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CAA Awards for Excellence

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The Awards for Excellence have been run by the Council of Ambulance Authorities for more than 16 years with the aim to recognise the hard and innovative work of member ambulance services from Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The awards are designed to encourage innovation and to enable services to share their work and learn from each other. The awards are independently judged by a panel of industry-respected judges from across the globe.

Winners were revealed at the 2025 Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner held on August 20th at the prestigious Adelaide Oval.  

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2026 Awards for Excellence

The Awards for Excellence have been run by the Council of Ambulance Authorities for more than 16 years with the aim to recognise the hard and innovative work of member ambulance services from Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

Entries for the 2026 CAA Awards for Excellence are now open. We encourage you to consider submitting projects and programs currently underway within your organisation. 

Awards Timeline

  • 29 January 2026 – Awards nominations and platform open
  • 14 April 2026 – Awards nominations and platform close
  • 1 May 2026 – Judging commences
  • 16 June 2026 – Finalists announced
  • 13 August 2026 – Winners announced at the CAA Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner, held during the CAA Congress in Canberra

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*Please note that applications are only accepted by CAA Member Services.

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2025 Awards for Excellence Finalists Announced

 

2025 Award Sponsors

 Excellence in Technology

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Recognising innovation or capability in the fields of equipment, communications & information systems.

2025 Finalists:

Hato Hone St John - Sovereign AI and Automated auditing: The future of clinical auditing

The National St John Ambulance Service Papua New Guinea - PNG Snakebite Partnership

WINNER: St John WA - Implementation of a Dedicated Prehospital Clinical Incident Management System

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 Excellence in Clinical Practice

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Recognising innovation or capability in the fields of skills mix, pharmacology, and clinical intervention as they relate to patient treatments and outcomes.

2025 Finalists:

WINNER: Ambulance Victoria - The Safe Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in the Community (STAY) 

NSW Ambulance - PRECARE

St John WA - Extended Care Paramedics Pilot

 

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 Excellence in Staff Development

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Recognising education improvement or innovation in the fields of; Programme design, delivery, assessment, and accreditation; professional development, skills maintenance, practice standards, including community education; and research and/or innovation supporting evidence-based practice.

2025 Finalists

Ambulance Victoria - Enhancing Resuscitation quality through data-driven feedback

Hato Hone St John - Ambulance response to active armed offender: SOP and CCE

WINNER: St John WA - Deliver Sector-Recognised Family and Domestic Violence Informed Education to Emergency Responders Across All of WA

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 Excellence in Patient Care

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Recognising patient experience, improvement, or innovation, including how a service has assisted a specific patient or cohort.

2025 Finalists:

Ambulance Tasmania - Ambulance Tasmania Palliative Care Project (Enhancing Paramedic Palliative Care Initiative)

WINNER: Ambulance Victoria - Paramedics Exposure Analysis (PEA)

SA Ambulance Service - Patient Transport Service

 

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 Excellence in Leadership

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Recognising management practice and operational improvement and innovation in Management culture, open communication, accountability, management development, professional standards, and diversity of the workforce. This includes how a service has paved the way in leadership for future generations.

2025 Finalists:

Ambulance Victoria - Creating a Communication Accessible Service - AV's Disability Inclusion Program  

WINNER: SA Ambulance Service - Volunteer Insights Survey

St John WA - Support for Perimenopause and Menopause in the Workplace

 

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 Excellence in Mental Health & Wellbeing

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First introduced in 2021, this category recognises innovation and excellence that a service has provided both staff and patients on improvements in mental health and wellbeing, including programmes, training and support.

2025 Finalists:

Ambulance Victoria - Suicide Intervention Response & Engagement Network (SIREN)

WINNER: The National St John Ambulance Service Papua New Guinea - 2030 Staff Health Strategy

St John WA - Injury Management Support – Early Intervention Physiotherapy Program

 

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 Star Award

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WINNER: The National St John Ambulance Service Papua New Guinea - 2030 Staff Health Strategy

Chosen from amongst each of the six Category winners, the Star Award is the ultimate recognition of excellence in the Ambulance Sector. A Star Award winner is recognised as doing some uniquely innovative in the Ambulance sector, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes.

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CAA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE JUDGES

Meet your 2025 CAA Awards for Excellence Judges  

 

Associate Professor Belinda Flanagan (PhD) 

Belinda is the Head of School at the University of Tasmania, leading the first School of Paramedicine in an Australian university. She has worked as a Paramedic & Registered Nurse/Midwife for 25 years. Belinda collaborates with ambulance services in guideline development, education, research and clinical governance.

Neil Kirby

Neil is currently an Industry Ambassador for Corvanta, and a former Chief Executive for Ambulance Tasmania.

Freddy Lippert MD

Associate professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Chair of the European Emergency Medical Services and CEO of Copenhagen EMS.

Professor Vivienne Tippett

Director of Research for Queensland University of Technology's School of Clinical Science

 

Tony Walker

Former Chief Executive of Ambulance Victoria, currently an Adjunct Professor and the Vice Chancellor's Strategic Fellow for Victoria University, Adjunct Professor of Paramedicine at Monash University and Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne. 

 

Tony Ahern

Retired CEO and current board member of St John WA. Current board member of WA Primary Health Alliance.

 

Jennie Helmer

Chief Operations Officer at the British Columbia Emergency Health Services

Jason Killens

Chair - The Association of the Ambulance Chief Eives

 

2025 CAA Awards for Excellence Booklet