

2023 Shortlists Announced
The Design in Mental Health Awards are considered nationally as the most prestigious Awards for the design and build community in mental healthcare. The judging committee comprises a panel of experts and community peers who have extensive experience within the NHS and Private sector.
Congratulations to the following shortlisted entries that embody the exemplary design, community spirit and innovation that the panel look for.
Winners will be announced at Design in Mental Health on Wednesday 7 June. Register for the event to attend the complimentary Ceremony and Drinks Reception.
Art Installation of the Year
Integrated Artworks by Erik A. Frandsen at Goedstrup Regional Hospital, Denmark
Completed in the Autumn of 2021, Goedstrup Regional Hospital (GRH) is a highly functional and innovative “super-hospital” located north of Herning. The hospital is one of Denmark’s largest healthcare development projects and is setting new benchmarks for… Read more »
Visit WebsiteMural by Charmaine Twidale at Hope House, Hartlepool
Hope House, a service provided by Cygnet Health Care, supports adults living with a learning disability who have additional mental and physical health needs and behaviours that may challenge. We champion the therapeutic benefits and power of… Read more »
Visit WebsiteMural by Sutapa Biswas at Springfield University Hospital, London
In 2023, Hospital Rooms completed our most ambitious project to date in partnership with South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. As part of the development of two new mental health facilities at Springfield… Read more »
Visit WebsiteTherapeutic Art Program at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) aims to transform the lives of those affected by mental health and addiction, combining clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion. This redevelopment project included the addition… Read more »
Visit WebsiteConcept Product Innovation of the Year
Balco SoftDispenser
The Balco SoftDispenser was borne from discussions with NHS mental health professionals around their biggest risks. There is very little available which is reduced ligature, where the breakaway part doesn’t increase the weapons risk. Using our machinery… Read more »
Visit WebsiteCollaboration In Action – Modular Bedroom with One-key for Staff
Nurses face daily frustration with managing multiple keys. Often they need a key for patient bedrooms, a key to access the vision panel, a key to access anti-barricade devices, a key to operate windows and a key… Read more »
Visit WebsiteHygipod Tough by Trovex
Trovex has a history of innovation in the healthcare space. Introducing the original Hygipod IPS to acute healthcare providers around 10 years ago, the system has now been utilised by over 50% of NHS Trusts. The original… Read more »
Visit WebsiteKosmos by Kingsway Group
Kosmos is a revolutionary new system supporting effective management of door related ligature risk in mental health environments. Research in the UK and US identified that more than 50% of all self-harm attempts including a ligature took… Read more »
Visit WebsiteNobi Smart Lamp
As we age, there is an increasing risk of falling: one in three +65 falls at least once a year. For 65+, falls are the leading cause of death by injury. People with dementia fall twice as… Read more »
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Blossom Court Replanting, St Ann’s Hospital, Tottenham
In 2020 we saw the completion of Blossom Court, a mental health inpatient building we designed for Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, at St Ann’s Hospital in Tottenham. The building represents a new approach… Read more »
Visit WebsiteMoorside Minor Ward Refurbishments, Trafford General Hospital
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust (GMMH) operates a large and complex building portfolio to provide mental health services across the Northwest of England. They provide mental health services to both adults and adolescents. The Moorside Unit… Read more »
Visit WebsiteYewdale SafeDoor 2
In mental health facilities, a large number of inpatient suicides involve ensuites because they provide enough privacy and time between checks to create a ligature. Traditional solid bathroom doors are commonly used as a ligature point, which… Read more »
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Outside Space of the Year
28 Gardens at the Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Over the past decade a consensus emerged in the 600+ meetings, workshops, open days, and reviews we held with the staff, carers and service users that will soon occupy the Springfield University Mental Health Hospital. A top… Read more »
Visit WebsiteMontpellier Therapeutic Allotments, Gloucester
The Montpellier allotment is the perfect example of what can be achieved with some creativity, drive and determination. The allotment site has been transformed in the past 12months- led by an occupational therapist into a space that… Read more »
Visit WebsiteNational Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital, Dublin
Guiding Principles: A new era in Ireland’s Mental Health Services, the National Forensic Hospital exploits the therapeutic value of nature in a discreetly secure setting to support a recovery-focused service-user pathway through High Secure, Medium, Low and… Read more »
Visit WebsiteProject of the Year - New Build International
National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital, Dublin
Enhancing recovery: A new era in Ireland’s mental health services, the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital exploits the therapeutic value of nature in a discreetly secure setting, which promotes the recovery of service-users. The 24,000m² hospital,… Read more »
