FEATURE ARTICLES

Designers of healthcare facilities now have the opportunity to be more creative, taking inspiration from the retail and hospitality sectors.

The assistant estates director at a Dublin hospital discusses the extent to which hospital BEMS systems can increase efficiency and minimise energy consumption.

How antimicrobial copper surfaces can assist with hospital infection control and support the fight against nosocomial infection.

An expert look at the most important changes in the recently revised HTM 06-01: Electrical services supply and distribution guidance document.

A risk management specialist believes ‘poor managerial standards’ practiced by many Trusts in relation to their estates departments are due to them failing to adopt the NHS-recommended ‘systems approach’ to governance.

The D 08 Supplement to HTM 04-01 on TMVs has been updated to simplify and speed the in-service auditing and testing of these devices.

Topics at an IHEEM one-day conference last month ranged from minimising the proliferation of Pseudomonas in hospital water systems to key changes in the recently revised HTM 06-01 ‘Electrical services’ guidance.

A publicly-funded company is working with NHS Trusts around the UK to make NHS estates more energy efficient, providing interest-free Government funding to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and lower energy bills.

Creating the right interior designs for healthcare environments can make a fundamental difference to patients, staff, and visitors. British Gypsum discusses the key factors to consider.

Lee Hales, operations director at bespoke parking specialist, Indigo, outlines the company’s approach to ensuring the best possible parking experience for patients, staff, and visitors, on increasingly busy hospital sites.

A look at the two main filter media technologies commonly used – traditional flat sheet membrane and the ‘modern’ hollow fibre membrane media – to tackle Legionellaand Pseudomonasin hospital water systems

The head of Healthcare at an independent construction, property, and management consultancy, argues that estates and facilities management teams must adopt an ever more innovative approach to optimising estate utilisation, and sets out a four-pronged approach.

Modular buildings are now a common sight on NHS estates around the UK as Trusts battle to meet the requirements of their patients and their staff alike. Here, Steve Bowers, founder and managing director of Solutions Asset Finance, and the company’s commercial director, Philip Green, explain ‘how flexible funding solutions can match the quality of today’s modular building technology’.

Fabric maintenance company, HSFM, examines why an increasing number of healthcare property managers are now choosing to outsource their building fabric upkeep requirements.

An IBI architect explains the thinking behind the NHS England Healthy New Towns programme.

A Bristol-based arts consultancy has commissioned artists to redesign the Bereavement Suite and Sanctuary Space at Bristol Royal Infirmary to provide more solace and comfort to bereaved visitors and relatives as part of a major conversion and extension project.

An effective, well-planned modern sluice or dirty utility room which enables clean and effective human waste disposal and disinfection is key to ensuring excellent hygiene and infection control.

A detailed look at combating the threat posed to building occupants via the infiltration into, and dissemination from, ventilation systems, of microorganisms, and how an innovative UVC technology-based solution can tackle it.

A specialist in offsite construction argues that only with a much greater take-up of this form of building will the Government’s 2025 Construction Industry Targets be met.

A washroom control specialist will soon launch a wireless system designed for the continuous, automatic monitoring of hot and cold water temperatures and water flow events in large pipework systems.