Sep 30, 2025 10:00:00 AM | Employee Recognition 2025 & 2026 Healthcare National Awareness Days & Recognition Dates

Throughout 2025, there are key days, weeks, and months dedicated to generating awareness for important health topics and recognizing professions.

Healthcare awareness days are centered around recognizing your health care staff – making them a great addition to your employee engagement and recognition program strategies.

Whether you’re a healthcare professional, HR employee, employer, or educator, mark these days on your calendar to plan for awareness day activities. If you need help planning awareness day activities, contact us!

*Dates are subject to change. 

2025 Healthcare Awareness Months

October 

Awareness Days: 

• 8: Emergency Nurses Day 
• 15: Medical Assistants Recognition Day 

Awareness Weeks:  

• 6-12: National Nuclear Medicine Week
• 6-12: Healthcare Supply Chain Week   
• 6-12: Emergency Nurses Week  
• 12-18: National Case Management Week
• 10-16: Perinatal Nurse's Week
• 12-18: Sterile Processing Week
• 21-25: Medical Assistant Week
• TBD: International Infection Prevention Week
• 13-19: National Patient Account Management Week
• 13-17: National Healthcare Quality Week
• 23-29: National Massage Therapy Awareness Week 
• 19-25: Pastoral Care Week / Spiritual Care Week
• 20-26: National Pharmacy Week
• 19-25: National Respiratory Care Week 
• October 27 - November 2: National Healthcare Facilities & Engineering Week  

All Month: 

• National Physical Therapy Month 
• National Pharmacy Month 
• Physical Therapy Month 

November 

Awareness Weeks: 

• 1-7: Medical-Surgical Nurses Week 
• 5-11: National Radiologic Technologist Week
• 2-8: National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week
• 9-15: National Nurse Practitioner Week 
• 10-14: Perioperative Nurse Week 

All Month:

• National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

December 

Awareness Days: 

• 5: International Volunteer Day 

Awareness Weeks: 

• 1-7: National Hand Washing Awareness Week

2026 Healthcare Awareness Months

January 

Awareness Days:

• 12: National Pharmacist Day
• 23: Maternal Health Awareness Day

Awareness Weeks:

• 18-24: National Healthy Weight Week
• 18-24: National CRNA Week

All Month:  

• Cervical Health Awareness Month
• National Birth Defects Awareness Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month

February 

Awareness Days: 

• 3: National Women Physicians Day
• 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• 9-15: Cardiovascular Professionals Week

Awareness Weeks: 

• 1-7: National Patient Recognition Week
• 11-17: National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
• February 26 - March 3: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

All Month:  

• American Heart Month
• Black History Month
• National Cancer Prevention Month
• Wise Health Care Consumer Month

March 

Awareness Days: 

• 6: National Dentist’s Day
• 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• 11: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day
• 15: Long COVID Awareness Day
• 16-22: Healthcare HR Week
• 30: Doctors’ Day

Months:

• National Nutrition Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
• Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Long COVID Awareness Month

April 

Awareness Days:  

• 7: World Health Day
• 8: National Healthy Schools Day
• 22: Earth Day

Awareness Weeks: 

• 7-13: National Public Health Week
• 20-26: Medical Lab Professionals Week

All Month:  

• National Minority Health Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month
• Alcohol Awareness Month

May 

Awareness Days: 

• 19: Personal Support Worker Day
• 23: Medical Coder Day

Awareness Weeks: 

• 4-10: National Hospital Week
• 6-12: National Nurses Week
• 18-24: EMS Week

All Month: 

• Women’s Health Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month
• Arthritis Awareness Month

June 

Awareness Days: 

• 19: World Sickle Cell Day
• 27: National HIV Testing Day

All Month:  

• Men’s Health Month
• Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
• Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
• PTSD Awareness Month

July 

Awareness Days:

• 8: International Paramedics Day
• 28: World Hepatitis Day

All Month:  

• Juvenile Arthritis Month
• National Park & Recreation Month
• UV Awareness Month

August

Awareness Days:  

• 23: Health Unit Coordinator Day
• 30: National Grief Awareness Day

Awareness Weeks:  

• 4-10: National Health Center Week

All Month:  

• National Immunization Awareness Month
• National Breastfeeding Month
• Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month

September 

Awareness Days:

• 17: World Patient Safety Day
• 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
• 27: National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

All Month: 

• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
• Blood Cancer Awareness Month

October 

Awareness Days: 

• 15: Medical Assistants Recognition Day
• 15: National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day

Awareness Weeks:  

• 6-12: National Physician Assistant Week
• 6-12: Healthcare Supply Chain Week
• 21-25: National Health Education Week
  

All Month: 

• Health Literacy Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month
• National Bullying Prevention Month

November 

Awareness Weeks: 

• 3-9: National Allied Health Professions Week

All Month:

• National Diabetes Month
• Native American Heritage Month
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

December 

Awareness Days: 

• 1: World AIDS Day

Awareness Weeks: 

• 4-8: National Influenza Vaccination Week