All Healthcare articles – Page 20
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FeaturesConcrete costings in healthcare design
Study finds little cost variation between concrete and steel construction
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FeaturesWhy do we need miracles to deliver decent NHS design?
Sylvie Pierce, chief executive of Building Better Health, on the crippling number of advisers in the NHS.
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Building StudySheffield hospital’s new medical ward is a picture of health
Sheppard Robson brings colour and clarity to NHS design.
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FeaturesHealthy inspiration
Five architects at Penoyre & Prasad have chosen five inspirational healthcare buildings, and now we want you to choose yours — for a chance to win a book on healthcare design
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Building StudyUnderground forest
Sky views for Ansell & Bailey’s basement radiography suite at the Royal Marsden
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ReviewHow health and hygiene dominated inter-war modernist architecture
Paul Overy’s book explores the links between the inter-war modern movement and social preoccupations with health and hygiene, writes Alan Powers
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Kids’ hospital gets trials unit
Health secretary Alan Johnson has officially opened a medical research unit at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, designed by local practice Race Cottam Associates.
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NewsBDP joint venture wins competition to design Kiev children's hospital
BDPgroupe6, a collaboration between UK practice BDP and French practice Groupe6, has won a competition to design a 250-bed children's hospital in Kiev. The team beat six other practices to design the All Ukrainian Health Protection Centre for Mothers and Children (The Children's Hospital of the Future), after beating six ...
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OpinionHealthcare
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s Maggie’s Centre at Charing Cross, plus Sylvie Pierce of Building Better Health
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Polyclinics could herald NHS building boom
Architects could be set to enjoy a boom in small health commissions after an NHS review recommended the construction of at least 150 new polyclinics.
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NewsAll single-room hospital on course
The first major public hospital in the UK to give every patient their own room — a £200 million PFI scheme by Anshen & Allen — has been submitted for planning.
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NewsHLM’s £5.7m disability unit opens
An HLM-designed £5.7 million mental health unit (pictured) in south-west Yorkshire has been completed.
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NewsLeicester axes PFI hospitals as costs soar
A huge PFI hospital project in Leicester by BDP Architects has been scrapped after costs rose from £711 million to a staggering £921 million.
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Stairs key to Cabe’s health kick
Cabe has called on architects to design buildings boasting prominent and attractive staircases in a bid to get people to walk more.
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NewsHospital robots spark design row
Safety fears challenge Keppie Design’s ‘future for medical architecture’
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Aedas, HLM scoop Welsh health work
Aedas and HLM have scooped more than £200 million worth of health projects in Wales under the Designed for Life procurement system.
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NewsLarge PFI healthcare projects slashed
Healthcare architects are facing growing competition for work after the government admitted its £12 billion PFI hospital building programme has been slashed by almost £4 billion in the past 16 months.
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Foster hospital wins planning
Foster & Partners’ first-ever hospital, an innovative facility near Bath intended to maximise the role of design in the healing process, has been granted outline planning approval.
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FeaturesIs culture or environment to blame for sickness in the NHS?
The National Health Service: much praised around the world, but never copied. But at least we lead the world in irony.