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iO Awards 2026
Large Practice / Team of the Year

Closing date and time: Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 11:59pm.
About the award

This award celebrates larger practices and multidisciplinary teams of 6 practitioners or more that demonstrate excellence in patient care, leadership, professional development and wider impact. It recognises organisations creating thriving teams while making a lasting contribution to the profession and the communities they serve.

Before completing this form: We recommend that you read the award criteria, eligibility rules and nomination guidance: Awards Guidance Notes and Rules.

Alternative ways to make a nomination
To answer the main nomination questions by audio or video or to request a paper or large-print version, or help completing your nomination, contact events@iOsteopathy.org.

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1.Eligibility
The nominee must be:
• a UK-based practice or defined team of 6 or more registered healthcare practitioners regularly delivering patient care;
• a practice or team that provides osteopathic care; and
• represented by a named UK-based osteopathic lead who is GOsC registered and a current iO member.(Required.)
2.Who are you nominating?
Select one:(Required.)
3.Your details
4.Practice or team details
5.Osteopathic lead
6.Tell us about the practice or team

Briefly describe the practice or team, how it is structured and operates, its main services, workforce and location or locations, the patients or communities it serves, and any relevant opportunities, constraints or resources. This will help the panel understand the scale and complexity of the organisation and the context in which the work was carried out.

Your answer Maximum 250 words or approximately 2 minutes of audio/video.
7.What makes this large practice or team outstanding?

Describe the strongest example or examples of what the practice or team has done exceptionally well during the relevant three-year period.

Explain:

• the need, problem or opportunity the practice or team identified;

• what it did or improved, and why this was distinctive in its context;

• how it delivered high-quality, ethical and patient-centred care consistently across its workforce and, where relevant, its locations;

• how leadership and governance supported sustained service improvement and service quality;

• how it created a strong team culture and supported professional development; and

• how it planned for service sustainability in a way appropriate to its scale and complexity.

Use specific examples. Give the relevant dates and identify the supporting document or documents in section 10 that substantiate the improvements, quality of care, leadership, governance, team development and sustainability described.

Your answer Maximum 600 words or approximately 5 minutes of audio/video.
8.What difference has it made, and how do you know?

Explain what changed because of the work described above, why the change mattered and who benefited.

Include:

• the difference made to patients, the workforce, access to care, care outcomes, service delivery or relevant communities and systems;

• who benefited and why the difference was significant for them;

• how you know - for example, before-and-after information, audit or outcome data, evaluation, documented change or relevant feedback;

• how the results connect to the actions taken by the practice or team; and

• whether the change has lasted, developed or can be sustained.

Support the claimed change with the relevant figures or findings and identify the document or documents in section 10 where these can be verified. Include broader reach only where it is relevant to the practice or team's role and opportunities.

Your answer Maximum 600 words or approximately 5 minutes of audio/video.
9.How has it strengthened the wider workforce, profession or community?

Describe the additional value the practice or team has created beyond the main achievement and its direct patient care.

Relevant examples may include:

• developing the workforce or supporting associates and early-career practitioners;

• working across professions, services or wider systems;

• building regional partnerships or undertaking outreach;

• sharing approaches, resources or learning that others can use; or

• strengthening wider practice or professional resilience.

Give specific examples, explain what additional value this created and identify the supporting document or documents in section 10 that substantiate the activity and its effect.

Your answer Maximum 300 words or approximately 3 minutes of audio/video.
10.Supporting evidence 1(Required.)
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11.Supporting evidence 2
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12.Supporting evidence 3
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Important: Do not include identifiable patient information in any supporting document. Only supporting evidence in any format should be submitted through the file uploads above. To submit your full nomination by audio or video, please email events@iOsteopathy.org.
13.Confirm and submit
Complete each confirmation(Required.)
14.Name of person making these confirmations(Required.)
15.Date of submission(Required.)
Enter:
Final check: Make sure the eligibility confirmation is complete, all required contact details are present, each main question is answered, at least one supporting document is supplied, and all supporting documents are anonymised and clearly named.