This article considers how the recently updated HTM 03-01 can be a catalyst for continuous operational improvements and service transformation. When supported with a ‘smart logbook’, Authorised Persons (Ventilation) can play an increasingly important role in informing their Trust’s Ventilation Safety Group (VSG), while effectively discharging their responsibilities for the practical implementation and operation of

Microbes are classified into distinct groups depending on their characteristics, but there are four main groups that have the most potential to cause harm to the human body, if conditions are optimal. These are bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa.1 These groups can also be known as opportunistic pathogens, as they have the ability to integrate

Fire Safety changed for good in June 2017, when the Grenfell Tower fire caused 72 people to lose their lives, and a further 70 to be injured, with 223 people escaping the blaze. The disaster prompted a government inquiry which was chaired by Dame Judith Hackett, and reported in May 2018 in a document titled

It is fair to say that we remain in turbulent times across the healthcare sector. We have all emerged from the pandemic hoping for some much-needed stability, and while there are promising signs of things getting back to some form of normality, it is clear that it will not be ‘business as unusual’ for quite

Lighting healthcare has always required specialist knowledge and experience in order to meet client expectations, but when I look at the last five or so years, I’d argue that that these levels of specialism are increasing project-on-project, yearon-year. I believe these trends are being driven, and accelerated, by a number of different factors: some healthcare-specific,

SARS-CoV-1 and MERS are familiar terms to me because I happened to be in China when these broke out. I never wonder why Chinese tourists wear masks wherever they go. People from China have come to hate viruses, and want to protect themselves whenever and wherever they go. When SARS-CoV-2 became a pandemic in early

How much true understanding is there in the architectural and contractor healthcare community of specifying products correctly to meet the demands laid out in the Healthcare Building Notes? This very question was raised to me by an architect during a recent CPD presentation. The specifier wanted to know how it could specify an IPS system

Direct emissions from buildings accounted for around 17% of total UK greenhouse gas emissions in 20191 . As the country looks to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 (2045 in Scotland) it will be essential to significantly reduce these both from new and existing buildings. This will be especially important for healthcare facilities, which are

The hospitals we are delivering in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia, and Gambia, are being built in response to the demand for quality, accessible healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa. A World Health Organization report, published in 2007, estimated that between 550,000 and 650,000 extra beds were needed across sub-Saharan Africa to meet the expected ‘healthcare

The hospitals we are delivering in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia, and Gambia, are being built in response to the demand for quality, accessible healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa. A World Health Organization report, published in 2007, estimated that between 550,000 and 650,000 extra beds were needed across sub-Saharan Africa to meet the expected ‘healthcare

Ageing of hospital estate assets is a growing concern for many European countries, and indeed in any country in which care has been largely provided in buildings that are at least 30 years’ old. Against this backdrop, with physical constraints, a lack of decanting facilities, shortage of funding, and socio-political choices, refurbishment of existing buildings