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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS Imperial seeking views on hospital rebuilding
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust last month launched a range of activities to gather the views of patients and local communities as it seeks to accelerate plans to build a new St Mary’s Hospital in London’s Paddington. The engagement activities include
‘drop-in’ sessions, an online ‘Q&A’ with Trust CEO, Professor Tim Orchard, and a dedicated website and survey. Flyers promoting the activities are being distributed to local residents and businesses, and the activities advertised via local and social media. A world-renowned teaching and
research hospital, St Mary’s opened in 1945, and is the busiest of London’s four major trauma centres. With its academic partner, Imperial College London, the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust also hosts the country’s largest NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. The Trust warns, however, that its ‘sprawling patchwork of ageing buildings’ – half of them older than the NHS – are now ‘in such poor condition that a major building failure is likely within four to seven years’. St Mary’s Hospital, and the Trust’s two other main sites, Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals, are part of
the New Hospital Programme. A new Western Eye Hospital is also intended to be included within the most suitable of these developments. Following the
Government’s decision last May to delay the main capital funding for its schemes, the Trust has been working with the New Hospital Programme to explore ways to keep its redevelopments on track, particularly at St Mary’s, where it says ‘the need is so urgent’. With the possibility now of funding to embark on detailed design and planning for St Mary’s in the coming months, the Trust is especially keen to widen early involvement in the development of its plans. Professor Tim Orchard said: “The St
Mary’s estate is simply no longer fit to support the modern healthcare that our staff, patients, and local communities deserve. To continue to play our key role in London’s healthcare system, and
‘Space-themed’ wall protection for London’s Evelina Children’s Hospital
A complete wall protection package from Gradus installed at the Evelina London Children’s Day Treatment Centre has created ‘a fun and hygienic atmosphere’ for children undergoing treatment.
The Centre has been built ‘to provide more life-changing care to children and young people who don’t necessarily need to stay overnight’. The project, delivered by construction company, Morgan Sindall, saw Gradus collaborate with Art in Site – a London-based art studio, and ADP Architecture, to utilise wall cladding ‘to create a healing and engaging environment for the hospital’s young patients to thrive in’. The space-themed designs were printed onto Gradus SureProtect Artworx cladding for an easy- to-maintain finish. SureProtect is specifically designed for areas where high cleanliness levels are crucial. Gradus says that the smooth surface makes SureProtect Artworx easy to wipe clean, while creating an impermeable barrier to moisture. The company said: “There is no grouting,
meet the growing and changing needs of our local communities, a complete rebuild is essential. We also want the redevelopment to support further regeneration of the area, including an expansion of the increasingly impactful Paddington Life Sciences – the cluster of businesses and other partners around St Mary’s focused on improving health and healthcare. Our vision is for a new, state-of-the-art hospital in a landmark building within a healthy and welcoming neighbourhood. It’s vital we involve as many patients and local residents as possible – as well as our staff – in shaping and realising this vision.”
Access to disability support tech broadened
which can often harbour bacteria.” Alongside SureProtect, Gradus also supplied Stainless Steel Corner Guards throughout the Day Centre. Louisa Williams, director of Art in Site, said: “It was so refreshing to work collaboratively with Mitch Dean and his team at Gradus. There was a real spirit of adventure and wanting to achieve the best for the client, which gave us confidence when planning the project. Our production methodology of printing combined with ‘cnc marquetry’ was sophisticated and ambitious, but the Gradus team never let us down with its supply lines, and the colours were super to work with.”
A new collaboration between TR Equipment and Innova Care Concepts will widen access to an extensive range of products to support assisted bathing, showering, and rehabilitation across the UK. Innova Care Concepts will support TR Equipment in bringing ‘best-in-class technology’ to people requiring specialist support with daily washing and hygiene tasks - including ‘unique’ shower trolleys, adapted bathtubs, and shower chairs, adding to Innova’s extensive range of disability technology products – which includes hydrotherapy pools, advanced motorised wheelchairs, and highly specialised hospital beds. “The partnership represents a
unique, highly complementary match- up to bring the benefits of high grade disability technology in a far more holistic way than has yet been seen in the UK market,” said TR Equipment CEO, Mico Olsen (pictured).
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Courtesy of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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