2022 The World Union of Wound Healing Societies Lifetime Achievement Award

2018 Education Award for Excellence in Wound care and International Society of Paediatric Woundcare (ISPeW) honorary board member

2018 The Arias Medical Foundation and The Scientific Institute of Higher Education, Mexico Award for Excellence

2015 Nursing Times finalist, category The Prince of Wales Award for Integrated Approaches to Care

2015 Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to nursing 

2015 Journal of Wound Care Patient Wellbeing Award, Second Place: Dominic Upton, Penney Upton and the Leg Club Foundation

2012 British Journal of Nursing Clinical Practice Awards, Highly Commended, category Innovation

2011 British Journal of Nursing Lifetime Achievement Award

2011British Journal of Nursing Clinical Practice Awards, Highly Commended, category Innovation

2011 Health Investors Award finalist, category Third Sector

2010 Wounds UK Award Highly Commended, category Innovation in Exudate Management

2009 Wounds UK Award Highly Commended, category Innovation in Patient Care

2009 Health Investors Award finalist, category Third Sector

2008 Health Investors Award finalist, category Third Sector

2007 British Journal of Nursing Clinical Practice Awards 2nd runner-up (highly commended),category Wound Care

2007 British Journal of Nursing Clinical Practice Awards Winner, category Health Promotion

2007 Wounds UK Award Winner, category Innovation in Patient Care.

2006 British Journal of Nursing Clinical Practice Awards 2nd runner-up (highly commended), Clinical and Support Nursing Award

2003 Nursing Standard Nurse 2003 Awards Winner, Wound Care Category

2003 British Journal of Nursing Clinical Practice Awards 2nd runner-up (highly commended), Compression Therapy Category

2001 British Journal of Nursing Clinical Practice Awards Winner, Compression Therapy Category

2000 Professional Nurse 'Nurse of the Year' Finalist, Wound Care Category

1998 European Wound Care Conference on Advances in Wound Management, Harrogate, UK Winning poster presentation. Commended for work that "encapsulates the true meaning of the theme of the conference - Patient-centred wound care"