Hot on the heels of the new budget, the Building Better Healthcare Awards was held yesterday in London.
The event, in its 26th year, rewards some of the most innovative projects and products in the healthcare sector.
With 21 awards up for grabs, the panel of industry-leading judges looked at four areas – technology, patient experience, estates and facilities management, and building design.
The three "Special Awards" were then given at the end. These looked at the entire spectrum of submissions to determine a Patients’ Choice Award, a Clinicians’ Choice Award, and the Grand Prix Design Award.
Winners ranged from major hospitals, to small, influential community-based facilities; from software and hardware designed to help the sector, to impressive arts projects which are helping to humanise hospital environments.
Seeing the most submissions and best attendance, this year's event was a hotly contested one.
BBH Awards Host Mark Watson kicks things off
Exhibition and conference
The preceding exhibition saw fantastic attendance, and the newly launched talk by NHS England and the P23 network were a huge success.
Networking between such a diversity of healthcare decision-makers was fantastic to see, such as Simon Corben, Director and Head of Profession NHS Estates at NHS England.
A talk being given by ProCure23 Implementation Lead at NHS England, Graham Bell
Below is the full list of this year’s winners and highly commended entries:
TECHNOLOGY CLASS
Best Healthcare Software (process, admin or patient-centred)
Winner:
TriVice, Capri Healthcare and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Highly commended:
SERENITY PANEL, Kingsway
Best Technology Innovation
Winner:
Improving RAAC management at Airedale General Hospital, Esri UK and BIS Consult
Highly commended:
Endoscopy Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, exi Group
PATIENT EXPERIENCE CLASS
Best Interior Design Project (refurbishment or new build)
Winner:
Woodland House, Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Pinnegar Hayward Design
Highly commended:
Child Development Centre, Crawley Hospital, Jefferson Sheard Architects
Best External Environment/Landscaping Project
Winner:
Sycamore at Northgate Park Hospital, Medical Architecture
Highly commended:
Aspen Wood, Learning Disability Low Secure Forensic Inpatient Unit, Gilling Dod Architects
Best Collaborative Arts Project (Static)
Winner:
Clydebank Health and Care Centre, Anderson Bell Christie
Highly commended:
Woodland House, Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Pinnegar Hayward Design
Best Collaborative Arts Project (Performance)
Winner:
Create+, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Highly commended:
CW+: English National Ballet School X Kobler Clinic, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT
ESTATES & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CLASS
Best Carbon Reduction Initiative
Winner:
SageTech Medical and Benenden Hospital
Highly commended:
Fulbourn Resource Centre, Murphy Philipps Associates
Estates & Facilities Team of the Year
Winner:
East London NHS Foundation Trust Estates
Highly commended:
Edenbridge Memorial Health Centre (EMHC), Galliford Try
Best Patient Safety Initiative
Winner:
Improving Air Quality in Mental Health Inpatient Units, AirPurity and ELFT
Highly commended:
Oxevision, EPUT and Oxehealth
BUILDING CLASS
Best Healthcare Development under £25 million
Winner:
Clydebank Health and Care Centre, Anderson Bell Christie
Highly commended:
Wood Green Community Diagnostic Centre, Storm Building and Whittington Health NHS Trust
Best Healthcare Development between £25 million - £75 million
Winner:
Sycamore at Northgate Park Hospital, Medical Architecture
Highly commended:
Highgate East, Ryder Architecture
Best Healthcare Development over £75 million
Winner:
Louisa Martindale Building (3Ts), BDP and McBains
Highly commended:
BAM Healthcare Partnership, GRAHAM
Best Mental Health/Dementia Care Development
Winner:
The Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People, Arcadis
Highly commended:
18 Mole Business Park Community Hub, TP Bennett Design
Best Modular/Mobile Healthcare Facility
Winner:
Fulbourn Resource Centre, Murphy Philipps Associates
Winner:
The Rock Wing, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Scott Tallon Walker Architects
Best Interior Building Product
Winner:
The Vale Window System, Vale Secure
Highly commended:
Forbo Flooring Systems’ Step, CIB Communications
Best Furniture and Fixtures Product
Winner:
2644P, a wall-mounted sequential mechanical basin mixer, Delabie
Highly commended:
SHOWER Door, Kingsway Group
Best Private Healthcare Facility
Winner:
Three Counties Medical School, Glancy Nicholls Architects
Highly commended:
The Rapid Diagnostic Centre, Harley Street, M&O Building Contractors and The London Clinic
Best International Healthcare Facility
Winner:
Rijnstate Elst Hospital, Gortemaker Algra Feenstra Architects
Highly commended:
Montage Health Ohana Center for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, NBBJ
SPECIAL AWARDS
Clinician's Choice
Winner:
Create+, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Patient's Choice
Winner:
East London NHS Foundation Trust Estates
Grand Prix Design
Winner:
Louisa Martindale Building (3Ts), BDP and McBains
Congratulations to all of the winners and we hope to see you next year!