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The University of Glasgow’s Small Animal Hospital has won two awards at this year’s British Veterinary Hospital Association Practice Design Awards. The £15 million facility which opened in 2009 came first in the Best Referral Hospital Design and the overall Best Hospital/Practice Design categories.

The awards, which were announced during the annual Congress of the British Veterinary Hospitals Association, are the latest in a string of prestigious titles that the Small Animal Hospital has won in recent years, including recognition from the Glasgow Institute of Architects, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Royal Institute of British Architects. 

The British Veterinary Hospitals Association represents the highest standard of veterinary practice in the UK and this award confirms the University of Glasgow’s Small Animal Hospital as one of the foremost referral veterinary hospitals in the UK.

As part of the awards process, the facilities and premises at the Small Animal Hospital underwent an intensive examination by a team of inspectors. The inspection covers a whole range of issues relating to the running of the hospital and the care of its patients and particularly how the design of the premises contributes to clinical efficiency and standards.

Professor David Bennett, Associate Head of School (Clinical Operations), who received the award at a ceremony in County Durham, said: “We are extremely proud of our Hospital and very excited at winning this double award particularly since the competition this year was of a very high standard indeed. Our previous awards have been mainly for the outstanding architectural design of the Hospital so it is very pleasingly that the Hospital has now been recognised for its excellent facilities and staff and the functionality of the design”.

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First published: 26 October 2011