The Building Better Healthcare Awards attracted a record number of entries for 2012, with 14 trophies handed out to the winners in six classes, reflecting the very best in healthcare estates design and medical technologies.
Now we are just weeks away from launching the 2013 competition on 1 March 2013, with the judges and organisers currently deciding on the categories that will best reflect the changes currently taking place within the marketplace.
As the public sector is challenged to make financial efficiencies and improve services, the landscape is likely to change over the coming 12 months. However, more so than ever, healthcare providers will be looking for innovative solutions, both in terms of products and premises, that will meet the changing needs of patients and, in particular, take care closer to patients’ homes.
Categories are likely to focus primarily on building design and the patient environment, but will also pay increasing attention to the technologies and products that are playing an ever more important role in the delivery of world-class health services.
The judging panel will draw up clear criteria for each category and entries will need to describe how the nominated projects meet these guidelines.
Next year’s Building Better Healthcare Awards will open for entries on 1 March 2013, when the new categories and the final judging panel will be revealed.
The closing date for nominations will be 1 July 2013, allowing 20 weeks for entrants to put submissions together.
The judges will then begin the tough task of sifting through the entries to find those that best match the criteria and set a benchmark for future healthcare delivery.
We will then announce the winners at a plush ceremony in November.
To make sure you are among the first to know about the launch of the 2013 Building Better Healthcare Awards , sign up to the BBH newsletter, where details of the categories will be given as soon as they are decided. Visit www.hpcimedia.com/Building_Better_Healthcare/newsletter/page1 to ensure your details are on the mailing list.
Following the success of the 2012 exhibition, we will also be offering a limited number of organisations an opportunity to highlight their brand to more than 400 delegates at next year’s event, and there are a small number of sponsorship packages available. To talk about a tailor-made package, contact the editor via email at jom@hpcimedia.com or call 020 7193 8083 or get in touch with sales executives Stephen Fontana at stephenf@hpcimedia.com or call 020 7193 1641 or Ali Badr at alib@hpcimedia.com or call 0207 193 6654.
To receive the full entry information email Colin Bailey-Wood at colinbw@hpcimedia.com.
Good luck for 2013!