RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

‘The financial demands placed on NHS Trusts are ever increasing; the need to provide services that meet statutory obligations places huge resource pressures on individuals.’

The Legionella Control Association (LCA) claims to be ‘the UK’s leading membership organisation for companies that provide services and products for the control of Legionella bacteria in water systems’.

With ‘grab and go’ food and drink sales an increasing phenomenon in hospitals, Williams will show its latest Multideck merchandisers, designed to offer an attractive retail display while ensuring food is always available.

Cable management systems manufacturer, Legrand, which says ‘there should be no compromise when it comes to health and safety in healthcare environments’, will showcase its EZ-Path firestop devices.

IBI Group, a global design and technology practice, says that ‘by blending strategic thinking with intelligent systems’, it is ‘advancing healthcare and social wellbeing for the next generation’.

To celebrate ‘25 years at the cutting edge of digital thermometer design and manufacture’, British manufacturer, TME, will be offering ‘creative solutions’ to Legionella measurement and monitoring in the healthcare sector at Healthcare Estates 2015.

Knightsbridge Furniture says that ‘as one of the most influential British mental health furniture manufacturers’, its product portfolio embraces ‘a complete collection of stylish, robust, and practical furniture ideal for challenging environments’.

HEWI says hinged support rails and shower seats that are not permanently installed ‘offer maximum flexibility’.

DSSR, an award–winning international firm of consulting engineers specialising in mechanical and electrical services consultancy, is among the UK’s largest independent building services consultants, with offices in Glasgow, Harrogate, London, and Manchester. Alongside boasting a diverse portfolio of work from across the UK and Ireland, the company has also completed several successful projects in the Middle East.

The Water Management Society (WMSoc) is a not-for-profit membership organisation that provides practical training in water management-related subjects, including Legionella and Pseudomonas control and prevention

Willis Newson says it ‘creates healthcare environments that are inspiring, reassuring, and patient centered’, by integrating art into the design of architecture, landscape, and interiors.

Independent Lifestyles, a specialist fit-out company to the healthcare sector, and expert in refurbishment and adaptation work ‘for people living with diverse and often complex needs and disabilities’, delivers ‘a complete end-to end service’.

Vernacare, which says it ‘pioneered’ the single-use system ‘now used in 94 per cent of UK hospitals and across the globe’ over 50 years ago, designs and manufactures single-use bedpans, urinals, and washbowls from renewable natural fibre, disposed of in its Vortex disposal machines.

Visitors to the Static Systems stand will be able to book to visit the company’s ‘ground-breaking’ Design and Innovation Centre (D&IC) near Wolverhampton (HEJ – August 2015), which features a full-sized replica four-bed bay based on one of the ProCure21+ Repeatable Ward designs.

Building services consultancy, Steven Hunt & Associates, will be returning to the Healthcare Estates exhibition and conference for the tenth consecutive year to showcase its specialist work in the healthcare sector.

Wagstaff Interiors Group will exhibit a ‘ground-breaking’ sound-proofed pod which it says is ‘demountable, easy to relocate, cost-efficient, private, infection control friendly, and installable with the minimum of disruption’.

Salix Finance provides interest-free capital loans to public sector bodies for installing energy-efficient equipment.

The Design in Mental Health Network (DIMHN) brings together people who use and work in mental health services, with those who commission and design them, so that environments become more responsive to their end-users’ needs.

“Are you compliant? Water hygiene training is a legal requirement under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (1974) if you are responsible for, or are working with, building water systems.”

A ‘welcome upturn’ in the UK market in 2014/ 15, ‘particularly in medical research and translation medicine’, is reported by global design firm, Stantec Architecture, which says it is also seeing international projects ‘on the up’.