UK MUM Awards 2025
Giving families an opportunity to say thank you to their maternity and neonatal teams.
Baby Lifeline is thrilled to present the UK MUM (Maternity Unit Marvels) Awards 2025.
Every day, healthcare teams give their all to help bring babies into the world safely and give mums the best care possible. The UK MUM Awards is an opportunity to showcase stories of exceptional maternity and neonatal care in the UK.
Nominations are now closed:
For families:
Celebrating Exceptional Care for Families
Across the UK, healthcare teams have provided outstanding support to families during pregnancy, birth, and beyond. The UK MUM Awards 2025 honours these incredible professionals and the difference they’ve made.
Read about our 2023 regional award winners here.
For healthcare professionals:
Recognising Outstanding Workforce Achievements
Teams across the UK are making a huge difference by investing in their maternity and neonatal staff – improving safety, wellbeing, and care for families.
Read about our 2023 Workforce Investment Award winner here.
Our judging panel
Donna Ockenden
Chair of the Independent Reviews into Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Honorary President, Baby Lifeline.
Dr Nick Tait
Part-time Principal GP. Chief Medical Officer for West Bromwich Albion FC.
Baby Lifeline Multi-Professional Advisory Panel Member.
Suzanne White
Partner and Head of Medical Negligence, Leigh Day.
Lisa Jordan
Managing Partner of the national medical negligence team at Irwin Mitchell
Duncan Burton
Chief Nursing Officer and National Director, NHS England.
Karen Jewell
Chief Midwifery Officer for NHS Wales.
Dr Christopher Dewhurst
Consultant Neonatologist and the Deputy Chief Medical Director, Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Baby Lifeline Multi-Professional Advisory Panel Member.
Dr Ranee Thakar
President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Keith Bromwich
Senior Lecturer Paramedic Science, Clinical Skills and Simulation, Buckinghamshire New University.
Baby Lifeline Training Course Director.
Professor Donald Peebles
National Clinical Director for Maternity, NHS England.
Kate Brintworth
Chief Midwifery Officer for NHS England.
Mara Tonks
Director of Midwifery at Kettering General Hospital, part of University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.