Award categories
BuildingDesign | Estates and Facilities Management | Patient Environment | People | Product |
Building Design Category
Best Mental Health Design Award
An outstanding project for mental healthcare that creates a positive, supportive and therapeutic environment for patients, visitors and staff.
Best Acute Care Design Award
An outstanding acute hospital scheme that helps to transform clinical services and places the patient experience and staff support at the heart of the project.
Best Community Care Design Award
A primary, community or social care building that realises policy ambitions to bring healthcare close to patients’ homes.
Estates & Facilities Management Category
Best Response to DH Policy Award
A facilities management healthcare service provider that has demonstrated innovation and high achievement in responding to new/current DH policy such as privacy and dignity, improved communication, infection control or the patient experience.
Best Use of Innovative Funding Award
A facilities management healthcare service provider that has demonstrated the use of innovative funding methods to deliver policy or service improvements.
Best Efficiency Savings Award
A healthcare/service provider that can demonstrate a project or development that has had a measurable effect on carbon emissions and/or overall sustainability or has helped to save money through improvements to care pathways or patient outcomes.
Patient Environment Category
Best Interior Design Award
An outstanding therapeutic space that enhances the overall experience of patients, staff and visitors through an innovative approach to interior design.
Best Landscape/External Space Award
An outstanding space that enhances the overall experience of patients, staff and visitors through the design of the landscape, urbanscape or streetscape.
Best Use of Visual Art in Healthcare Award
An outstanding, innovative and effective visual arts programme that engages with staff, patients and visitors to create a positive place for work and recuperation.
People Category
Best Project Team Award
The team which has responded to the challenge of a project’s brief not just on time and within budget but has demonstrated an exciting and innovative approach; engaging staff, patients and the wider community.
Healthcare Design Champion of the Year Award
An individual who has developed and committed their organisation to a clear vision to improve the built environment by promoting the benefits of good design and supporting, challenging and inspiring colleagues to be excellent clients.
Outstanding Achievement Award for Services to the Healthcare Environment
An individual who has contributed to major improvements in the quality and design of the healthcare environment and/or service delivery. NO ENTRY FEE.
Product Category
Best Interior Product Award
A healthcare interiors or architectural product that has improved the internal therapeutic environment, enhanced safety for patients and staff or made a positive contribution to service delivery. Includes furniture. Can be aimed at the primary, community or acute care market.
Best Building Product in Healthcare Award
A heavy or light construction or architectural product for exteriors and interiors that has made a sustainable improvement to the therapeutic environment, enhanced safety for patients, or made a positive contribution to service delivery. Includes major fixtures and fittings.
Best Product to Improve Patient Pathway Award
A product which meets a clearly-defined need and has been proven to make an impact on the patient care pathway.