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21 Biophilic design: designing for health
Biophilic design’s benefits for both acute and mental healthcare settings are well-recognised. South African interior designer, Antoinette Greeff, discusses the fundamentals of the ‘art’, and explains how the principles were deployed at a new assisted ward at a psychiatric facility.
27 Smart hospital designed ‘through the patient’s eyes’ Canadian journalist Rebecca Melnyk describes the light, airy, and spacious design of what is reportedly Canada’s
first ‘smart’ hospital – the new Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital in Vaughan, Ontario.
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33 Combating Legionella by focusing on the right species Microbiologist Jimmy Walker PhD, BSc, discusses the important aspects of Legionnaires’ disease for those responsible for hospital water systems, and what we need to understand to safeguard patients.
37 Green Plan progress and future opportunities in focus NHS Trusts across England were required to submit a Green Plan by mid-January as part of the drive toward a Net Zero Carbon NHS. Beth Goodwin, an NHS specialist at Inenco – which has been helping a number deliver their Plans – discusses the approaches taken, and some as yet under- exploited carbon reduction opportunities.
43 ‘Landmark’ CCU completed at Oxford’s John Radcliffe A new 48-bedded Critical Care building at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, and built by Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been completed in just 15 months – from initial design to handover.
51 Call for increased focus on primary care investment The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Healthcare Infrastructure recently discussed the need to invest in primary care, as well as acute hospital settings, for improved forward planning for greater NHS resilience, and for enhanced healthcare infrastructure in poorer, disadvantaged communities.
58 Pandemic lessons: gauging how NHS staff work now
Arcadis’ Sarah Miles and Smriti Singh discuss a recent project with an acute NHS Trust to discover how the pandemic has changed perceptions of hospital workspace, and ‘how we can start to implement change, both in physical space, and also in cultural views of hospital roles’.
63 The fire doorset’s vital role as a first line of defence Poor specification, installation, and maintenance of fire doorsets can have devastating consequences. The head of Door Closer Sales at Assa Abloy Opening Solutions UK & Ireland outlines the key considerations when choosing doorsets.
69 When specifications don’t solve the problem As specifications are passed down lengthy chains, sometimes the intent can be lost. Adam Fox, director at vibration isolation specialist, Mason UK, offers three key principles for writing a good specification.
72 Financing smart buildings – value in the ‘new normal’ Mark McLoughlin, from Siemens Industries and Markets, discusses benefits to both occupiers and users of increasingly ‘smart’ healthcare buildings, and the role of ‘smart financing’ in their construction and operation.
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