2026 Shortlists
2026 Shortlists
We are delighted to announce the nominees in each of the twelve categories of this year’s Healthcare Estates IHEEM Awards.
The standard of this year’s entries was incredibly high, with fierce competition in every category. Thanks go to our esteemed panel of judges who diligently reviewed and scored the hundreds of entries to reach the shortlists below.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted entries and thank you to everyone who entered!
Apprentice of the Year
The award invites entries from apprentices at intermediate, advanced, higher and degree level.
2026 Nominees:
○ Natasha Keery – Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
○ James MacLeod – DSSR Consulting Engineers
○ Aine Meehan – Beattie Flanigan Consulting Engineers
○ Gideon Pambid – Beattie Flanigan Consulting Engineers
○ Claire Powell – NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
○ Hanny Salguero Garzon – CBRE
○ Kate Yeomans – Arup

Consultancy Practice of the Year
This award recognises a multi-disciplinary consultancy, architectural practice, or construction consultants (including building or quantity surveyors and project management companies) who have demonstrated outstanding work in the healthcare sector over the last 12 months: May 2025– 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ BlueLight Management
○ EDGE PS
○ Eta Projects
○ LSI Architects
○ Medical Architecture
○ MultiHealth Specialists
○ P+HS Architects
○ S I Sealy
Diversity and Inclusion Award
This award recognises the organisation, individual or initiative that has made a genuine difference in equality, diversity and inclusion within the healthcare environment.
2026 Nominees:
○ Hive Projects
○ Reliance Health
○ Royal Berkshire NHSFT: What Matters in Estates & Facilities Cultural Refresh Programme
○ South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust – Nexus House Re-design Programme

Estates & Facilities Champion of Champions
This award recognises a member of the Estates & Facilities team that has gone above and beyond their job specification to improve the patient environment.
2026 Nominees:
○ Peter Aldridge – Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust & NAHFO
○ Shona Baugh – The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
○ Mark Dykes – QE Facilities Ltd
○ Sue Gott – Gloucestershire Managed Services
○ Emma Hinch – Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
○ Stephen Hinckes – Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
○ Karen Morales – Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Estates & Facilities Team of the Year
This award is made to a team working in the healthcare sector who can demonstrate outstanding achievement, performance and delivery of estates and facilities services. May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
○ Inhouse iFM Security Team – Royal Bolton Hospital
○ Leeds Technical Development Team – Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
○ QE Facilities Ltd – Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
○ Northumbria Healthcare Community Estates Team
○ University Hospital Southampton Estates Limited EFCD Team

Healthcare Supplier of the Year
This award recognises the individual, team, or company that has been supplying an NHS, or private healthcare facility successfully, and reliably over the past 12 months: May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ EX2 Group
○ Mueller Europe
○ Lochinvar
○ Veolia
Net Zero Innovation Award
The Net Zero Innovation Award should recognise teams, initiatives, projects or technologies that deliver measurable, real-world carbon reduction within healthcare estates, backed by strong governance and practical implementation. It should reward outcomes that are not only innovative, but replicable, scalable and demonstrably deliverable across the NHS estate; delivered within the period May 2025 – May 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ Aristotle – Air Sentry Limited
○ Chasing the Sun – Recharging Maghull Health Park – MJ Quinn and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
○ Low-Carbon Heat Model Blueprint for Legacy Healthcare Estates – RUH Bath and Veolia
○ Transformation at hospital Trust to deliver sustainable, modern healthcare – The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
○ Trowbridge’s New Integrated Care Centre (ICC) – One Creative Environments
○ University Hospital of Hartlepool and Veolia
New Build Project of the Year
This award recognises the project team that has successfully delivered a new build project in the past 12 months: May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ Bradford Endoscopy Unit
Client: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by The Manser Practice, on behalf of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Curtins, Hive Projects, The Manser Practice, Mott MacDonald, Nineteen47 and Robertson
○ The Countess of Chester Hospital Women and Children’s Building
Client: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by AHR, on behalf of AHR, AJP, CCL Solutions, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dalkia, Ecospheric, Integrated Health Projects (IHP), RLB and Waterman
○ Dartmoor Building at Derriford Hospital
Client: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Entry submitted by Stride Treglown, on behalf of Expedite , Hulley & Kirkwood, Nevada Construction, Stride Treglown, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Ward Williams
○ King’s College Hospital Critical Care Roof Garden
Client: Kings College Hospital and Kings College Hospital Charity
Entry submitted by BlueLight Management, on behalf of BlueLight Fire Engineering, BlueLight Management, BMJ, Kings College Hospital, Kings College Hospital Charity, Nigel Dunnett & Sarah Price (Landscape Architects), Ross and Partners, STMC, WSP
○ Langtree Care Home – Standish
Client: Millennium Care Group
Entry submitted by Alessandro Caruso Architecture and Interiors Limited, on behalf of ACA, ADS, Alessandro Caruso Architecture and Interiors, Arise Millennium, Millennium Care Group, Overford and P&DG
○ Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
Client: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Entry submitted by Corstorphine & Wright, on behalf of BWB, Corstorphine & Wright, Currie & Brown, Curtins, Drees and Sommer, I&G, Leeds Hospitals Charity and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
○ Seastone CAMHS High Intensity Environment
Client: Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by Medical Architecture, on behalf of Bureau Veritas, Calcinotto, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Hellis Solutions, Hoare Lea, Kier Construction, Medical Architecture, MMC Project Consulting, RPS Group, Savills, Sweco and UBU Design
○ The Urgent Treatment Centre at the Royal Victoria Infirmary
Client: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by P+HS Architects on behalf of Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and P+HS Architects

