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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS £250,000 Wolfson Economics Prize 2021 won
The £250,000 Wolfson Economics Prize 2021 has been awarded to Ab Rogers Design and its ‘Living Systems’ submission.
It is the fourth time that the prize – run in partnership with ‘think-tank’, Policy Exchange – has been awarded since its inception in 2011. Entrants to the 2021 competition were asked: ‘How would you design and plan new hospitals to radically improve patient experiences, clinical outcomes, staff wellbeing, and integration with wider health and social care?’ Ab Rogers Design’s The ‘Living Systems’ team envisions hospital buildings becoming a ‘third carer’, alongside medical staff and a patient’s family and friends, and envisages smaller hospitals which could be built across England and sit within the community ‘as centres of wellness as well as cure’. The 200-bed sites would be constructed using a pre- fabricated, modular 12-storey design, with an internal cross-laminated timber shell so that wards can be easily partitioned into isolation rooms. A central ground floor ‘open area’ – ‘the podium’ – would incorporate ‘a thriving market’, accessible
the building to maximise natural daylight, with greenery and views accessible from every bed.
to the entire community. The plan would also re-design staff facilities to improve working conditions and increase staff retention across the NHS.
The design features a rooftop area for hospital staff and volunteers,
incorporating offices, meeting rooms, and congregation areas, including a bar and canteen. A series of raised beds would convert the remaining rooftop area into allotments for growing fresh produce. These facilities could be used by staff and patients, and would inform a programme of education within the community on diet and lifestyle. The bulk of patient rooms and wards are on the south side of
IFHE Digest 2022 availabletoreadonline The 2022 edition of the International
Federation of Healthcare Engineering (IFHE) Digest has been published and is available to read online. The IFHE Digest 2022 includes several in-depth articles on how healthcare engineers have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, including insight into new facilities, project management, and operations, in several continents. In addition, the 28 articles in the 116-page publication offer a broad coverage of other healthcare engineering expertise, cutting-edge technology, and good practice. Topics covered include hospital
upgrades/ refurbishment, telemetry, acoustics, IT, modern design techniques, climate change/‘green’ hospital facilities, and more.
In addition to the feature articles, there is also a wealth of information about the IFHE and its members – including a review of the rescheduled
26th IFHE Congress in January 2021. The online event, originally due to take place in Rome in May 2020, marked the Federation’s 50th anniversary, and saw more than 1,200 participants from over 60 countries.
IFHE Digest 2022 also looks ahead to the 27th Congress, scheduled to take place from 17- 21 September 2022 in Toronto.
There is also a useful list of IFHE individual country contacts, and a message from IFHE President, Daniela Pedrini, a director of the Hospital-University Authority of Bologna – Sant’Orsola Polyclinic, one of Italy’s major hospitals.
IFHE Digest 2022 will be
hosted on the Health Estate Journal app and website, and will also feature on the IFHE website. A direct link to the publication can be found here:
https://content.yudu.com/web/1u0jl/ 0A1urts/IFHE-Digest-2022/html/
index.html?origin=reader.
The winning team – led by Ab Rogers Design – now plans to develop a research unit to help develop their ideas further, in the hope of them being implemented across hospitals in England. The organisers of the 2021 Wolfson Economics Prize – (‘second only to the Nobel Prize in monetary terms’) – say the year’s competition entries provided clear evidence of ‘a new focus on the long- term improvement in hospital provision in Britain and globally’. In addition to improving the care pathway, the proposals ‘re-imagine hospital design and style – including how these vital facilities integrate with their communities’. The four runners-up – which included proposals to base hospital design on neuroscience and the symmetry found in nature, redesign hospitals into starfish- shaped pods to modernise hospital activity, re-imagine the emergency department, and relocate acute and non- acute health facilities to town centres – will each receive £10,000.
Regulator updates
risk guidance The Engineering Council has issued updated Guidance on Risk for the engineering profession, which it says it is ‘suitable for engineering professionals at all career stages, and across all sectors and specialisms’. The revised Guidance on Risk describes the role of all those engaged in engineering in dealing with risk, and their responsibilities to society. It sets out the key stages of managing risk, and emphasises the need to exercise informed judgment and identify on what is an acceptable level of risk – ‘the risk appetite’, with six principles to ensure that all engineering professionals integrate understanding of the environment and sustainability of resources into all aspects of their work. The full Guidance on Risk leaflet, and a convenient wallet card of the six principles, can be downloaded free from:
www.engc.org.uk/risk The Engineering Council also produces guidance on ‘Security’, ‘Sustainability’, and ‘Whistleblowing’, in addition to the Statement of Ethical Principals, published jointly with the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).
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