LaingBuisson Awards 2025 Winners
We would like to thank everyone who participated in the LaingBuisson Awards 2025. All finalists have provided exemplary contributions to their sector, but there can only be one winner.
The Awards had received an impressive number of submissions from across the UK.
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Sustainability – New for 2025
Excellence in Healthcare Sustainability | Excellence in Social Care Sustainability
Social Care
Excellence in Small Residential Care | Care Home Group of the Year | Excellence in Specialist Care
Excellence in Supported Living | Excellence in Homecare | Excellence in Retirement Housing
Excellence in Children’s Services
Clinical Services
Hospital of the Year | Hospital Group of the Year | Best in Primary Care & Diagnostics
Best in Healthcare Outcomes | Nursing Team of the Year
Innovators & Leaders
Public Private Partnership | Leadership Team of the Year | Innovation in Care
Health Tech Product of the Year | Excellence in Training | Rising Star Award
Technology Support Provider of the Year
Investors & Finance
Investor of the Year | Lender of the Year | Financial Advisor of the Year
Property
Property Consultant of the Year | Property Developer of the Year
Advisors
Consultancy of the Year | Recruiter of the Year | Legal Advisor of the Year
Sustainability – New for 2025
Excellence in Healthcare Sustainability
Sponsored by
Winner:
“This is a credible and comprehensive programme that demonstrates both breadth and consistency. An excellent submission, with strong examples such as GPs actively promoting the use of lower-carbon dry powder inhalers. The encouragement of reusable items, such as reusable sharps containers, further strengthens the programme’s sustainability focus.”
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Lyndhurst Rest Home Limited
Excellence in Social Care Sustainability
Winner:
“A great range of initiatives demonstrates creativity and engagement.”
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Social Care
Excellence in Small Residential Care
Sponsored by
Winner:
“Familiar Objects Projects presents an impressive and genuinely thoughtful approach, with innovations that reflect a true commitment to small residential excellence.”
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Care Home Group of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“The Believing in the Best Record (BiBR) recovery programme is an excellent initiative. Its proprietary design and co-developed enabling plans feel genuinely distinctive and person-centred.”
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Excellence in Specialist Care
Sponsored by
Winner:
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“This pioneering Huntington’s disease unit has delivered exceptional, data-driven outcomes—dramatically reducing restrictive practices while significantly improving patient wellbeing through a purpose-built model, full multidisciplinary team, and embedded digital care systems. Its commitment to co-production, national knowledge-sharing, and highly specialised practice sets a new benchmark in HD care, marking it as a transformative leader in an exceptionally complex field.“
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Excellence in Supported Living
Sponsored by
Winner:
“This entry shows a strong commitment to co-production, therapeutic design, and advanced communication. The case study clearly demonstrates how services can be built around individual needs rather than simply adapted to them. Their broader impact across the social care system — including hospital discharge support, regional job creation, and contributions to adult social care consultations — further strengthens their submission, highlighting excellence in both service delivery and strategic leadership.
Excellent examples of dynamic, person-centred practice and the application of ‘The Theory of Transformation’ showcase real potential for driving fundamental system change.“
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Excellence in Homecare
Winner:
“BelleVie continues to impress with significant activity and growth, underpinned by extensive use of technology. Its distinctive ‘people-powered, tech-enabled’ care model with self-managing teams highlights exceptional innovation through the development of its proprietary Wellbeing Operating System. “
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Excellence in Retirement Housing
Winner:
“An impressive use of MMC alongside varied tenure options, including OPSO, demonstrates thoughtful innovation. Integrating care into traditional retirement living schemes adds significant value. The submission showcases market-leading breadth, credible innovation, and measurable social impact, making it a comprehensive and sector-defining entry.”
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Excellence in Children’s Services
Sponsored by
Winner:
“Staff initiatives have driven a 97% retention rate, a 35% increase in internal promotions, and 100% satisfaction on inclusion.”
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Clinical Services
Hospital of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“Demonstrates clear differentiation and innovation through the adoption of state-of-the-art procedures in London. Significant investment in philanthropy and staff development. Strong performance in resilience and growth.”
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Hospital Group of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“The EPR roll-out represents a major achievement. As most of their business is NHS-funded, they appear to have integrated effectively with NHS stakeholders.”
