Now in its 27th year, the Building Better Healthcare Awards once again celebrated some of the most innovative projects and products shaping the future of healthcare design, technology, and delivery.
With 22 awards up for grabs this year — including a brand-new category, the Social Value Impact Award judged by NHS England’s P23 team — the competition was fiercer than ever.
Attendees also enjoyed a surprise category award, the CDC of the Year award. The influx of these projects this year has been a truly defining feature of the healthcare estate in 2025.
For the main categories, a panel of industry-leading judges reviewed projects across four key areas: Technology, Patient Experience, Estates and Facilities, and Building, before concluding with the Special Awards, which honoured the standout achievements across all entries.
From cutting-edge digital health deployments to patient-centred design and sustainable estate management, this year’s winners demonstrated an inspiring commitment to innovation, social value, and clinical excellence.
Exhibition and conference
The preceding exhibition saw fantastic attendance, and the panel discussion hosted by NHS England and the P23 network was a huge success.
Networking between such a diversity of healthcare decision-makers was fantastic to see.
TECHNOLOGY CLASS
Best Health Tech Deployment
Gold: Hippo Recaller - Proactive Care Automation, Hippo Labs
Best Facilities Software
Gold: MyCareTV Advanced, Airwave Europe
PATIENT ENVIRONMENT CLASS
Best Interior Design Project (Refurbishment)
Gold: Aberfeldy Wellness Centre, Sonnemann Toon Architects
Silver: Harley Street Women’s Health Centre, Sonnemann Toon Architects
Bronze: Ealing Community Diagnostics Centre, Murphy Philipps Architecture
Best Interior Design Project (New Build)
Gold: Berrywood Hospital, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Fleet Architects
Silver: Silverwood Inpatient Mental Health Facility, Arcadis
Best External Environment/Landscaping Project
Gold: North View, Gilling Dod Architects
Silver: Parkhead Hub, Aecom
Bronze: Green Fund, Community Health Partnerships
Best Collaborative Arts Project (Static)
Gold: CW+ Arts Project Intensive Care Unit West Middlesex Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT
Silver: Breathing in the Garden, Art in Site
Bronze: Silver Lining for North View, Lucentia Design by Stella Corrall
Best Collaborative Arts Project (Performance)
Gold: Amplify, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust
Silver: CW+ Pluck Hospital Theatre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT
ESTATES & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CLASS
Best Carbon Reduction Initiative
Gold: Parkview Clinic, exi Group
Silver: AI Innovation, SHJ Medical Gas Specialist
Estates & Facilities Team of the Year
Gold: GMMH Capital, Estates and Facilities Team
Silver: Mitie & UCLH, MITIE Group
Best Patient Safety Initiative
Gold: AVC Air Cleaners, Midtherm UV Ltd
Silver: Hygienic Waste, Delabie
BUILDING CLASS
Best Healthcare Development under £25 million
Gold: Norfolk Diagnostic Centres, LSI Architects
Silver: Berrywood Hospital, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Fleet Architects
Bronze: Ealing Community Diagnostics Centre, Murphy Philipps Architecture
Best Healthcare Development between £25 million – £75 million
Gold: Worthing Integrated Care Centre, ArchitecturePLB
Silver: Parkhead Hub, Aecom
Bronze: St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub, McLaren Construction (nominated by FTI Consulting)
Best Healthcare Development over £75 million
Joint Gold Winners:
Midland Met, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust and HKS Architects
The Harborne Hospital, HOK International
Best Mental Health/Dementia Care Development
Gold: Berrywood Hospital, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Fleet Architects
Silver: Hellesdon Rivers Centre, Murphy Philipps Architecture
Bronze: North View, Gilling Dod Architects
Best Modular/Mobile Healthcare Facility
Gold: Milford Hospital CDC, P+HS Architects
Silver: CTM UHB, Vanguard Healthcare Solutions
Bronze: NCIC Endoscopy Unit, Actiform
Best Interior Building Product
Gold: COMTRAXX® CP9, Bender UK (nominated by EC-PR)
Silver: Humber Zero - Polar NE, Harvey & Hugo
Best Furniture and Fixtures Product
Gold: Co-Produced Washroom Collaboration, Kingsway Group
Silver: MPO Nursing & Storage Trolleys, Zarges Medical
Best Private Healthcare Facility
Gold: Harley Street Women’s Health Centre, Sonnemann Toon Architects
Silver: Bupa Campus, Bupa
Best International Healthcare Facility
Gold: Tampere Psychiatric Clinic, CF Møller (Germany)
Silver: Kantonsspital Baden, Nickl and Partner Architekten
Bronze: Helmsley Cancer Centre, Farrow Partners
SPECIAL AWARDS
CDC of the Year
Gold: Lincolnshire Community Diagnostic Centres: Lincoln and Skegness, MTX Contracts
Silver: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Community Diagnostic Centre, NBBJ
Bronze: Scunthorpe Community Diagnostic Centre, Helix CMS
Social Value Impact Award (Judged by NHS England’s P23 team)
Gold: AGH Solutions: RAAC Management Programme
Silver: Amplify, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust
Bronze: Knowl Park House, Tilbury Douglas
Clinician’s Choice
Gold: North View, Gilling Dod Architects
Patient’s Choice
Gold: Parkhead Hub, Aecom
Grand Prix Design
Gold: Worthing Integrated Care Centre, ArchitecturePLB
Congratulations to all of the winners and we hope to see you next year!