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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

12 months with ePMA: Setting the bar for safer medication management

Julia Scott, Pharmacist and Chief Experience Officer at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, reflects on the trust’s journey with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) one year after implementation and how it is helping set a new standard for safer, more effective medicines optimisation

Data-first AI: turning everyday hospital bottlenecks into opportunity

Rami Riman, Director of Clinical and Business Improvements at InterSystems, discusses the practical, day-to-day impact AI can have in healthcare, particularly in hospital and operational settings

What is pathology's path to digital imaging infrastructure?

Liam Canavan, Healthcare Lead at Loadbalancer.org, discusses why following in other imaging sectors' footprints is not the answer for pathologists

Researcher Sabine van der Veer: Integrating independent app data with EHRs

Health informatics expert van der Veer talks about the challenges and results of taking an app that gets self-reporting data from patients and integrating it into regional electronic health records, as well as using a national NHS login

Rapid refurbishment at Queen’s Hospital, Romford

David Bailey Furniture, together with Millane Contract Services, delivered a fast-turnaround refurbishment project at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, focusing on the enhancement of key clinical workspaces

Design in Mental Health 2025 review: A much-needed reminder

A look at who attended this year’s DIMH conference and a review of what you missed at the annual event for those building and operating mental health facilities

Investment in the NHS must prioritise new tech

Dr Anas Nader, co-founder and CEO, Patchwork Health, discusses the significant challenges faced by NHS healthcare staff due to outdated IT equipment and infrastructure

The role of EPRs in dementia care: How Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is enhancing early detection and patient support

In support of Dementia Action Week, Dr Anna Bayes, Medical Director at Altera Digital Health, spotlights the work of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, where clinicians and Admiral Nurses are using the Sunrise EPR system to identify, support, and improve outcomes for patients with dementia

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