Nurse of the Year Award

Is there a nurse in your team who has done exceptional work in supporting bladder cancer patients, or helping to improve their experience? 

This year, we launched the Nurse of the Year Award, an opportunity for colleagues to nominate an individual nurse whom they think deserves a special mention. They might write the newsletter, run the support group, organise well-being events or have come up with a great idea on how to improve the patient experience for those with bladder cancer. 

We know the great contribution made by specialist nurses to improving both patient care and treatment pathways and we want to hear about people who has gone above and beyond, and what they have done!

The winner of the ABC UK Nurse of the Year 2025 is Kathryn Chatterton, Bladder Cancer Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Cancer Nurse Specialist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust.

Kathryn is recognised as a skilled, innovative and compassionate bladder cancer nurse, whose influence extends nationally and internationally. A cystoscopist for over 16 years, she set up the first nurse-led flexible cystoscopy service in Australia in 2009. In the UK, she now leads the only nurse-led blue light outpatient flexible cystoscopy service, alongside nurse-led NMIBC flexible cystoscopy and intravesical treatment services.

Kathryn is co-chair of the EAUN bladder cancer special interest group, delivering education and training across Europe, including the EAUN annual flexible cystoscopy course. She has developed NMIBC training modules and has contributed to national policy and guidance (e.g. GIRFT).

Congratulations, Kathryn for a well-deserved win!

We will be running the award again in 2026. Nominating your brilliant colleague is simple: complete the simple nomination form and return it to us.

The winner will receive up to £500 value of support to go towards further education - this might be conference fees, travel, books etc (refunded on receipts).

The winner will also receive a £100 shopping voucher to use however they wish - as a thank you and in recognition of their excellent work.  

All nomination forms must be countersigned by line manager or a senior member of the team.