Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has completed the first phase of a major solar panel installation programme that is expected to save around £74,000 a year in energy costs.
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Neighbourhood health: the delivery challenge
The urgency to shift care into community settings to support the NHS –while delivering value for public funds – is clear. Tom Howells, board director and national head of healthcare at Pulse Consult, examines why the shift from treatment to preventative care is integral, what delivery success looks like on the ground, and the estate and operational...
The long-term impact of real-time decision-making
In this practice-led piece, written from the perspective of recurring patterns seen across NHS estates programmes, construction consultancy Gleeds’ head of healthcare Andy McNulty and healthcare sector lead (South West) Simon Yeo argue that, rather than simply through strategy documents and national programmes, the future of the NHS estate is...
Sustainable parking with digital permits
Staff parking is an increasingly difficult area for estates teams to manage, particularly at a time where space is at a premium and simply building new car parks is not a viable option. Here, Ciara Spreadbury, business development & account manager at Mobile Worker Plus – creator of permit and pass management software OCTOPASS – looks at how...
Designing buildings that promote health
Architecture should actively promote health, not just treat illness. By integrating outdoor spaces, healthy choices, education, and co-located non-clinical services, we can embed prevention into care settings. However, this requires both bold leadership and capital project reform, as Matt Griffiths, health sector director at Kier, explains.
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The architecture and planning of a hospital is of crucial long-term importance to functionality and successful patient care. It forms the basis for optimal hospital processes and, in turn, minimises the workload of hospital personnel. We have been supporting workplace design in the field of acute care for over 50 years. With our expertise in...
