This award recognises professionals who have demonstrated excellence in Heart Failure Care.

It is presented to Nurses and/or Allied Health Care Professionals who are able to demonstrate the pillars of Leadership/Innovation/Transformational & Visionary attributes.

Winner - 2024 - Carys Barton

Winner - 2022 - Yvonne Millerick

Winner - 2021 - Jayne Masters

A BSH award created in 2009 as a tribute to Professor Philip Poole-Wilson, the Founding Chairman of BSH, in recognition of his enormous input to the society and to the field of heart failure in general.

Medal awarded to:

2025 - Professor Theresa McDonagh

2023 - Professor John McMurray

2021 - Milton Packer

2019 – Dr Jayan Parameshwar

2017 – Professor Karl Swedberg

2015 – Professor Marc Pfeffer (photograph above)

2013 – Professor Sian Harding

2011 – Professor Sir John Burn

2009 – Professor Henry Dargie