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Building Better Health Care Awards 2008

Building Better Healthcare Awards call for entries

The waiting is over, The Building Better Healthcare Awards 2008 is now open for entries.

Now in it's 10th year, the The Building Better Healthcare Awards are once again spotlighting world-class architecture, design, facilities and estates management.

Open to building, improvement and design projects which demonstrate all-round excellence, the BBH Awards celebrate the achievements of individuals and teams working in either the public or private sectors.

Winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony on 13 November 2008 at The Brewery, London, which is expected to attract over 500 visitors.

Judged by leading experts in the field of architecture, design and build – and chaired by the special advisor for health at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) - the awards are well respected and considered the benchmark in industry best practice. Categories include best hospital design, best architectural product, best interior design and lifetime achievement award for services to the healthcare environment.

To enter, and for more information on the biggest healthcare building design event of the year, visit www.bbhealthcare.co.uk or email info@bbhealthcare.co.uk

Entry deadline: 30 June 2008

Contact Laura Meade, Marketing Executive, 01268 495600

Building Better Health Care Awards 2007

Deadline for submissions: Friday 20 July 2007
Winners announced: Thursday 8 November 2007 at The Brewery, London

"Enter your world class project and team for this year's CABE-endorsed Building Better Healthcare Awards, before the 20 July deadline. The winners will be announced at a celebration on 8 November at the Brewery."

Enter the awards online at http://www.bbhealthcareawards.com. For more information contact Saoirse Richardson on +44(0) 20 7549 2549 or email bbhealthcare@wilmington.co.uk.

Building Better Health Care Awards 2006

Deadline for submissions: Thursday 31 August 2006
Winners announced: Thursday 2 November 2006 at The Hilton Metropole, London

The Building Better Health Care Awards has been recognising the very best in healthcare facilities management and healthcare building design for eight years.

You can enter the awards online at: http://www.bbhealthcareawards.com.

The awards recognise the achievements of NHS management, healthcare architects, healthcare interior designers, hospital administrators, healthcare facilities managers, consultants, and key members of the healthcare design/hospital construction community who are responsible for designing, building and bringing effective healthcare design to the fore.

The Building Better Healthcare Awards highlights true success within the NHS and it is this recognition of achievement that has made it the most coveted ceremony year after year.

The awards are judged by the people that matter – your peers. Winners and finalists receive extensive publicity in HD magazine and the pages of its sister publications, HES, FX, FMX and Blueprint. The successful work will also feature on a dedicated awards website, and form part of an international PR campaign.

Who should enter The Building Better Health Care Awards are open to a unique set of individuals. Experts in their own fields of design, architecture, facility management, art and healthcare who all share in one aim; to make space available to the NHS that is beneficial to patients, staff and visitors.

Eligibility Any work completed between 31 August 2004 and 31 August 2006. Resubmissions (provided they conform to the time limit) and major redesigns or redevelopments of existing products are acceptable.

Closing date for entries The closing date for entries is Thursday 31 August, 2006.

How will the entries be judged?

• Members of the panel will look in detail at all the entries and shortlist those who will go through to the final stage of judging.
• On the judging day for your category, the panel will look at all the shortlisted entries and select finalists and winners.
• If your entry makes it to the shortlist (winner, highly commended, finalist), we will contact you for high resolution images of your work (300dpi, CMYK). These will be displayed at the awards lunch and will be published in our Book of Winners.
• We may also require some further information, or to see your work in person. We will contact you if we need to do this.
• Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday 2 November 2006, Hilton Metropole, London.

When will the entries be judged? Judging will take place in September 2006, over a number of days, as soon as all the entries have been processed. Winners will remain secret until the awards presentation on Thursday 2 November, 2006. If your entry is selected as a finalist we will contact you.

Who will judge the entries? An independent panel of respected and experienced design practitioners will be carefully selected to fully represent the different facets of the design industry

What the judges will be looking for The BBH Awards are all about rewarding excellence, the judging panel will be looking for fullyrounded, world-class design solutions. Entries are not judged against each other but considered on their individual merits.

The Categories

• Project
  • Hospital design Any NHS modernisation scheme that places both patients and the environment at the heart of the project.
  • Primary, community design PCT and community design projects that have been able to involve the local health community in developing a strategic service development plan, reflecting the needs of the stakeholders.
  • Mental health design Creating a positive and supportive environment where patients with mental health problems can benefit from receiving treatment.
  • Patient environment Creating a space that adds value to the patient’s stay and recovery.
  • External space The potential to add value to the scheme is critical to the overall experience of patients, staff and visitors.
  • Future design concepts (built or unrealised) This category encourages fresh thinking about design. Projects can include unrealised healthcare schemes that will be of benefit to the healthcare environment.
  
  
• Product
  • Products for hospital interiors A product that improves the service delivery to the patients and staff (flooring, beds, lighting, seating or any other healthcare products).
  • Future design concepts A product that will significantly improve either the ability for staff to perform their duty of care or will improve the quality of the patients stay at the facility.
  
  
• People
  • Outstanding contribution to the healthcare environment Project teams who have made a significant difference to the healthcare environment via design while supporting NHS objectives.
  • Contractor of the year 2006 An individual or team who has gone beyond the call of duty in assisting with the management of projects ensuring that schemes are on time and on budget.
  • Design champion of the Year 2006 An individual or team who has made an outstanding contribution to the design environment; to the benefit of colleagues, patients, staff and visitors.
  
  
• Hospital Environment
  • Hospital catering The implementation of an innovative food programme and its service delivery.
  • Cleaner hospitals Rewarding organisations who have shown a commitment to superior levels of hygiene and safety.
  • Excellence in facilities management Creating a holistic approach to FM – the bringing together of soft and hard services, ensuring that clinical, patient and staff needs are at the heart of the strategy.
  • Use of art in healthcare facilities The development of a highly innovative and effective arts programme that engages with staff, patients and visitors – making the facility a positive place for work and recuperation.