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Best in Primary Care & Diagnostics
Sponsored by
Winner:
“Their service is clearly differentiated from traditional physiotherapy, delivering superior outcomes. Growth and staff satisfaction are both impressive, and their innovative use of technology to integrate seamlessly with the NHS further strengthens their position. These unique selling points make them stand out in a competitive marketplace”
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Best in Healthcare Outcomes
Sponsored by
Winner:
“Re:Cognition Health is a pioneering leader in cognitive and neurological care, bringing disease-modifying Alzheimer’s therapies, such as Kisunla, into real-world practice to slow disease progression and preserve patient independence. Its Harley Street facility combines state-of-the-art, neurodiverse-friendly design with AI-powered enrolment tools that enhance efficiency. Beyond care, it influences globally through media appearances, TEDx talks, and the Brain and Mind Foundation. With innovation, impact, and leadership, Dr Emer Macsweeney and her team are reshaping treatment, research translation, and advocacy in neurological health worldwide.”
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Nursing Team of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“This entry effectively highlights bespoke training and demonstrates a meaningful impact on the wider healthcare community.”
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Innovators & Leaders
Public Private Partnership
Sponsored by
Winner:
DMC Healthcare, Lincolnshire ICB, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals Trust, and Lincolnshire Elective Activity Coordination Hub
“This partnership has achieved remarkable results for dermatology patients in Lincolnshire by tackling a backlog of over 10,500 patients, some waiting more than 100 weeks. Through significant clinical validation and efficient care delivery, waiting times were reduced from over 110 weeks to an average of 11 weeks, with a high rate of first-time resolution and appropriate referrals for minor surgery and specialist investigations. Patient feedback was highly positive, with 90% likely to recommend the service and 89% expressing strong satisfaction. Overall, the partnership successfully met its objectives by rapidly reducing backlogs, improving access, and fostering effective collaboration across the system.”
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Leadership Team of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“Kara Healthcare demonstrates an exceptional commitment to consistency and continuity of care. Notably, in a single day, the organisation acquired and integrated eight care homes from three different operators—six of which were in administration and collectively losing £2.5 million annually. Remarkably, within just three months, this was transformed into an annualised EBITDA of £3 million. This turnaround was achieved without displacing a single resident and while retaining every staff member, successfully integrating nearly 1,000 residents and employees into Kara’s systems and culture in record time.”
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Innovation in Care
Winner:
“Royal Brompton continues to demonstrate leadership in advanced patient care, and this entry highlights its significant achievements. Professor Lim has advanced thoracic surgical expertise by performing lobectomies through minimally invasive techniques, reducing hospital stays and post-operative pain. Traditionally, lobectomy required open thoracic surgery, resulting in longer hospital stays, more pain, larger wounds, and extended recovery. Royal Brompton’s approach, using small incisions, offers patients faster recovery, less pain, shorter hospital stays, and minimal scarring. Additionally, the hospital’s reinvestment of private healthcare income into Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust exemplifies a commitment to improving outcomes for all patients.”
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Health Tech Product of the Year
Winner:
“Sensio is a world leader in intelligent social care technology, delivering a genuine step-change in care provision. Unlike reactive alarm-based systems, Sensio Insight uses AI-powered sensors to predict risks and personalise interventions, reducing falls and infections while protecting resident dignity by eliminating intrusive checks. Outcomes are outstanding: falls reduced by up to 83%, ambulance callouts down 63%, and infections identified earlier. For care staff, digital supervision frees time for meaningful care, reducing stress and improving retention, while families gain reassurance and transparency. The NHS benefits from fewer hospital admissions and avoidable costs. This entry clearly positions Sensio as a global frontrunner for Health Tech Product of the Year.”
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Excellence in Training
Winner:
“SpaMedica has set a national benchmark for ophthalmology training in the independent sector, with 38 training sites and the UK’s largest active trainee cohort, providing hands-on opportunities in both routine and complex cataract surgery. Its outcomes are exceptional, with complication rates below national averages, accuracy rates above benchmarks, and vision outcomes exceeding Royal College standards, demonstrating both volume and quality. Innovative approaches—including dry labs, digital feedback, and mobile ‘pop-up’ training suites—ensure accessibility and inclusion, while training 100+ registrars supports the wider NHS workforce and improves patient safety nationwide. Combining scale, innovation, and system-wide impact, SpaMedica exemplifies training excellence.”
