Award-winning Tonic Arts receives four highly commended honours at prestigious healthcare awards

We are thrilled to have received four highly commended honours at the prestigious Building Better Healthcare Awards 2021.

These national awards celebrate the best in creating positive change within the healthcare sector.

We were awarded:

Patient’s Choice Award (2020): The Tiled Corridor, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Patient’s Choice Award (2021): Common Thread: NHS Voices in a Time of Crisis
Best Collaborative Arts Project (Static) (2020): The Tiled Corridor, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Best Collaborative Arts Project (Static) (2021): Beyond Walls, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences

We are delighted to have been presented with four highly commended awards for our submissions to the Building Better Healthcare awards. This recognition is testament to the hard work of our dedicated team and the importance of arts in improving health and wellbeing.”

Our Tonic Arts programme enriches the experience and enhances the environments of NHS Lothian. We work collaboratively with our colleagues and partners to pioneer a culture in which the arts are valued across the service, using creativity to improve and support the health and wellbeing of staff, patients and visitors.”

Susan Grant, Tonic Arts Manager

The Building Better Healthcare Awards celebrate outstanding achievements and innovation in healthcare and recognise the people leading the way across the sector. This year’s awards continued to honour the innovation, architecture, people, products and services that are helping to transform patient care in both the NHS and private sector. The event celebrated winners from both 2020 and 2021 in a double celebration at The Brewery in London.