How hospitals could withstand future pandemics

2021-04-28T05:00:00

Covid-19 hit the NHS hard but there are design and construction solutions emerging that could save lives in future, says Smriti Singh and Chris Waine

The covid-19 pandemic is still ‘live’ and NHS hospitals are addressing immediate operational issues, keeping the hospital going as well as the mammoth task of addressing the backlog of elective procedures. While this leaves hospital trust leaders with little headspace for long-term planning, they need to think sooner rather than later about how they need to change to be better at withstanding future pandemics.

At Arcadis, working on five health infrastructure plan (HIP) capital projects as part of the New Hospitals Programme, we are getting a sense of the kinds of changes that will be expected of all acute trusts.

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