Awards' category criteria and judging process

Category criteria

Our judges will assess the nominations based on these 3 following criteria:

  • Impact
  • Leadership
  • Innovation

Judges will award up to 100 marks on three set criteria - with up to 40 marks for Impact , up to 30 marks for Leadership and up to 30 marks for Innovation .

All parts of the submission must refer to specific developments during the past 12 months (except for the ‘ Lifetime contribution to cardiovascular care ’ category) and the content must be relevant to the chosen category. The word limit is 1000 per question.


Judging process
Nominations close
Judging day
Shortlist announcement*
Winners’ announcement – Awards night

*Table bookings for the Awards night open shortly after the shortlist announcement