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25 Timescale issues and a distinct lack of data The second half of a report on a Building Safety Act-related roundtable.
33 Mounting backlog putting patients at risk A look at the impact of an ageing and sometimes failing, estate on patient safety.
39 Combating antimicrobial resistance requires a multi-pronged approach The increasingly vital role of the construction supply chain and manufacturers in the fight against AMR.
47 How has thinking adapted since the pandemic? The importance of supply chain collaboration early in projects in minimising infection risks in new buildings.
51 Highlighting the value of social prescribing hubs Creating social prescribing hubs that give patients more agency in their own health outcomes.
55 How energy-resilient is your estate? The key steps to ensure hospital infrastructure can provide resilient standby power to 100% of clinical facilities.
61 Six years’ meticulous planning bears fruit An Altrincham clinical design hub aims to ‘revolutionise how medical settings are conceived and constructed’.
67 Technical Boiler House Risk Assessments in focus The critical importance of Technical Boiler House Risk Assessments for healthcare facilities.
73 Preventing unattended alarms leading to a crisis Messaging, automation, and monitoring’s role in mitigating the risk of unattended alarms.
79 Do thermostatic mixing valves still have a viable role in healthcare? A water hygiene specialist asks if TMV technology still has a role in modern healthcare settings.
83 Navigating the NHS Net Zero Building Standard What the NHS Net Zero Building Standard means for NHS Trusts, and the associated challenges.
87 Hitting Net Zero without harming patient safety The imperative to reach Net Zero, but doing so without harming patient safety.
91 The prescription for smart hospital success Digitalisation offers the healthcare sector the opportunity ‘to do more with less’, says Siemens Smart Infrastructure.
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95 Taking the pain out of ERIC data collection How technology can address the challenges of gathering and analysing data for the annual ERIC report.
100 ‘The next generation of assurance tools’ Quiqsolutions and IHEEM have collaborated to develop ‘the next generation of assurance tools’.
103 Digital technology can aid task management Digital technology can improve task management in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
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108 Decarbonising allied to healthy design principles Amid budget constraints and Net Zero targets, M&E designers are re-evaluating their approaches.
113 A look at bringing verification ‘in house’ The benefits – including cost-saving – of moving verification of specialist healthcare ventilation ‘in house’.
119 Helping shape the estate of Greater London’s PCNs An architecture and interior design practice has worked with some of Greater London’s Integrated Care Boards to help them formulate a PCN Estate Strategy.
124 CAFM systems can help to simplify estate management Moving from paper to digital records can ‘free up space and support more community-based NHS services’.
128 COVID-19’s impact on the long-term healthcare estate The long-term impacts of the global pandemic on the future provision of healthcare estate discussed.
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