can have by listening to what patients and service users need and developing a solution. Your project could be at an early or advanced stage or already implemented and showing results.
This category is free to enter.
To see the Student Submission Form questions before you decide to enter, please click here.
You can use this form to pre-prepare the answers to your submission if you wish. Once you have your answers finalised, you can head to straight to www.penportal.co.uk to create a login and submit your project.
PENNA 2024 – Student Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow Winners & Runner Up
| FINALIST | Liverpool John Moores University | Amy Sweeney Liverpool John Mores University Mental Health Nurse |
| RUNNER UP | Liverpool John Moores University | Embedding Health Psychology to Improve Service User Experience- Health Psychologist in Training Diane Sharples & Supervisor Dr Lisa Newson |
| WINNER | Liverpool John Moores University | Empowering healthcare professionals and young patients with a disability to attain their goals |
| FINALIST | Liverpool John Moores University | LJMU Midwifery Society |
PENNA 2023 – Student Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow Winner & Runner Up
| WINNER | Liverpool John Moores University | Ava Milligan, Student Nurse Liverpool, John Moores University |
| RUNNER UP | Liverpool John Moores University | Emma Davey – Supporting a young cancer patient home during COVID pandemic and lockdown |
| FINALIST | Liverpool John Moores University | LJMU Dementia Ambassadors Project |
PENNA 2022 – Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow Winner & Runner Up
| WINNER | Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University | Advocating for Service-Users Who Are Hearing Impaired |
| RUNNER UP | Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University | Advocating for Mental Health Service Users with Live Music Now |
| RUNNER UP | Liverpool John Moores University | LJMU Student’s Fundraising Achievements for Sustainable Sanitation in Kenya |
PENNA 20-21 – Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow Winner & Runner Up
| WINNER | Liverpool John Moores University | Megan Wilde and Meg Harvey |
| FINALIST | Liverpool John Moores University | Grow Your Own Cohort 1 (Hollie Davies, Milin Dinu, Laura Gildea, Lucy Gore, Rachel Hoaereu, Derren Kelly, Neamh Kelly and Mary McNeil) |
| RUNNER UP | University of Salford | Kelly Burton |
PENNA 2019 – Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow Winner & Runner Up
| University of Plymouth | Joy O’Gorman | WINNER |
| University of West London | Samren Ahmed | RUNNER UP and HIGHLY COMMENDED |
PENNA 2018 – Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow Winner & Runner Up
| Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | Alina Stevens | WINNER |
| Teeside University | Jess Craggs | RUNNER UP |
| University of West London | Maria Carmo PintoMonge | FINALIST |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Jessica Smith | FINALIST |
PENNA 2017 – Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow Winner & Runner Up
| Hertfordshire Partnership NHS FT & University of Lincoln | Aleksandra Jankowska | Service Evaluation: Patient Feedback on the CPA Process in a Medium Secure Setting |
Hear what our first ever Student Patient Experience Advocate of Tomorrow had to say about winning:
“Winning the first PENNA ‘Patient Experience Transformer of the Year’ award for my PhD research was an honour and a real career highlight for me. The research for which I won the award was grounded in the realities of policy, practice and young people’s lived experience as users of health services, including collaborative research with healthcare and participation professionals and young people….the PENNA award has given me more opportunities to use my research to make a difference. The award has also led to exciting connections and opportunities including speaking at several conferences and events”. Louca-Mai Brady