Seven leading design and construction organisations are co-signatories for the next edition of The Silent Pandemic whitepaper led by the Healthcare Infection Society exploring how the built environment can help prevent healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) and tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Prioritising where limited capital funds are spent
Giving the opening keynote speech remotely at the 2025 IHEEM Wales Regional Conference at the ICC Wales in May, Judith Paget CBE, Director General for Health and Social Services and NHS Wales Chief Executive, reflected on some of the key challenges for the NHS estate in Wales – including an ageing estate, a significant maintenance backlog, and the...
Reducing the risks from hospital wastewater
IHEEM-registered Authorising Engineer (Water), Karina Jones, of Eta Projects, discusses some of the risks to patients in hospitals and other healthcare facilities from contaminated wastewater, and suggests a number of often simple-to-implement measures that can be taken to mitigate these risks.
Catterick Garrison health and care complex a first
A new £110 m health and care complex at Catterick Garrison (HEJ – April 2023) – a joint project between the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the NHS – is under construction and due to open next year, and will provide a range of health services for military personnel and the local community, including general practice, physiotherapy, rehabilitation,...
Bacteria from drains are reaching hospital sinks
Dr James Soothill MBBS, MD, FRCPath, a Consultant Microbiologist at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, discusses his invention and development of what he dubs ‘a cost-effective, robust, low-maintenance approach to prevent the ascent of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from drains into hospital sinks’ – the ‘so-called’ Tuba Drain.
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