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Market Reports
What to consider for cubicle panel specification in healthcare design
George Emms from Wilsonart UK explores how estate managers can strike a balance between embracing antibacterial surface technologies and engendering a more calming environment, and how cubicle and panel systems can create more welcoming spaces
How is sustainable solar being used in the UK's healthcare estate?
Damian Baker, Managing Director at RenEnergy, explains how hospitals can use solar power to manage costs, meet net-zero targets and boost energy resilience, and what’s needed to navigate leasehold challenges
Healthcare Estates 2025: A review
Sophie Bullimore looks back at two days spent at the packed-out event in Manchester, which gathers everyone involved in healthcare estate construction in one lively place
A Single Patient Record: the unsolved challenge, or is it?
Richard Kavanagh, openEHR Board Member and Head of Technology (UK & Ireland) at Better, explains how open data can unlock the NHS’s long-promised Single Patient Record
UK Government launches a Commission to regulate AI in the NHS
The new Commission has been tasked with advising the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on how to re-write the regulatory rulebook on AI in healthcare, which will be published next year
Top 5 design mistakes healthcare facilities make that cause an infection risk
Dr Manjula Meda, infection control doctor at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of Healthcare Infection Society (HIS), gives her advice on how to manage infection following experience in managing a recent large outbreak of AMR superbugs
Is steel as clean as you think and a good option for healthcare furniture?
Jason Brown from Knightsbridge Furniture, shares his insights on why steel, although valuable, must be carefully assessed before being included within healthcare spaces
Storage woes: What is causing rips in your instrument packaging and how to prevent them?
Ocura discusses how smarter storage systems can reduce costs, enhance patient safety, and streamline efficiency across your sterile services
Modernising the hospital estate: A guide to asset management programmes and how they work
Edward Gee from Platinum Facilities explains how asset management programmes differ from maintenance, and the benefits to the hospital
Creating therapeutic spaces through Good Design
Alfie Chappell from Kingsway Group Global explains that, consciously or not, our perceptions of a given space and the emotional responses we feel entering are influenced by the built environment
Can the NHS’ new waste strategy extend to estate management?
Sian Lewis from Premier Modular discusses the NHS’s new initiative to try and reduce waste by “designing for life”
Combe Valley: Building a 54-bed mental health hospital on a greenfield site
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) gives an insight into its new mental health facility, built with the help of Kier Construction and Gilling Dod
Top 10 reasons for GP burnout in 2025
Dr Andrew Whiteley from Lexacom discusses why nearly a quarter of GPs feel so stressed they can’t cope about 1-2 times a week
Philips's Managing Director of UK & Ireland talks about the future of healthcare technology
The Managing Director of UK & Irelands, Mark Leftwich, talks to Sophie Bullimore about the benefits of a clear vision for a single patient record, the use of virtual wards in diagnostics, and what is the reality for AI in diagnostics
Getting first impressions right in mental healthcare design
Initial moments in a mental health facility can be instrumental in a patient’s experience and recovery there. Robin Graham from Gilling Dod Architects examines what is required for a good first impression
Op-ed: Why Sajid Javid’s £20 fines are not the cure for NHS no shows
Dr Benyamin Deldar from Deep Medical argues that charging £20 for a GP appointment, scrapping free prescriptions, and fining patients for missed visits won’t fix the NHS - it’ll deepen the health inequality crisis
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