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Doorset range will assist standardisation
Specialist Door Solutions (SDS) says that in developing and launching its new Refinedoor doorset range, it has ‘actively engaged’ with both the New Hospital Programme and ‘several architects and Estate Managers’. The company elaborated: “With the demand to standardise more and more aspects of hospital design and build, we have engaged with NHP, and architects and Estate managers, to better understand the value delivered by standardisation, and how we – as a UK manufacturer supplying exclusively to the healthcare sector – can help shape the design of future healthcare. The outcome is Refinedoor, which offers tailored packages, designed for their application and environment, simplifying and increasing the efficiency of the specification process.” SDS says the range offers ‘tried
and tested products of the highest quality’, all backed by the relevant Fire Test evidence and certification. It said: “Through standardisation and streamlined manufacturing, Refinedoor enables us to deliver a product range at a sustainable and repeatable price regardless of project size.”
The new range reportedly helps:
n Increase cost efficiency – with standardised designs, colours, and construction methods, hospitals can benefit from bulk purchasing, reduced construction time, and lower cost.
n Simplify maintenance – the Refinedoor range simplifies maintenance / repairs by using interchangeable components.
n Offer scalability and replicability – SDS says standardising the range ‘enables the replication of successful hospital design and layouts’. Commercial director, Russell James, said: “Having been involved in many discussions with leading healthcare architects, hospital Trusts, and contractors – where the delivery of a standard platform-based design for all hospitals, and standardisation of sub-assemblies and components has been a common theme – we are delighted to launch our Refinedoor range in direct response.”
Eleven-floor clinical building opens to patients at Royal Sussex
The Louisa Martindale Building at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, part of the ongoing major ‘3Ts’ redevelopment scheme on the Brighton site, has opened its doors to patients. University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust says over 100,000 patients annually will be treated across its eleven floors, ‘in purpose- designed environments that meet the latest healthcare standards’. Peter Larsen-Disney, Clinical director for the 3Ts Redevelopment,
said: “This is a once-in -a-generation improvement for patients requiring hospital care from across Sussex.” Charlotte Lee, Nurse manager of ENT, said: “Every aspect of our service will benefit from the move to our new Head and Neck Outpatient department. We have always been proud of the care we have provided, and now we will have an environment we can be proud of as
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well.” “The shared spaces are beautiful,” said Caroline New-Jackson, Principal Cardiac physiologist. “They improve the environment for everyone, and will do so much for morale and sense of wellbeing.”
Many of the services moving to the Louisa Martindale Building are coming from the adjacent Barry Building, England’s oldest acute NHS building, which opened its doors 195 years ago. Tedianne Delacruz, a Ward manager from the Barry Building, said: “It is going to have a huge impact. Our current conditions are cramped and challenging. We will have five times as much space per bed in the new building.” Across the new building 65% of beds will be in single en-suite rooms, with the remainder in four bedded bays. Completing the service moves into the Louisa Martindale Building will create space for Stage 2 of the redevelopment, a new Sussex Cancer Centre replacing the Barry Building, and for the re-configuration of the hospital’s Emergency Department.
ITU ‘transformation’ project using Medstor cabinets
Medstor has supplied a range of HTM 71 cabinetry that it says ‘offers the flexibility to store everything in one room’ for the recent refitting of the Intensive Therapy unit at Tameside General Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne. Medstor explained: “Wanting to improve storage across the ITU, the Materials Management Team at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust wanted to work with a company that has completed many similar installations across NHS Trusts in Greater Manchester. The ITU’s refitting needed to clearly demonstrate the benefits of streamlined materials management, and quantify the savings expected via improved efficiencies.” The Medstor units are standard full-height and open-fronted, with the company’s ‘unique’ tray-and- liner system – which allows a large number of consumables to be stored safely and accessed easily. They have twin-slot upright shelving for bulkier boxed items. A ‘bespoke element’ is an extended plinth at the base, so items that need to be kept off the floor – such as sharps bins, can be stored securely, but accessed quickly. Medstor’s Installations team undertook all work in a ‘live’ environment. Medstor said: “Thanks to close communication between our team, the TGICFT Procurement Team, and everyone else in the ITU, the project was delivered on time and within budget with minimal disruption.”
The Materials Management Team reported back to the Trust that the expenditure had been justified, highlighting: n ‘Substantial cost savings’. n The number of stocked lines was ‘almost halved’.
n Stronger working relationships with clinical staff.
n A higher level of stock resiliency. n Unboxed product on shelves for increased stock visibility.
n ‘Robust’ stock escalation processes.
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