Now in its 28th 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.
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.
With 25 awards up for grabs this year, including a few new Building Class categories, the competition was fiercer than ever.
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 pre-lunch exhibition drew strong attendance, with the adjoining room hosting multiple conference sessions, including a talk by NHS England and a panel discussion by Women in Healthcare Built Environment (WIHBE).
Both were hugely appreciated by attendees and raised some great discussion topics for the UK healthcare sector.
Between the exhibition and conference, there was a huge variety of healthcare decision-makers in the room, it was great to see these peers from all corners of the industry collaborating.
The winners
INNOVATION CLASS
Best Health Technology
Gold: Proximie, AI-powered surgical intelligence: How Proximie is helping the NHS treat more patients with what it already has
Silver: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in Partnership and SANOME, MEMORI
Bronze: St George's & Epsom & St Helier's NHS FT, Ask Aunty Programme and Digital Mobile app
Best Interior Building Product
Gold: Forbo Flooring Systems, Sphera Elite b+: a new sustainable homogeneous vinyl flooring
Silver: DELABIE DVS, 2921LEP SECURITHERM PRESSURE-BALANCING MIXER
Bronze: DELABIE DVS, INFORM Level
Best Furniture and Fixtures Product
Gold: Creative Activity, Specialist Seating Large Rocker
Silver: Hospital Visitor Beds, HOSPITAL VISITOR BEDS DESIGNED FOR THE LONG HAUL
PATIENT ENVIRONMENT CLASS
Best Interior Design Project (New Build)
Gold: Corstorphine + Wright, The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
Silver: The Manser Practice, Bradford Endoscopy Unit
Bronze: The Manser Practice, Wembley Park Medical Centre
Best Interior Design Project (Refurbishment)
Gold: Storm Building, Heather Close Community Mental Health Centre
Silver: exi Group, MediCinema at Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Bronze: Gilling Dod Architects, Seren Lodge - Mental Health Mother & Baby Unit
Best External Environment/Landscaping Project
Gold: JOINT WIN: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and BMJ Architects & BlueLight Management, King’s Critical Care Roof Garden - submitted in memory of Nigel Dunnett
Silver: Austin Smith Lord, Ayrshire Hospice
Bronze: Fira Landscape Architects, The National Rehabilitation Centre
Best Collaborative Arts Project (Static)
Gold: Hospital Rooms and North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Sunflowers Court, Goodmayes Hospital
Silver: Holmes Miller, Bishopton and Dargavel Healthcare Hub (Bolerno Centre) - External Artwork
Best Collaborative Arts Project (Performance)
Gold: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT, CW+ GreenUP Programme
Silver: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, What 'SUP?'
ESTATES & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CLASS
Best Carbon Reduction Initiative
Gold: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, e-bikes
Silver: exi Group, Fabric First Decarbonisation at Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Bronze: ZLC Energy & Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) NHS Foundation Trust, Whole‑Estate Solar‑Plus‑Storage Decarbonisation Programme
Estates & Facilities Team of the Year
Gold: Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Sustainability Team at University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG)
Silver: Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Capital Estates Team
Best Patient Safety Initiative
Gold: Bender UK at Northampton General Hospital, Protecting patient safety through critical power resilience
Silver: JLA, HealthSmart Infection Control Summit Initiative 2026 - Supporting NHS Teams with best-practice laundry and IPC
BUILDING CLASS
Best Healthcare Development under £25 million
Gold: Morris + Company, Harold Moody Health Centre
Silver: JDDK Architects, Martin House Children's Hospice
Bronze: P+HS Architects, UTC Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary
Best Healthcare Development between £25 million – £75 million
Gold: Integrated Health Projects, Scarborough Hospital Urgent Emergency Care Centre
Silver: Willmott Dixon, Chiswick Health Centre & Residential Development
Bronze: Gilling Dod Architects, Eastbourne Elective Care
Best Healthcare Development over £75 million
Gold: AHR Architects, The Countess of Chester Women and Children's Building
Silver: Integrated Health Projects, The BEACH Building (Births, Emergency, Critical Care & Children's Health) at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Bronze: HLM Architects, Prince Charles Hospital
Best Mental Health/Dementia Care Development
Gold: Medical Architecture, Seastone CAMHS High Intensity Environment
Silver: Gilling Dod Architects, Seren Lodge - Mental Health Mother & Baby Unit
Bronze: Grainge Architects and Kier Construction for Devon Partnership NHS Trust, The Brook
Best Modular/Mobile Healthcare Facility
Gold: Murphy Philipps Architecture, Bracknell Forest Centre for Health
Silver: Bluesky Architects & Premier Modular, Community 1st Cornwall Isles of Scilly Hospital
Bronze: DSSR Consulting Engineers, Dame Clare Marx Building, Colchester Hospital
Best Private Healthcare Facility
Gold: Sonnemann Toon Architects, 76 New Cavendish Street
Silver: BUPA, Lexham Gardens at Cromwell Hospital
Bronze: WT Granite Opco Ltd and North Bay Developments, St Mary’s Adel Square Care Home Leeds
Best International Healthcare Facility
Gold: Gortemaker Algra Feenstra, General Hospital Diest
Silver: HOK International Ltd & Reddy Architecture + Urbanism, Bon Secours Hospital Limerick, Ireland
Bronze: Gortemaker Algra Feenstra, Service and Expertise Centre, 't Spant – Ipse de Bruggen
Best Healthcare Facility Delivery
Gold: Speller Metcalfe, Medical Architecture and Architype, Wye Valley NHS Community Diagnostic and Treatment Centre
Silver: Tilbury Douglas, Stepping Hill EUCC
Bronze: Thornwood Design & Build, IPU Refurbishment for Saint Francis Hospice
Contractor Impact Award
Gold: Kier Construction, Oak & Cedar Wings, Luton & Dunstable Hospital
Silver: John Sisk and Son, Lewisham Surgical Centre
Bronze: BAM Construction, Manchester and Trafford Community Diagnostic Centre (MTCDC) at Withington Community Hospital
CDC of the Year
Gold: Aecom, Corby Community Diagnostic Centre
Silver: VINCI Building Ltd, HULL COMMUNITY DIAGNOSTICS CENTRE
Bronze: Kier Construction, Tees Valley Community Diagnostic Centre, Stockton
SPECIAL AWARDS
Social Value Impact Award (Judged by NHS England’s P23 team)
Gold: JOINT WIN: Corstorphine + Wright & Curtins, The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
Clinician’s Choice
Gold: Ansell and Bailey Ltd, Mile End Hospital CDC
Patient’s Choice
Gold: JOINT WIN: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and BMJ Architects & BlueLight Management, King’s Critical Care Roof Garden - submitted in memory of Nigel Dunnett
Grand Prix Design
Gold: JOINT WIN: Corstorphine + Wright & Curtins, The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
Congratulations to all of the winners, and we hope to see you next year!
