IHP wins Design in Mental health Awards

12th June 2023

Two IHP projects (the Joint Venture between VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine) delivered in VINCI Building’s North East and North West regions, are celebrating after being honoured at the annual Design in Mental Health Awards.

Announced at a celebratory event, as part of the Design in Mental Health Network's annual conference and exhibition in Coventry, the 'Building Together' initiative, which saw the IHP team liaise with a select team of service users, clinicians, and other stakeholders to shape two new 36-bedroom acute mental health wards, at the Peter Hodgkinson Centre for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust(LPFT), was declared the winner of the Service User Engagement Award.

Sara Cox, Participation Co-ordinator working for LPFT, who assembled and lead the Building Together group throughout the initiative, was delighted to be present at the ceremony, to accept the award, said: "We are so proud to win this award – the Building Together group have supported the project with passion, commitment and drive and so deserve this."

Chris Winspear, Regional Director of VINCI Building North East, added: "I am thrilled that the efforts of our IHP Lincoln team have been recognised with this award. This is a fantastic project which demonstrates how true stakeholder engagement really does bring the best results!"

Also praised in the same category, with the IHP Maghull project team receiving a commendation, was Aspen Wood, a new low secure learning disabilities unit, delivered by IHP, for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Maghull, Liverpool.

Well done to all involved in these exemplar projects.

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