How can hospitals be designed with single rooms when space is so limited?

By Smriti Singh 2021-07-01T05:00:00

Some hospital trusts are asking for the majority of beds to be in single rooms, Smriti Singh looks at ways to make that possible

The covid-19 pandemic is still live, and we don’t know what it ultimately means for hospitals and other NHS organisations. One thing that is clear is that for the first time in decades, healthcare systems across the world are having to put airborne infections front and centre of their thinking. Not since TB in the 1960s, has the healthcare systems had to deal with airborne infection as a serious threat.

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