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©2025: The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management UK ISSN 0957-7742


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22 Interview: How IHEEM is shaping the future of healthcare estates 27 Winning work: Revealing the 2025 Healthcare Estates Awards shortlist 30 Healthcare Estates 2025: The final floorplan 33 Healthcare Estates 2025: Exhibitor previews 38 Alligators and swamps: Looking beyond the day-to-day 43 Infection control in community healthcare 49 Reducing non-tuberculous mycobacteria risks 54 Prototyping the future: Single bedroom design 57 How high street conversions benefit local communities 61 Are hospitals ready for rising temperatures? 67 Net Zero: Transforming NHS’s energy efficiency 73 A real need to prioritise fire damper compliance 77 Optimising space use via data-driven insights 81 Development and growth in X-ray shielding 87 Service partnerships can find untapped benefits 91 ‘Wet stacking’ and diesel generator maintenance 96 ‘Prevention better than cure’ in construction 99 AI impact on NHS estates policy and workforce 103 Exchange scheme fosters innovation and learning 108 Efficient heating and cooling’s Net Zero role 112 Digital twins at scale: Lessons from Monklands 116 How healthcare estates power regional growth 121 Maintenance ‘essential’ in smoke control systems 125 The importance of filtration in theatres 129 The strategic asset of the resilient electrical network 133 Low-smoke insulation can protect patients and staff 137 Designing out hospital acquired infection 141 Healthy air: Guidance to guaranteed compliance 145 Acute inpatient rehabilitation reimagined 151 Collaborative approaches to sustainable facilities 155 How energy control is enabling decarbonisation 160 Long-term planning: Critical infrastructure fixes 164 Unlocking the NHS 10 Year Health Plan 167 How privacy screens reshape infection control 171 Decarbonisation: Lessons from heavy industry 175 Balancing act: Operations amidst project delivery 180 Frameworks, funding and the future of NHS estates


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