Product Innovation of the Year
This award recognises the best new product brought to market within the last 12 months. May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ AIR-OPTEVENT 2.0 – Air Handling Systems Ltd
○ AseptiFlow™️- Mueller Europe
○ Genesis, A New Beginning – Air Sentry
○ Meditrac – Medical Gas Consultancy
○ On‑Demand® Ultraclean Operating Theatre – Darwin Group
Refurbishment Project of the Year
This award recognises the project team that has successfully delivered a refurbishment project in the past 12 months: May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ Isles of Scilly Hospital
Client: Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by Community 1st Cornwall Limited and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of, Bluesky Architects, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, METS, Premier Modular and TMS
○ Barnsley Health on the High Street – Barnsley Facilities Services
Client: Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by Barnsley Facilities Services on behalf of Alhambra Shopping Centre/town-centre partners, Barnsley Council, Barnsley Facilities Services, Barnsley Premier Leisure, James Totty Partnership, Purba Johnson, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
○ Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade
Client: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by EX2 Group on behalf of EX2 Group, Hoare Lea, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Ward Williams.
○ Refurbishment of Sutton Cottage Hospital – BCHC Estates Capital Team
Client: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, CCL, Couch Consulting, Couch Perry & Wilkes, David Arthur, The Design Buro, E.Manton, Neil Marks, Stephen Hinckes and WT Partnerships.
○ Mother and Baby Unit – Seren Lodge, Chester
Client: Cheshire & Wirral NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by Gilling Dod Architects on behalf of Cheshire & Wirral NHS Foundation Trust, DSA Environment & Design, Gilling Dod Architects, Gosling Consulting, Read Construction, SI Sealy, SkW, Square Zero and Sutcliffes.
○ St Peter’s Health Centre
Client: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Entry Submitted by Eric Wright Partnerships, One Partnership, and Community Health Partnerships on behalf of Community Health Partnerships, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT), Eric Wright Group, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, and One Partnership.
○ NGOC, Colposcopy Outpatients, and Children and Young People’s Departments
Client: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by: QE Facilities Ltd on behalf of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, QE Facilities Ltd and Robertson Construction North East
○ Acute Medical Unit (AMU) – Royal Sussex County Hospital
Client: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by Willmott Dixon Interiors on behalf of ADP Architecture, Gleeds, Paine Manwaring, SCAPE, Troup Bywaters + Anders, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and Willmott Dixon Interiors

Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
This award recognises an initiative or programme introduced within a Trust to ensure the wellbeing and mental health of its team.
2026 Nominees:
○ Leeds Estates & Facilities Workforce Strategy – Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
○ Nexus House Re-design Programme – South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
○ Sutton Cottage Hospital Refurbishment – BCHC Estates Capital Team
Sustainable Achievement
This award recognises the organisation, team, or product that has made the best use of innovative technology and sustainable practices to reduce the estates carbon footprint.
2026 Nominees:
○ Scunthorpe General Hospital Heat Decarbonisation – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS foundation Trust
○ Transforming Healthcare Environments Through Biodiversity and Sustainable Design – University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
○ Wye Valley NHS Community Diagnostic and Treatment Centre – Speller Metcalfe
Apprentice of the Year
The award invites entries from apprentices at intermediate, advanced, higher and degree level.
2026 Nominees:
○ Natasha Keery – Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
○ James MacLeod – DSSR Consulting Engineers
○ Aine Meehan – Beattie Flanigan Consulting Engineers
○ Gideon Pambid – Beattie Flanigan Consulting Engineers
○ Claire Powell – NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
○ Hanny Salguero Garzon – CBRE
○ Kate Yeomans – Arup

Consultancy Practice of the Year
This award recognises an architectural practice who have demonstrated outstanding work in the healthcare sector over the last 12 months: May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ BlueLight Management
○ EDGE PS
○ Eta Projects
○ LSI Architects
○ Medical Architecture
○ MultiHealth Specialists
○ P+HS Architects
○ S I Sealy

Diversity & Inclusion Award
This award recognises a multi-disciplinary consultancy or construction consultants (including building or quantity surveyors and project management companies) who have demonstrated outstanding work in the healthcare sector over the last 12 months: May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ Hive Projects
○ Reliance Health
○ Royal Berkshire NHSFT: What Matters in Estates & Facilities Cultural Refresh Programme
○ South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust – Nexus House Re-design Programme
Estates & Facilities Champion of Champions
This award recognises the organisation, individual or initiative that has made a genuine difference in equality, diversity and inclusion within the healthcare environment.
2026 Nominees:
○ Peter Aldridge – Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust & NAHFO
○ Shona Baugh – The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
○ Mark Dykes – QE Facilities Ltd
○ Sue Gott – Gloucestershire Managed Services
○ Emma Hinch – Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
○ Stephen Hinckes – Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
○ Karen Morales – Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Estates & Facilities Team of the Year
This award recognises a member of the Estates & Facilities team that has gone above and beyond their job specification to improve the patient environment.
2026 Nominees:
○ Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
○ Inhouse iFM Security Team – Royal Bolton Hospital
○ Leeds Technical Development Team – Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
○ QE Facilities Ltd – Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
○ Northumbria Healthcare Community Estates Team
○ University Hospital Southampton Estates Limited EFCD Team

Healthcare Supplier of the Year
This award is made to a team working in the healthcare sector who can demonstrate outstanding achievement, performance and delivery of estates and facilities services. May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ EX2 Group
○ Mueller Europe
○ Lochinvar
○ Veolia

Net Zero Innovation Award
This award recognises the individual, team, or company that has been supplying an NHS, or private healthcare facility successfully, and reliably over the past 12 months: May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ Aristotle – Air Sentry Limited
○ Chasing the Sun – Recharging Maghull Health Park – MJ Quinn and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
○ Low-Carbon Heat Model Blueprint for Legacy Healthcare Estates – RUH Bath and Veolia
○ Transformation at hospital Trust to deliver sustainable, modern healthcare – The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
○ Trowbridge’s New Integrated Care Centre (ICC) – One Creative Environments
○ University Hospital of Hartlepool and Veolia

New Build Project of the Year
This award recognises the project team that has successfully delivered a new build project in the past 12 months: May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ Bradford Endoscopy Unit
Client: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by The Manser Practice, on behalf of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Curtins, Hive Projects, The Manser Practice, Mott MacDonald, Nineteen47 and Robinsons
○ The Countess of Chester Hospital Women and Children’s Building
Client: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by AHR, on behalf of AHR, AJP, CCL Solutions, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dalkia, Ecospheric, Integrated Health Projects (IHP), RLB and Waterman
○ Dartmoor Building at Derriford Hospital
Client: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Entry submitted by Stride Treglown, on behalf of Expedite , Hulley & Kirkwood, Nevada Construction, Stride Treglown, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Ward Williams
○ King’s College Hospital Critical Care Roof Garden
Client: Kings College Hospital and Kings College Hospital Charity
Entry submitted by BlueLight Management, on behalf of BlueLight Fire Engineering, BlueLight Management, BMJ, Kings College Hospital, Kings College Hospital Charity, Nigel Dunnett & Sarah Price (Landscape Architects), Ross and Partners, STMC, WSP
○ Langtree Care Home – Standish
Client: Millennium Care Group
Entry submitted by Alessandro Caruso Architecture and Interiors Limited, on behalf of ACA, ADS, Alessandro Caruso Architecture and Interiors, Arise Millennium, Millennium Care Group, Overford and P&DG
○ Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
Client: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Entry submitted by Corstorphine & Wright, on behalf of BWB, Corstorphine & Wright, Currie & Brown, Curtins, Drees and Sommer, I&G, Leeds Hospitals Charity and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
○ Seastone CAMHS High Intensity Environment
Client: Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by Medical Architecture, on behalf of Bureau Veritas, Calcinotto, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Hellis Solutions, Hoare Lea, Kier Construction, Medical Architecture, MMC Project Consulting, RPS Group, Savills, Sweco and UBU Design
○ The Urgent Treatment Centre at the Royal Victoria Infirmary
Client: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by P+HS Architects on behalf of Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and P+HS Architects

