Wandsworth’s IPiN system has been installed throughout the wards, acute treatment areas, and A&E unit, at the new 100% single-bed, 512-bed Tunbridge Wells Hospital.
Wandsworth designed, supplied, installed, and commissioned the system as part of £650,000 contract. In all over 800 IPiN Nursecall units were installed over an 18-month period at the UK’s first large acute healthcare facility to offer 100 per cent single-bed accommodation. Constructed on the site of the former Pembury Hospital, the £225 million PFI healthcare facility currently sits beside its Victorian predecessor, “providing a stark contrast between old-style healthcare and showpiece 21st Century facilities”. Specification of the Ethernet-based IPiN nurse call system is, Wandsworth maintains, “indicative of the new hospital’s progressive approach, and of the emphasis placed on future-proofing the scheme”. Wandsworth’s contracts manager, David Harper, said: “Our IPiN system combines hard-wired practicality with wireless Ethernet functionality, allowing integration with other technologies, including those from other providers. As healthcare technology continues to advance, the hospital’s investment in IPiN will continue to add value, as new systems can be fully integrated with it retrospectively.” Project mechanical and electrical specialist, Crown House Technologies, specified that all M&E components should have a minimum 15-year lifespan.
