ÐÓ°ÉPro Gopi Menon Awards
Celebrating excellence, making a difference
Excellence and contribution to patient and family care deserves recognition!
Nominations for the 2026 ÐÓ°ÉPro Gopi Menon Awards are open, and we want to hear about the people and teams making a difference this year.
From 2020 these awards have been renamed the ÐÓ°ÉPro Gopi Menon Awards after ÐÓ°ÉPro's former President. Gopi was a strong believer in both quality improvement and celebrating the achievements of the whole perinatal team. He was integral to the development of these awards before his death in 2019.
Deadline: 7 June 2026.
Categories and Judging Criteria
The ÐÓ°ÉPro awards recognise outstanding contributions in perinatal care. We want to hear about teams and individuals that have gone above and beyond in big and small ways. We want to recognise the people that stand out from the crowd because they go out of their way to make things better for their patients and colleagues.
Awards Categories
- Best National /Regional Project
- Best Local Project
- Outstanding Team
- Outstanding Individual
- Outstanding contribution to ÐÓ°ÉPro
Entries that cover the following topics are welcome but applications covering any work relating to perinatal care will be accepted.
- Quality Improvement
- Family Integrated Care
- Equality and Diversity
- Multidisciplinary Team Working
- Improving wellbeing for colleagues and / or families
Winners Announced: ÐÓ°ÉPro Annual Conference
The Rules
1. Entries should cover work that has taken place in the 12 months before the submission deadline.
2. ÐÓ°ÉPro welcomes entries and nominations from all members of the multi-disciplinary team across the different perinatal-related professions.
3. To enter for an award, you should complete the awards entry form via the link above by the deadline. Entries submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
4. We will send all correspondence about the awards to the lead applicant.
5. ÐÓ°ÉPro staff or current Executive Committee members are not eligible to be nominated for individual awards.
6. To recognise and share excellent practice, shortlisted initiatives may be published on the ÐÓ°ÉPro website, in ÐÓ°ÉPro publications and shared on social media.
7. The Awards ceremony: All shortlisted applicants or teams will be invited to attend the annual ÐÓ°ÉPro awards ceremony and will also receive a certificate recognising their achievement. Where this ceremony is part of a ÐÓ°ÉPro event, applicants will need to pay for a conference ticket to attend.
8. The selection process will be undertaken by a panel of judges taken from the ÐÓ°ÉPro membership. Each entry will be assessed against the criteria for that award.
9. The judging panel will agree a shortlist of four entries for each category. If a category does not receive four entries that meet the criteria then a fewer number of entries may be shortlisted.
10. The judges reserve the right to swap an award to a different category if they feel it is more suitable for another category.
11. Shortlisted entries will be invited to submit a 60 second video that will be shared in advance of the awards ceremony to showcase the work of the team or individual nominated.
12. The judging panel will decide on an overall winner for each category. The judges will make a decision based on the contents of the application form, they will not see the videos before the awards ceremony. The Judging panel’s decision is final.
13. All winning entries will receive a certificate and be featured on the ÐÓ°ÉPro website and in subsequent publicity.
14. Nominations and awards for the category 'Outstanding contribution to ÐÓ°ÉPro' will be decided by the ÐÓ°ÉPro Executive Committee and Office Team.