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From concept to care: How Corby CDC transforms community diagnostics

From concept to care: How Corby CDC transforms community diagnostics

Trim Murati of AECOM explains how design-led delivery enabled rapid, high-quality diagnostic care
Why NHS clients must lead health, safety and wellbeing on live construction sites

Why NHS clients must lead health, safety and wellbeing on live construction sites

Julie Blight, Property and Contracts Manager at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and CIOB Client Champion, explains why NHS organisations must embrace protecting construction workers, patients, staff and visitors during works in live healthcare environments
Replacement vs restoration: what is possible for your facility?

Replacement vs restoration: what is possible for your facility?

Simon Testa, Managing Director at Stainbusters Cleaning and Hygiene, explains the growing role of resilient floor restoration in healthcare environments
Special report: The first 24/7 NHS neighbourhood mental health centre

Special report: The first 24/7 NHS neighbourhood mental health centre

Polar NE, which took part in the project, dives into the landscape that necessitates a specialised mental health facility that is open 24/7, and what are the priorities in design
Designing with dignity: why inclusive healthcare environments matter for neurodivergent patients

Designing with dignity: why inclusive healthcare environments matter for neurodivergent patients

Jemma Saunders, Colour Specialist at Crown Paints, explains how thoughtful colour, lighting and spatial design can actively support recovery for neurodivergent patients in healthcare settings
Delayed discharge: could a single unified body fix the NHS bottleneck?

Delayed discharge: could a single unified body fix the NHS bottleneck?

Norman Niven, CEO at The Medication Support Company and former director at BUPA, explains why creating a single, unified discharge body could help solve the NHS’s delayed hospital discharge crisis
Martyn’s Law: what healthcare estates and facilities teams need to know

Martyn’s Law: what healthcare estates and facilities teams need to know

Harry Harrold, Director at H Harrold & Sons, explains what Martyn’s Law means for healthcare estates, why exit hardware deserves greater attention and how organisations can prepare for implementation
Cromwell Hospital: pioneering the way for better healthcare

Cromwell Hospital: pioneering the way for better healthcare

Sarah Melia, General Manager at Bupa Health Service, examines the growth journey of Cromwell Hospital and how private healthcare investments have supported clinical capability, advanced technologies and sustainability
Opinion: When looking beyond the hospital, why must safer design follow vulnerability wherever it exists?

Opinion: When looking beyond the hospital, why must safer design follow vulnerability wherever it exists?

Rob Lofthouse, Operations Manager at Polar NE, says rising demand for reduced-ligature windows and doors beyond the NHS reflects a hard truth: vulnerability is no longer confined to hospitals, and the built environment must adapt
Opinion: 2026 will decide how AI shapes health and social care

Opinion: 2026 will decide how AI shapes health and social care

Nick Wilson, CEO of System C, explains why 2026 will be the year health and social care must make hard choices on AI deployment
BBH health tech round-up: January 2026

BBH health tech round-up: January 2026

Building Better Healthcare has rounded up key digital health initiatives, contract wins and technology deployments across the NHS and healthcare providers during January 2026
Tackling the NHS’ £3.8m-a-day pressure ulcer crisis

Tackling the NHS’ £3.8m-a-day pressure ulcer crisis

Thomas Owens from Essential Healthcare Solutions looks at the NHS’s pressure ulcer problem, why it continues to be a problem, and what the solutions are
Invisible doors and reducing spores: How to use colour and paint in healthcare

Invisible doors and reducing spores: How to use colour and paint in healthcare

Crown Paints Colour Consultant, Jemma Saunders, explains how colour can be used as an essential tool for improving wellbeing amongst staff, visitors and patients in healthcare settings, from hospitals to surgeries and care homes
Opinion: Tackling carbon reduction across NHS estates

Opinion: Tackling carbon reduction across NHS estates

Mark Henderson from Dale Power Solutions looks at some of the most effective options available to the NHS to help hit its net-zero-by-2040 goal
What is passive fire protection?

What is passive fire protection?

Sebastian Moschel from Clariant explains the concept behind PFP and the current sustainability efforts on the market
The challenge for facilities as PFI agreements come to an end

The challenge for facilities as PFI agreements come to an end

As public sector organisations prepare to inherit assets built under long-term contracts, such as PFI agreements, fragmented and inconsistent maintenance records pose a problem. These can complicate the transition and increase the risk of costly surprises, but Ryan Donoghue from AJ Digital gives his best tips

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