Medical Architecture in the running for Practice of the Year
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for Architectural Practice of the Year at the Healthcare Estates Awards. The accolade recognises a practise that has produced an outstanding body of work in the healthcare sector over the last twelve months.
Founded by the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management, the Healthcare Estates Awards recognise excellence and the latest innovations in the healthcare sector. The awards are judged by experts with extensive experience and achievements within the NHS and commercial healthcare sector.
Members of our team during a visit to Kimmeridge Court, our recently completed eating disorders unit for Dorset HealthCare.
Our shortlisting is reflective of a year in which we have worked collaboratively with a wide range of excellent NHS clients and project stakeholders, to produce a body of work which carries a clear focus on the needs of often vulnerable and very unwell patients, creating therapeutic environments that promote wellbeing and recovery. Our work has spanned from very early-stage strategic planning, through the full range of project design stages, to the delivery of completed facilities.
This includes working closely with Newcastle Hospitals on the latest update to their estate strategy. The plan creates a guided framework for investment which supports their leadership in sustainable development. This led to our design of the £225m New Specialist Hospital building, the largest phase of the masterplan. It has been designed to tender stage and received planning permission. Sustainability is at the heart of the project, with the building designed to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM rating.
Working with Medical Architecture has been a very positive experience and a great collaboration.
The New Specialist Hospital Building for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Meanwhile, planning permission has also been secured for Shotley Bridge Community Hospital in County Durham, and an 8-bed Children and Young People Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit in Dorset, as part of our redevelopment of mental health facilities at St Ann’s Hospital.
Projects delivered to completion include Kimmeridge Court Eating Disorders Unit in Dorset. The building’s response to its natural context plays a vital role in the creation of a uniquely private and therapeutic environment for the treatment of patients with eating disorders.
The winning practice will be revealed at the Healthcare Estates Conference in October.
The planning approval follows a significant amount of work and positive engagement from all involved stakeholders, including Medical Architecture.
Shotley Bridge Community Hospital in County Durham for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.
A Children and Young People Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit in Dorset for Dorset HealthCare.
It is fantastic to receive this recognition for our project work over the last twelve months. At a challenging time for the NHS, we have worked collaboratively to support the planning and delivery of the next generation of healthcare infrastructure, and we look forward to continuing this important work with our excellent clients and collaborators.