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Despite a lack of capital funding leading to fewer large hospital schemes being approved, opportunities will still be created for the UK healthcare construction industry as the emphasis switches to the primary and community care sectors, experts predict.
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The design of adult mental health bedrooms has been put under the spotlight as mock units are created to encourage fresh thinking among healthcare architects and product suppliers.
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Sustainable, durable, hygienic, easy to clean, safe, cost-effective, and aesthetically pleasing. These are the all important considerations for estates and facilities managers when choosing flooring solutions for healthcare buildings.
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Approximately three quarters of patients who die by committing suicide on psychiatric wards do so by hanging or strangulation. Because of this ever-present threat, design guidance for mental health estates pays particular attention to the need for anti-ligature furniture.
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The London Borough of Harrow has given the green light for the long-awaited redevelopment of the flagship Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) in Stanmore.
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NHS EFFICIENCY measures are failing to boost staff productivity, according to the Nuffield Trust.
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A NEW international centre for medical teaching and research has been built in Cardiff. Designed by Powell Dobson Architects and built by Vinci, the Cochrane Building accommodates the School of Medicine on Cardiff University’s Heath Park Campus at the University Hospital of Wales.
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WHISTLEBLOWERS played a significant role in highlighting concerns about the out-of-hours GP service in Cornwall, prompting the provider Serco and the primary care trust to take action, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.
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THE NEW NHS commissioners have been called upon to invest in services for homeless people. At a conference last month, leaders of the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health asked Ministers and NHS leaders to deliver on their promise to “improve the health of the poorest fastest”.
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ROYAL SURREY County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Surrey are forming a Clinical Academic Collaboration in order to maximise opportunities for research, innovation, education and service improvement to benefit patients.
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