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5 Comment: Derogations and their interpretation 5 Cover story: A ‘complete and innovative’ grab bar solution 7 Institute News: Join us in celebrating IHEEM’s 80th Anniversary 8 Training and Development section 25 Health Sector News: Children’s Hospital expansion plans approved
FEATURES
30 NTM – How do we mitigate against it and control it?
33 A risk-based approach supported by guidance
37 What can we learn from ‘low resource’ settings?
43 Learning from hospitals built during the pandemic Asha Devi, a director at Arup, explores what the construction and healthcare sectors can learn
from hospitals built during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing the NHS Exeter Nightingale hospital – the only such facility still in use by the NHS today.
47 Taking wall protection and IPS design to new heights
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51 Fake it to make it? Risks of non- compliant ventilation equipment
59 How wrong fixings could render fire dampers ineffective
63 Lancaster hospice is a local ‘beacon of hope’
The ‘highly acclaimed’ Forget Me Not Centre at St John’s Hospice in Lancaster is – the architects say – ‘a haven providing support through grief and bereavement’. It offers ‘whole family support – the most effective type of therapy’, previously not available free in the area.
67 Understanding the benefits of vacuum drainage
71 Maximise your floor space to maximise your efficiency
75 Managing the ‘perennial issue’ of Legionella control
81 Supporting civilian floating hospital’s critical mission When healthcare construction expert, MIG Medical, was approached to work on the renovation of the world’s largest civilian hospital ship providing free healthcare to people from the poorest countries, its team had all the expertise to support this flagship project.
86 Major benefits from effective upgrades and ‘refurbs’
91 What to consider when moving to a new building
95 The ‘air drone ambulances’ that could soon be a reality
99 Healthcare – a new way to resuscitate the high street?
104 Ensuring the right doors are not just an afterthought
108 Kingston Hospital benefits from modular construction
112 Grove View ‘embodies the concept of placemaking’
116 The sophisticated software that helps drive ‘transition’
120 Keeping local healthcare facilities fit-for-purpose Pick Everard Principal building surveyor, Amit Vadgama, shines a spotlight on the everyday maintenance being completed across the country at local healthcare facilities – which he says ‘is positively contributing to the health and wellbeing of our local communities’.
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