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Rising Star
Sponsored by
Winner:
Dr. Nicolò Battisti, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Breast Unit, The Royal Marsden
“Dr. Nicolò Battisti’s leadership of the Senior Adult Oncology Programme exemplifies innovation and sector leadership, pioneering a transformative approach to cancer care for older adults. The entry stands out for its strong quantitative evidence, patient-centred ethos, and national and international influence. The case study is compelling, combining robust data with authentic patient perspectives. Dr. Battisti’s dedication to professional development, policy influence, and education further highlights his exceptional contribution. This nomination sets a benchmark for excellence and impact in healthcare leadership — a quiet revolution delivering lasting, system-wide change.“
Other finalists include:
Sharon Jones, Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cromwell Hospital
Emily Whitehurst, Chief Executive Officer, Constantia Healthcare Group
Rachel Brown, Quality & Compliance Manager, Kara Healthcare
Amaan Sadiq, Director of Compliance and Auditing, Langdale Care Homes
Technology Support Provider of the Year
Winner:
“FaultFixers is a highly credible, sector-specific solution addressing a critical yet often neglected aspect of care operations: maintenance and compliance. Its focus on health and social care, rather than being a generic FM platform, is a key differentiator, and its user-friendly design for frontline staff sets it apart. The entry demonstrates excellent achievements, including rapid commercial growth, measurable efficiency savings, positive CQC outcomes, and sector leadership through research. Its innovation is practical rather than radical—prioritising integration over breakthrough AI—but remains highly relevant and impactful for care providers.”
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Investors & Finance
Investor of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“An impressive example of driving real change through digital innovation and operational streamlining. The case study highlights strong investments in homes, reduced agency spend, and the Kara Eldership Programme, demonstrating a clear commitment to people and empowerment. The blend of financial restructuring and cultural transformation stood out. Commitment to stakeholders is evident through robust networks and training initiatives.”
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Lender of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“Another impressive year for the Shawbrook team, demonstrating continued innovation and adaptability in funding structures. Their strong commitment to stakeholders is evident through a range of community engagement initiatives, events, and dedicated support for staff.”
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Financial Advisor of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“Innovative, focused, and results-driven, this entry showcases an impressive roster of advisory work that is making a tangible impact. The team demonstrates strong differentiation through international reach and expertise across subsectors, though parts of this section felt somewhat generic. Successful outcomes include delivering strong results in a challenging market and competitive environment. Innovation is evident in the use of technology to provide global data insights, even if the specific example chosen was less compelling. The pro bono partnership with Marie Curie highlights meaningful community impact and contribution.”
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Property
Property Consultant of the Year
Winner:
“A formidable force in healthcare, Knight Frank has developed a well-rounded service offering that strengthens their global brand and sets a benchmark of excellence for competitors. Their impressive 2025 activity across agency, consultancy, research, and stakeholder engagement underscores their leadership in healthcare markets. With scale, global reach, and market-leading research, they advised on nearly £17bn of assets, while innovations such as the healthcare data portal and luxury care home guide reflect their expertise and commitment to raising industry standards.”
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Property Developer of the Year
Winner:
“Firmly established developer with demonstrated technical expertise and an impressive track record. Hamberley combines scale, financial innovation, and clinical insight to deliver transformative care environments. Their neurocare centres and strategic partnerships, such as Wargrave with Aedifica, exemplify luxury design, sustainability, and sector-leading expertise.”
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Advisors
Consultancy of the Year
Winner:
“Features excellent client references and insightful quotes from detailed case studies. Candesic’s expertise across transactional and fundraising due diligence, combined with its deep strategic and market capabilities, positions it as one of the strongest consultancies in the market.”
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Recruiter of the Year
Winner:
“The scalable SaaS model stands out as both highly innovative and adaptable for future growth. The impressive results from the Northern Ireland project, reinforced by the minister’s endorsement, strongly validate its effectiveness. This is a remarkable achievement and a genuine example of innovation in a space where creativity can often be hard to find.”
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Legal Advisor of the Year
Winner:
“This entry stands out as a winner because it combines exceptional client service—demonstrated by a 95% satisfaction rating far above industry benchmarks—with unmatched sector breadth, deep healthcare expertise, and a proven track record in delivering complex, high-stakes legal work. Its forward-thinking innovation, industry-leading people culture, and meaningful contributions to the wider health and care community firmly position the firm as a transformative leader in the legal sector.”
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Health Cover Provider of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner:
“The objectives are clearly stated and actively pursued, with an impressive breadth of innovation. Bupa has genuinely shifted the market by redefining customer expectations, and its commitment to owning key service points will further streamline the customer journey.”
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LaingBuisson Outstanding Contribution Award
Winner:
Laurence Geller, Chairman and Chief Executive, Loveday & Co
“LaingBuisson is proud to present the Outstanding Contribution Award 2025 in recognition of this person’s remarkable work in dementia research. Through funding the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory at the University of West London, this person has supported research that informs health and social care, directly benefiting people living with dementia and their families. Their personal connection, advocacy as an Alzheimer’s Society ambassador, and founding of Loveday & Co further demonstrate a sustained and impactful commitment, making them a truly deserving recipient of this year’s award.”