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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS New ‘integrated’ facility design for Moorfields


Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UCL, and Moorfields Eye Charity, have announced that AECOM, Penoyre & Prasad, and White Arkitekter, have been appointed to design their proposed new centre for eye care, research, and education, in London, under a scheme proposal called Oriel. The appointment follows a ‘comprehensive’ six-month long RIBA-led competition process. Oriel is a joint proposal from Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL, and Moorfields Eye Charity, to relocate all services from Moorfields Eye Hospital on City Road, and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology on Bath Street, to a new, purpose-built facility at a preferred site at St Pancras Hospital. The plans will be subject to a public consultation, led by Camden CCG. The new facility would bring together clinical care, research, and education expertise, ‘in one flexible, fully integrated facility’, and, if approved, could open to patients in 2025/26.


In December last year, Moorfields announced that it had secured nearly £20 million in funding from the Department of Health and Social Care. RIBA had


launched a competition in June 2018, encouraging architects and design teams globally to apply, after which five shortlisted teams were announced. David Probert, chief executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: “AECOM’s award-winning team was selected due to its exemplary innovation and creativity, outstanding design quality, and previous experience in delivering health, research, and education facilities UK-wide. It has been a huge few months for this innovative and exciting


Expansion tank-related Legionella threats Pressure tank and water treatment


product specialist, Global Water Solutions, says it can offer a simple way to eliminate the threat of Legionella proliferation posed by expansion tanks in hospital plant rooms being connected to hot water cylinders or booster sets by simple ‘T’ fittings, which can result in deadlegs. It explained: “Hot and cold water booster use is very common within healthcare facilities. Many systems are equipped with an expansion tank used to take up the expansion of heated water, or to protect the booster pumps during normal cold water supply, normally installed close to the hot water cylinder or booster


Erratum


In last month’s HEJ article (HEJ – January 2019, pp 59-62) by Alan Hambidge, a trainer at Eastwood Park, titled ‘Sound training essential for good design and installation’, the introductory paragraph stated that the author is ‘an LCA-accredited Authorising Engineer’. The Legionella Control Association and IHEEM have asked us to point out that in fact the LCA does not ‘accredit’ Authorising Engineers. The paragraph should have said that Alan Hambidge is ‘an independent Authorising Engineer’.


set. Connection is typically by a simple ‘T’ fitting, which can lead to deadlegs, and subsequent Legionella growth. “The simplest way to remove this threat is to replace the tank with one of our new FlowThru expansion tanks, which have a built-in device that forces water from the main water supply pipe into the expansion tank water chamber. “The water is then mixed and returned to the main water supply via a low pressure outlet, facilitating a consistent circulation of fresh water through the tank, which eliminates stagnation.”


‘Comprehensive test results’ showing the efficiency of the water exchange are available on request.


project. I look forward to working with AECOM, Penoyre & Prasad, and White Arkitekter, as it progresses.” Dale Sinclair, director of Technical Practice – Europe, Middle East and Africa, from AECOM, said: “AECOM is excited to be leading this experienced team of architects, engineers, and specialists. Together with Penoyre & Prasad and White Arkitekter we will work with the joint partners, patients, and staff, to design a world-class facility that will help shape the future of eye care, research, and education. Our design is focused on maximising collaboration and knowledge exchange, with an ‘oriel’ at the building’s centre enabling greater interaction between patients, clinicians, and researchers. The public spaces would create a new urban realm to connect seamlessly with the ongoing renaissance of the King’s Cross area.”


The AECOM-led team will now work closely with Oriel’s project team to produce concept designs on which staff and patients will be able to comment. This work will inform the upcoming Outline Business Case.


Medical gastraining


‘when time is key’ HAC Medical Gas Training and Services has developed a new e-learning package, adherent to HTM 02-01 (and SHTM 02-01) standards, ‘to make medical gas training more accessible and time-efficient for nursing and clinical personnel’. The training is available as an internet- based application, and clients purchase licenses covering all their personnel. The company said: “Although the costs of e-learning are considerably lower than classroom-based training, due to some aspects of medical gas safety, face-to- face learning still forms an essential part of training programmes, and we would always recommend an additional classroom-based session be taken every two years by nursing and clinical personnel dealing with medical gases. “We can tailor our e-learning package to suit specific customer needs. For instance, where a hospital may have the full suite of medical gases, a hospice may only use oxygen, so may not require so much course content. Our fully certificated courses are available now to suit NHS and private hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, surgeries, clinics, and ambulance services – in essence, anywhere that medical gases are used.”


February 2019 Health Estate Journal 13


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