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Eco-initiatives at Cromwell Hospital start bearing fruit

The health of the planet and the health of people are inextricably linked, with the World Health Organization declaring climate change the biggest health threat to humanity. There have been many studies to back this up, particularly around pollution, and how it increases the risk of cancer, heart disease, respiratory problems, and dementia. At Bupa,

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Mar

Honing design to improve from one build to the next

In the first half of a two-part article, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Dr Michael Weinbren, head of Estates Risk and Environment at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, George McCracken, Susanne Lee of independent microbiology consultancy, Leegionella, and Consultant Microbiologist at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Dr Teresa Inkster, argue that ensuring patient safety in new

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Mar

Better integration of health and social care a priority

Stuart Douglas became Director of Specialist Estates Services (SES), part of NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP), just over a year ago, having been Deputy Director since August 2022. HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, recently met up with him by ‘Teams’ to find out more about his career, and discuss some of the most pressing issues

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Mar

Greater insight on ‘wasted energy’ could be the key

In July 2022, the NHS made a major commitment to decarbonisation, and its landmark pledge to achieve Net Zero by 2040 was a world-first for health services.  Healthcare is one of the nation’s highest energy-consuming industries, with the NHS responsible for 4% of the UK’s total carbon emissions. With the total energy bill for NHS

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Feb

Ensuring critical power needs are properly met

Healthcare-specific technical engineering guidance is a vital tool in the safe and efficient operation of healthcare facilities, so that if disturbances to mains power do occur, patient or staff safety is not in danger. The key challenges in protecting critical power in healthcare situations include: Compliance with multiple guidelines, regulations, and healthcare-specific standards, including HTM

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Feb

West Yorkshire’s new highly automated pathology centre

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust describes the construction of new Centre for Laboratory Medicine at St James’s Hospital – the building was completed by BAM in July 2023, and is expected to be fully operational this summer (2024) – as ‘a significant milestone in regional healthcare’. This is because the 450-500 staff that will move

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Feb

Understanding serious transfusion hazards

The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) scheme collects and analyses anonymised information relating to serious adverse reactions (SAR) and serious adverse events (SAE) of blood transfusion reported in the United Kingdom (UK). From this data, SHOT makes recommendations to improve patient and transfusion safety. A breakdown of the 2022 Annual SHOT Report1 (assessing a total

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Feb

Study highlights some worrying knowledge gaps

Carl-Magnus von Behr, Professor Tim Minshall, and Professor John Clarkson report on research, sponsored by the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to identify how knowledge priorities vary among NHS EFM staff across organisational levels. The results highlight knowledge gaps in sustainability and digitalisation, varying skill priorities for managers and directors,

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Feb

Ensuring competence across key engineering roles

Following IHEEM’s work to strengthen and promote the role and importance of professional development and independent AEs across all its specialist engineering platforms, members highlighted the urgent need to actively support the development of AP and CPs. IHEEM’s Decontamination Technical Platform is now piloting a programme in Wales aimed at directly supporting such personnel. John

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Feb

Renewable energy microgrid for US paediatric hospital

Valley Children’s Healthcare, a pre-eminent paediatric care provider in Central California, is on a pioneering path to become the first Net Zero paediatric hospital campus in the United States. This ambitious project, a collaboration with Mazzetti, aims to establish the largest paediatric healthcare renewable energy microgrid in the country, marking a significant stride towards sustainable

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Feb

How to successfully manage Legionella risk

Les Szabo, NSW (New South Wales) State manager at Australian water treatment specialist, HydroChem, discusses work to implement an effective Legionella risk management and prevention strategy for the hot water system at a Sydney hospital. Among the key steps taken to address the existing protocols’ shortcomings were establishing a proper sampling protocol, implementing a monthly

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Feb

COVER STORY: Complementary design for a ‘unified hygienic finish’

The Trovex concept ward illustration features five key solutions: Hygidoor, Diamond wall cladding, Resilience wall protection, Hygipod IPS, and Hygipod MSU. There’s a closer look at each on the back cover. Each product has been designed to complement the others, culminating in a unified hygienic finish. The ease with which these products – all of

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Feb

A ‘blueprint’ approach to tackle healthcare challenges

Smriti Singh, Associate Partner at The PSC, discusses the business management consultancy’s recent codevelopment – with Plymouth Local Care Partnership – of a so-called ‘Blueprint’ approach to designing estates which the two organisations says both meets population needs, and enables integration of care. The approach taken strongly aligns with the New Hospital Programme principle that

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Jan

Heatherwood Hospital – a model for the future?

Sean Woodhead, associate architect at global multidisciplinary design practice, BDP, looks at how the design of Heatherwood Hospital in Berkshire – which opened just under two years ago – has helped support positive outcomes at this specialist, planned care facility. He suggests that as a dedicated planned care centre, Heatherwood ‘undoubtedly represents a significant component

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Jan

Digital tools can improve funding bid success rates

Chris Brown, Public Sector lead at IES, ‘a global innovator in integrated performance-based analysis for the built environment’, discusses the need for NHS Trusts to be able to provide comprehensive data on current performance, and good evidence of the need for funding, when seeking monies for heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures. One of the

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Jan
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