Winners of the 2025 Hospital Broadcasting Association awards revealed

Hospital radio stations across the UK have been celebrated in the annual Hospital Broadcasting Awards, which for 2025 were held in Hinckley.

The winners for 2025 are:

Station of the Year, sponsored by PPL

• Gold = Radio Tyneside
• Silver = Radio Clatterbridge
• Bronze = Radio BGM

Best Station Promotion, sponsored by Smile Publications

• Gold = Radio Glamorgan, Weekend Register
• Silver = Radio Wey, Help Me I'm in a Cupboard!
• Bronze = Winchester Radio, Winchester Now

Best Special Event

• Gold = Radio BGM, BGM 50th Anniversary
• Silver = Winchester Radio, Dementia Action Week
• Bronze = Durham Hospitals Radio, A Cut Above the Rest

Best Speech Package

• Gold = Durham Hospitals Radio, A DAM Good Job
• Silver = Radio Glamorgan, Just a little Prick
• Bronze = Radio Redhill, Spring Farm Alpacas

Best Specialist Music Programme, sponsored by PPL

• Gold = Radio BGM, BGM Meets Caroline
• Silver = HWD Hospital Radio, Classic Rock Show
• Bronze = CareSound Radio, Whytes, Camera and Action

Best Programme with Multiple Presenters, sponsored by PPL

• Gold = Durham Hospitals Radio, Sugar and Spice Show
• Silver = CareSound Radio, St Johnstone Football Commentary
• Bronze = HRB, The at the Weekend Show

Female Presenter of the Year

• Gold = Sam Jenkins, Hospital Radio Chelmsford
• Silver = Eileen Thompson, Durham Hospitals Radio
• Bronze = Ellie Jackson, Harrogate Hospital Radio

Male Presenter of the Year

• Gold = Andy Holmes, Hospital Radio Chelmsford
• Silver = Scott Rawlings, Hospital Radio Basingstoke
• Bronze = Geoff Webb, Torbay Hospital Radio

Best Newcomer, sponsored by Broadcast Radio

• Gold = Lewis Fagg, Radio Glamorgan
• Silver = Rebecca Owen, HWD Hospital Radio
• Bronze = Shirley Moore, Hospital Radio Medway

HBA Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by TM Studios International

• Mike Eveleigh – Radio Clatterbridge

Recognising Innovation across Hospital Radio

• Georgie Williams – CareSound Radio

The Unsung Hero Award

• Spence Canniffe – The Hospital Broadcasting Service

Congratulations to everyone who entered.