More than 500 people packed The Brewery in central London yesterday to find out who would be named the winners of The Building Better Healthcare Awards 2014.
The event began with a champagne reception and exhibition, before a four-course meal. Celebrity guest, Gyles Brandreth, then hosted the ceremony, presented awards to the lucky winners.
In total, 27 trophies were presented across the five main categories - Estates and Facilities Management, Building Design, People, Products, and Patient Experience. There were also three Special Awards - Patient's Choice, Clinician's Choice, and Innovation in ProCure21+, and a number of highly commended certificates were handed out.
The winners in each of the categories are named below. Click on the headings to read full details of the entries in each class.
Building Design Class
Award for Best Acute Hospital Development
Winner:
David Morley Architects for the Kent Institute of Medicine & Surgery
Highly commended:
Paul Murphy Architects for Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital new private patients facility and radiotherapy unit
The Manser Practice for the Barnsley Hospital clinical decisions unit
Award for Best Primary Care Development
Winners:
New Build: Penoyre and Prasad for the Sir Ludwig Guttmann Health & Wellbeing Centre
Refurbishment: Barbara Weiss Architects for Wokingham Medical Centre
Award for Best Mental Health Development
Winners:
Gilling Dod Architects for Junction 17, Tier 4 CAMHS Unit at Prestwich
Duggan Morris Architects for The ORTUS
Highly commended:
RPP Architects and Richard Murphy for Old See House community mental health facility
Award for Best End-of-life Development
Winner:
IBI Group for Kirkwood Hospice, Huddersfield
Highly commended:
Graham Construction, Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Architects for St Columba’s Hospice
P+HS Architects for St Benedicts Hospice
Award for Best Supported Living Development
Winner:
Keiro and P+HS Architects for The Gateway
Highly commended:
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Medical Architecture for the Oakwood adult autism unit
Grand Prix Design Award
Winners:
NBBJ and Bettisworth North for the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center, Alaska
Duggan Morris Architects for The ORTUS
Award for Best Design Concept
Winner:
Archial Norr for North Ayrshire Community Hospital
Highly commended:
BDP for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
NBBJ for the Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Award for Best International Design
Winner:
NBBJ for the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center, Alaska
Highly commended:
Open Building Research for Children’s Hospital ‘Pietro Barilla’
EGM Architecten for A15 Pharmacy, The Netherlands
Estates and Facilities Management Class
Award for Innovative Carbon Reduction Initiative
Winner:
Virtus Consult for Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust energy sustainability project
Highly commended:
South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust reducing carbon emissions using photovoltaics
Barts Health NHS Trust for Operation TLC
Award for Best Evidence-Based Compliance with Estates and Facilities-related CQC Standards
Winner:
C365Cloud and East Cheshire NHS Trust
Highly commended:
Barts Health NHS Trust
Award for the Most-Innovative Cost-Saving Ideas in Estates and Facilities Services
Winner:
ADSM and Barts Health NHS Trust for the largest water-saving project in the NHS
Highly commended:
Solent NHS Trust for Portsmouth Community Care estates programme
South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust Facilities & Estates Shared Services
Patient Experience Class
Best External Environment
Winner:
Rowcroft Hospice for the Rowcroft inpatient garden
Highly commended:
South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for Cherry Tree Garden, Thurrock Community Hospital
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for Beaconsfield East Ward sensory garden
Best Internal Environment
Winner:
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Artinsite, Beaconsfield East Ward
Highly commended:
Kier Group for the Teenage Cancer Trust, Southampton General Hospital
Award for Best Collaborative Arts Project
Winner:LIME Arts for the Starship X-ray department at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Highly commended:
The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne for ‘A Creative Approach to Hand Hygiene’
Building and Technical Product Class
Best Product for Improving Working Practices
Winner:
TeleTracking Technologies
Highly commended:
NHS Supply Chain for eDC Gold – a key solution for NHS customers
Unify - Birmingham Children’s Hospital improves clinical decision-making for paediatric intensive care
Best Product for Financial Efficiencies
Winner:
Betts Environmental provides storage and recycling services for used X-ray film
Highly commended:
Keiro and P+HS Architects for The Gateway
Buro Happold – Intelligent use of space using an evidence-based approach
Best Product for Enhancing Infection Prevention
Winner:
Multishower GB for Medi-Shower
Highly commended:
Brandon Medical - Quasar eLite operating lights
Best Product for Improving Sustainability and/or Reducing Energy
Winner:
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust – Heat recovery and condensate return system
Highly commended:
Philips Electronics for lighting transformation project at the Royal United Hospital Bath
Best Product for Improving Privacy and Dignity
Winner:
Britplas – Safevent Security Fencing with mesh art
Highly commended:
KwickScreen – KwickScreen B15
Best Product for Improving the Patient Experience
Winners:
Safehinge for Symphony - the ultimate door safety system for mental health
Teal Furniture – The Buddy day bed/attendance chair
Best Product for Improving Patient Outcomes
Winner:
EMIS Group – Digital Healthcare for OptoMize Advanced Ophthalmology
Highly commended:
The Health and Social Care Institute at Teesside University for the Pain Garden
People Class
The Working Together Award
Winner:
Senator Group and North Bristol NHS Trust for the Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital
Highly commended:
Keiro, P+HS Architects and Erimus Housing for The Gateway
IHP and Lister Macmillan
Client of the Year Award
Winner:
Keiro (nominated by P+HS Architects)
Highly commended:
Vodafone capital projects team (nominated by Aecom)
Kerri Instance - Trust project manager at St Ann's Hospital, Poole (nominated by IHP)
Special Awards
Clinician's Choice Award
Winner:
Sonnemann Toon Architects for the European Scanning Centre
Patient’s Choice Award
Winner:
LIME Arts for the Starship X-ray department at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Highly commended:
RHP for St Wilfrid’s Hospice – breaking down barriers
Innovations in Procure21+
Winner:
P+HS Architects & partners for estates improvements at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Highly commended:
IHP for Bridgwater Community Hospital
Rowcroft Hospice won the Best External Environment Award for the Rowcroft inpatient garden