New research from Trinity College Dublin scientists strongly implies that heatwaves have a major influence on the spread of many diseases – and that many existing predictive models have overlooked this complexity.
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A ‘flexible, cost-effective’ route to extra capacity
Alan Wilson, managing director of ModuleCo Healthcare (MCH), a provider of modular healthcare buildings in the UK, explains how – with budgets especially tight – modular construction, utilising a usage-based revenue agreement solution, enables NHS Trusts to ‘access state-of-the-art healthcare facilities without the huge capital investments...
From supermarket to health and wellness hub
International healthcare consultancy, MJ Medical, is helping a local community bring healthcare to its high street. By refurbishing a derelict supermarket in Helston, it hopes to bring life into the Cornish town, and show what can be achieved across the UK, as director, Kieren Morgan reports.
‘Five Step’ approach to repurposing council space
With around 6.5 million people on NHS waiting lists in England, and a limiting factor in reducing this list a lack of space for consultations and procedures, plus a longer-term trend in the NHS and globally towards delivering more healthcare outside hospital settings, Smriti Singh, MD of Symbi Consulting, and Jacqui Baxter, a director at View 10D,...
Ensuring that Wales has a fit-for-purpose estate
Addressing delegates from across the healthcare engineering and estate management sector in a morning keynote at the IHEEM Wales Regional Conference at the ICC Wales in May, Stuart Douglas, Director of NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – Specialist Estates Services, focused on some of the key priorities to ensure that Wales has a...
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The detrimental effect a loss of power can have on critical lighting has been overcome for decades with the use of emergency lighting systems especially in public buildings. Backup power, usually in the form of a central battery system, is essential for critical and emergency lighting. Traditionally UPS have been overlooked for lighting...
