Developing healthcare estates requires a huge amount of collaboration between the many organisations and individuals that bring projects to life. Gavin Thompson, Partner and former CEO of UK-headquartered global engineering...
Despite the slow return to normality following the easing of lockdown restrictions, it’s clear to see that COVID-19 has left a significant mark on almost every aspect of our lives....
A super hospital that blends into the landscape may sound like the definition of the impossible, but that was the design approach for the Grange University Hospital, Gwent, conceived and...
Danny McCann, Painting Services Manager for Seddon, discusses why a proactive approach to design should be top of any care provider’s list in the pursuit of effective infection control....
Work has completed on a new £5.5m medical centre in St Leonards, Hastings. The three-storey 20,000ft2 building houses two GP surgeries and a pharmacy in Bexhill Road next to West...
Sypro Chief Executive Simon Hunt discusses the all-important need for flexibility in our support of healthcare clients, and why digital software needs to be a standard aspect of the project...
For hospitals and healthcare facilities, the successful management of hygiene is absolutely critical and specifying an effective entrance matting system is the first line of defence against dirt, germs and...
More than half the adult population of the UK have received their first vaccination dose, and the NHS can now begin to consider initiatives that can offer optimum use of...
Phil Barsby, Business Development Director at Intastop and a board member of the Design in Mental Health Network, comments on the work being done by private companies to ensure the...
Integrated multidisciplinary centres which empower patients to proactively take charge of their health and wellbeing are now firmly established as the gold standard for progressive, place-based models of healthcare....
Over half (54%) of households in the social rented sector have one or more household members with a long-term illness or disability. With such a high level of need, how...
An extensive Altro flooring and walling solution is helping to provide a beautiful, safe, homely and calm environment for new mothers and their babies at a revolutionary new maternity delivery...
In this article, David Harris, Managing Director of Premier Modular – one of the UK’s leading offsite specialists – looks at the renewed focus on offsite construction and how it...
Richard Coe, Project Director at Kajima Partnerships, discusses how to build in flexibility and increase capacity in the NHS, preparing the health service as a potential winter crisis looms....
In this article William Tonkinson, Managing Director of hospital fit-out specialist Deanestor, looks at how a new cancer hospital in Liverpool used bespoke furniture to transform chemotherapy treatment and other...
Conlon Construction and Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP) have completed the creation of a rehabilitation unit which will help patients recovering from mental health conditions regain the skills associated with day-to-day...
Kirk Taylor, Head of Development at Kajima Partnerships, believes those working across construction and public sector building programmes need to help NHS managers find a way to expand capacity by...
When COVID-19 started its aggressive expansion throughout the world, one of the major fears was that healthcare providers would be overwhelmed. ...
Healthcare facilities are meant to be places of reassurance and restful environments in which patients feel safe and secure. Although hospitals and other medical organisations are working around the clock...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fundamental flaws in conventional care home design, with many no longer fit for purpose and unable to meet the current needs of residents. ...
