The 2020 Book of the Night
The winners are revealed
We would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2020 LaingBuisson Awards. All finalists have provided exemplary contributions to their sector, but there can only be one winner.
The Awards have received an impressive number of submissions from across the UK reaching an all-time high.
Winners:
Response to COVID
Outstanding Response to COVID in Social Care Award | Outstanding Response to COVID in Healthcare Award
Social Care
Small Residential Care Award | Large Residential Care Award | Specialist Care Award
Supported Living Award | Homecare Award | Housing with Care Award
Clinical Services
Hospital Award | Hospital Group Award | Primary Care & Diagnostics Award
Healthcare Outcomes Award | Nursing Practice Award | Rehabilitation Award
Innovators & Leaders
Public Private Partnership Award | Management Excellence Award | Innovation in Care Award
Innovation in Health Tech | Excellence in Training Award | Rising Star Award
Investors & Finance
Investor Award | Lender Award | Financial Advisor Award
Property
Property Consultant Award | Property Investor Award | Property Developer Award
Advisors
Management Consultant Award | Recruiter Award | Public Legal Award
Response to COVID
Outstanding Response to COVID in Social Care Award
Outstanding Response to COVID in Healthcare Award
Social Care
Small Residental Care Award
Winner:
Stow Healthcare Group
"I love the 'Rights Based' approach taken by the Stow Health Group, with activities such as actively supporting voting and their broader commitment to the development of young people into the care industry with work placement and apprenticeships really making them stand out."
The full list of finalists are:
Specialist Care Award
Winner:
CareTech Community Services - Complete Care and Enablement Team
"An excellent application where the commitment to being service user-centred leaps from the page. The very core of how this organisation is formed is innovative and the successes as wide-ranging as weddings to young peoples' services shows the creativity of the organisation, along with the great commitments to the wider stakeholder community."
The full list of finalists are:
Homecare Award
Winner:
The Good Care Group
"CQC outstanding in all domains. Outcome-orientation in its work and appears to use data well to achieve them. Paperless care records with access provided to family members. Recruiting based on workers’ values. Appears to be strongly committed to workforce values. Very low staff turnover. The nomination was well-supported with evidence to back up claims made, which set it apart from most of its competitors’ nominations."
The full list of finalists are:
Housing with Care Award
Rehabilitation Award
Innovators & Leaders
WinnerPublic Private Partnership Award
Innovation in Care Award
Innovation in Health Tech
Excellence in Training Award
Winner:
Karolina Gerlich, The Care Workers' Charity
"Karolina is passionate about the social care workforce and she has shown outstanding commitment to the care sector and delivered so much and is continually trying to improve the status and understanding of the workforce."
The full list of finalists are:
Investors & Finance
Investor Award
Winner:
Montreux Capital Management (UK)
"A very strong entry. The case study articulated a clear investment story, including well-explained motivations and rewards for different stakeholders. Overall, MCM have explained their intent and differentiation extremely well."
The full list of finalists are:
Lender Award
Financial Advisor Award
Property
Property Consultant Award
Property Investor Award
Winner:
Triple Point
"Excellent case study and wonderful examples of responsible investment with an approach to COVID and donating 15% of its Initial Fees from all its investment products to its Helping Hands initiative, funding and supplying PPE and hand cream to frontline health workers across the UK."
The full list of finalists are:
Property Developer Award
Advisors
Management Consultant Award
Recruiter Award
Winner:
Barchester Healthcare
"This is really very different - Barchester have brought it all in-house, with an innovative approach, made real achievements by matching people to culture - and gained outstanding commercial success by bringing downtime cost of recruitment and the use of agency significantly in a very challenging sector. This is an industry-leading exemplar."
The full list of finalists are: