Hospital Building Award
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Since 1997, the NHS has seen a huge investment in its fabric - the biggest hospital building programme in its history. This award will be made to the new hospital building project that raises the standard of the healthcare environment and demonstrates value for money and project management excellence.
2022 Winner: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - Heatherwood Hospital
Designed to reflect its woodland surroundings, sustainability was a fundamental part of the Heatherwood hospital’s design. The new £100 million building features state of the art laminar flow operating theatres, 48 in-patient beds, two endoscopy suites and six dedicated ‘eye rooms’.
Commended
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHSFT - The Maple Centre
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Royal Liverpool University Hospital
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust - Royal Sussex County Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHST - Queens Hospital Jubilee ITU
East Kent Hospitals University NHSFT - William Harvey Hospital Critical Care Unit
2021 Winner
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - New Heatherwood Hospital
In a build that was considered essential works and allowed to continue through lockdown, and despite flooding difficulties during construction, the new Heatherwood hospital will be a flagship facility for Frimley Health, with the potential to double patient activity at over the next 10 years, offering specialist renal, cystic fibrosis, hyper-acute stroke, vascular and spinal services across a wider network.
Commended
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - Clinical Assessment Unit
Community Health Partnerships - Passivhaus Health Centre
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals - Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre
NHS Lanarkshire - New University Hospital Monklands
North Cumbria Integrated Care - Northern Centre for Cancer Care
2020 Winner
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire, Merseyside and the surrounding areas. Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool, an 11-storey building which opened in June, has state-of-the-art facilities and will deliver a wide range of highly- specialist care including pioneering chemotherapy, immunotherapy, bone marrow transplant, gene therapy and radiotherapy.
Commended
NHS Property Services
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
2019 Winner
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Royal Papworth Hospital began its move to its new hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus on 23 April. This move was completed within three weeks, with the old site in Papworth Everard closing on 7 May. The hospital is designed around two main atria at the centre of the building, helping maximise natural light. The main reception is visible from the entrance and located centrally, while lifts accessing inpatient floors, as well as a link into the outpatient atrium, are located opposite reception. The new hospital includes five operating theatres, five catheter laboratories (for non‐surgical procedures) and two hybrid theatres, as well as 310 beds for patients, including a 46‐bed critical care unit. Most patients will have their own single, en suite rooms.
Commended
University College London Hospitals - National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - Proton Beam Therapy Centre
2018 Winner
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust - Sheffield Children’s Hospital
The 8,000 square metre project, which also includes refurbishment of the adjacent existing wing and the rebuilding of a Victorian villa, provides a range of outpatients consulting, specialist diagnostic and treatment facilities, tying these together with a more user‐friendly circulation strategy. To reinforce the hospital’s transformation, Artist Morag Myerscough was commissioned to provide child‐appropriate bedroom environments, co‐designed with Architects, users and patients. The interiors bring an uplifting use of integrated colour and pattern.
Commended
University College London Hospitals - National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - Proton Beam Therapy Centre
2017 Winner
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - Dinwoodie Hub (DASH)
Royal Papworth Hospital began its move to its new hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus on 23 April. This move was completed within three weeks, with the old site in Papworth Everard closing on 7 May. The hospital is designed around two main atria at the centre of the building, helping maximise natural light. The main reception is visible from the entrance and located centrally, while lifts accessing inpatient floors, as well as a link into the outpatient atrium, are located opposite reception. The new hospital includes five operating theatres, five catheter laboratories (for non‐surgical procedures) and two hybrid theatres, as well as 310 beds for patients, including a 46‐bed critical care unit. Most patients will have their own single, en suite rooms.
Commended
NHS Dumfries and Galloway - Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Bradford Royal Infirmary
2016 Winner
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust — Cancer Treatment Centre
The culmination of more than 10 years of planning, the new 14-storey Cancer Centre brings the majority of Guy’s and St Thomas’ cancer treatment and research under one roof. Six linear accelerators will be the first radiotherapy machines in Europe to treat patients above ground level, which aims to help patients feel more comfortable in natural light and air. It is targeted to achieve BREEAM Healthcare Excellence Rating.
Commended
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust - Seamoor Chemotherapy Unit
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Queen's Building development
NHS Merton Clinical Commissioning Group - Nelson Health Centre
East and North Hertfordshire NHS - New QEII hospital
2015 Winner
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust - Cramlington Hospital
Touted as the first hospital of its kind in the country, the winning project has already been recognised at a national level by the medical director of NHS England when he described it as a 'glimpse of the future'. The result of 10 years work led by clinical teams, the building is specifically dedicated to emergency care.
Commended
University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Alder Hey Childrens' NHS Foundation Trust