The General Practice Awards are an annual celebration recognising those working in primary care and general practice in the UK.

The 2025 awards ceremony was held in London on Friday, 5 December and was attended by finalists from eight GP practices and primary care networks (PCNs) from the region.

The Sefton Mobile Cervical Screening Partnership, consisting of South Sefton PCN, Southport and Formby PCN, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and NHS England North West, received the Clinical Improvement Award for Public Health and Prevention.

This innovative pilot used Cheshire and Wirral Partnership’s Living Well Bus to bring cervical screening directly into community settings, removing access barriers and improving uptake among people who were overdue or had never been screened. 

Across 33 sessions, 321 people attended, with 249 being successfully screened – 35% of whom were overdue and over 10% being first-timers.

The model has already been replicated across five Places in Cheshire and Merseyside and has been shared nationally as best practice, demonstrating its sustainability and impact on reducing inequalities and preventing avoidable deaths from cervical cancer.