Visit WebsiteVirginia Department of General Services, New Central State Hospital
Central State Hospital was the first mental health institution serving people of color in the United States, but its now-dated, sprawling campus of existing buildings could no longer support recovery-based care. The new 471,000-GSF single-building facility serves… Read more »
Visit WebsiteProject of the Year - New Build UK
Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Lincoln
Lincoln Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s (LPFT) commitment to eradicating outdated shared dormitories from its sites, drove the development of two new acute inpatient wards at the existing Peter Hodgkinson Centre (PHC), Lincoln County Hospital. The Ellis and… Read more »
Visit WebsiteSalus Ward, Torbay Hospital
Salus Ward at Torbay Hospital is a new 16-bed adult acute psychiatric inpatient unit. It is due to begin admitting patients within the next few months. The design efficiently and sensitively arranges day spaces, clinical rooms and… Read more »
Visit WebsiteTrinity Building for the South West London& St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
We were fortunate in our work at Springfield that we started with a client brief that prioritised patient well-being, but the most important attitude which guided our work over the 12 years that it took to deliver… Read more »
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Project of the Year - Refurbishment
CAMHS – Stockport
FWP have created and an inspiring new home for CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) in the centre of Stockport including 18 themed therapy rooms, exciting reception far detached from the typical CAMHS or hospital environment,… Read more »
Visit WebsiteKentmere Ward Refurbishment, Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal
The Kentmere Ward at Westmorland General Hospital provides mental health and wellbeing services for older adults of varying acuity, a vital geographic outpost for MH services for remote communities around Kendal, delivered by Lancashire & South Cumbria… Read more »
Visit WebsiteStella’s Place Ambulatory Mental Health Hub, Toronto
Stella’s Place has emerged as an exemplar for young-adult driven, community-based mental health services in downtown Toronto. This 11,000 square foot (1,020 square meter) hub occupies a fully renovated three-storey post and beam former candy factory, originally… Read more »
Visit WebsiteThe University of Kansas Health, Strawberry Hill Campus
The Strawberry Hill Behavioral Health Hospital is a vacant government office building transformed into a 48-bed inpatient mental health hospital in the heart of Kansas City, Kansas. The facility not only provides much needed mental health services… Read more »
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Product Innovation of the Year
Max5 by Anti Ligature Shop / Healsafe Interior
Hook Max5 is uniquely designed to meet the new needs and challenges for safe products that release their load at less than 5 kg. To our knowledge this hooks is totally unique both in its performance but… Read more »
Visit WebsiteNew and Improved En-Suite Door by Safehinge Primera
Did you know our doors are the product of choice in the UK and other international markets? We continuously gather feedback on our products to ensure we deliver on customer needs rather than taking an easier, faster… Read more »
Visit WebsiteRyno Pedestal Table by Pineapple Contracts
Our design ethos is to create furniture which is as safe as possible, while positively contributing to the environment in which it sits. The Ryno Pedestal table was designed specifically for mental health environments, combining dependable safety… Read more »
Visit WebsiteSuregrip Ligature-Safe Handle by Safehinge Primera
50% of suicides are attempted using ligature points below an inpatient’s head, often with door hinges or handles. Suregrip, our anti-ligature door handle, is designed to prevent this ongoing issue in mental health spaces and add to… Read more »
Visit WebsiteYewdale K2500 Reduced-ligature Curtain Track
We designed the K2500 reduced-ligature curtain track to help mental health professionals reduce the risk or ligature and reduce weapons risk. Mental health trusts utilise this product because standard anti-ligature blinds can be removed from their load-release… Read more »
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Aspen Wood Low Secure LD Project – Mersey Care NHSFT/Gilling Dod Architects
Aspen Wood is Mersey Care NHSFT’s (MCFT’s) new Low Secure Learning Disabilities Unit located on the Trust’s Maghull Health Park in Liverpool. Currently housed in not fit-for-purpose buildings 40 miles away at Whalley, the new building represents… Read more »
Visit WebsiteBuilding Together at PHC Lincoln
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) provides mental health, learning disability and autism services across Lincolnshire. As part of its Eradication of Dormitories (EoD) programme, LPFT appointed Integrated Health Projects (IHP) to develop two new mental health… Read more »
Visit WebsiteMy Home My Choice. Team Springwell and the Home Project
The film My Home My Choice is the culmination of the work Team Springwell have done on for the last 2 years. The Home project focused on looking at ways to make design choices more accessible for… Read more »
Visit WebsiteNobi Smart Lamps
This project is the redesign of the first generation of Nobi’s Smart Lamps. Nobi is an AI-enabled lamp focusing on fall detection, *prediction, *prevention and vital sign monitoring. Think of a ‘guardian angel’, hanging in the middle… Read more »
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Join us at the Ceremony
The Design in Mental Health Awards Ceremony is free to attend for all registered attendees of Design in Mental Health. Register here.