Product Innovation of the Year
This award recognises the best new product brought to market within the last 12 months. May 2025 6 2025.
2026 Nominees:
○ AIR-OPTEVENT 2.0 – Air Handling Systems Ltd
○ AseptiFlow™️- Mueller Europe
○ Genesis, A New Beginning – Air Sentry
○ Meditrac – Medical Gas Consultancy
○ On‑Demand® Ultraclean Operating Theatre – Darwin Group

Refurbishment Project of the Year
This award recognises the project team that has successfully delivered a refurbishment project in the past 12 months: May 2025 – 2026.
2026 Nominees:
○ Isles of Scilly Hospital
Client: Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by Community 1st Cornwall Limited and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of, Bluesky Architects, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, METS, Premier Modular and TMS
○ Barnsley Health on the High Street – Barnsley Facilities Services
Client: Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by Barnsley Facilities Services on behalf of Alhambra Shopping Centre/town-centre partners, Barnsley Council, Barnsley Facilities Services, Barnsley Premier Leisure, James Totty Partnership, Purba Johnson, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
○ Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade
Client: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by EX2 Group on behalf of EX2 Group, Hoare Lea, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Ward Williams.
○ Refurbishment of Sutton Cottage Hospital – BCHC Estates Capital Team
Client: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, CCL, Couch Consulting, Couch Perry & Wilkes, David Arthur, The Design Buro, E.Manton, Neil Marks, Stephen Hinckes and WT Partnerships.
○ Mother and Baby Unit – Seren Lodge, Chester
Client: Cheshire & Wirral NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by Gilling Dod Architects on behalf of Cheshire & Wirral NHS Foundation Trust, DSA Environment & Design, Gilling Dod Architects, Gosling Consulting, Read Construction, SI Sealy, SkW, Square Zero and Sutcliffes.
○ St Peter’s Health Centre
Client: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Entry Submitted by Eric Wright Partnerships, One Partnership, and Community Health Partnerships on behalf of Community Health Partnerships, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT), Eric Wright Group, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, and One Partnership.
○ NGOC, Colposcopy Outpatients, and Children and Young People’s Departments
Client: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Entry Submitted by: QE Facilities Ltd on behalf of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, QE Facilities Ltd and Robertson Construction North East
○ Acute Medical Unit (AMU) – Royal Sussex County Hospital
Client: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Entry submitted by Willmott Dixon Interiors on behalf of ADP Architecture, Gleeds, Paine Manwaring, SCAPE, Troup Bywaters + Anders, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and Willmott Dixon Interiors

Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
This award recognises an initiative or programme introduced within a Trust to ensure the wellbeing and mental health of its team.
2026 Nominees:
○ Leeds Estates & Facilities Workforce Strategy – Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
○ Nexus House Re-design Programme – South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
○ Sutton Cottage Hospital Refurbishment – BCHC Estates Capital Team
Sustainable Achievement
This award recognises the organisation, team, or product that has made the best use of innovative technology and sustainable practices to reduce the estates carbon footprint.
2026 Nominees:
○ Scunthorpe General Hospital Heat Decarbonisation – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS foundation Trust
○ Transforming Healthcare Environments Through Biodiversity and Sustainable Design – University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
○ Wye Valley NHS Community Diagnostic and Treatment Centre – Speller Metcalfe











