How to apply
To begin your entry:
- Pay the entry fee.
- You’ll receive an email with a link to start your submission.
- Use the link to register an account and begin your entry, you can save your progress and return to it any time before the deadline.
The way NHS spaces are designed, maintained and used matters more than ever. Patients and staff rely on buildings that don’t just function, they must also adapt, evolve, and support new models of care delivery. At the same time, estates teams are balancing tight budgets, ageing buildings, energy pressures and ambitious sustainability goals.
This category recognises infrastructure projects where private or not for profit partners have helped NHS organisations tackle these challenges head-on, creating smarter spaces, reducing environmental impact or transforming how care is experienced. Entries can range from ambitious new build facilities to innovative redesigns and adaptations of existing sites.
Judges will look for solutions grounded in genuine collaboration and creativity, clearly demonstrating practical impact, cost effective use of resources, and meaningful benefits for patients, staff and the wider community.
Eligibility
- This award is open to any private or not for profit business which works in partnership with an NHS organisation in the field of buildings, engineering, facilities or estates management.
- These can be single partnerships or joint working projects but must demonstrate evidence from the past two years up until the awards deadline date.