A project manager’s guide to Healthcare Furniture Standards
For architects and specifiers, fitted healthcare furniture is far more than a collection of cabinets, worktops and storage units. In…
Maximising space in compact healthcare areas
Most hospital environments are designed, reviewed and photographed during the day, when departments are fully staffed, natural light floods through windows, support services are readily available and visitors are moving throughout the building. It is an environment that reflects how hospitals are intended to operate, but healthcare never stops. It therefore raises an interesting question - if hospitals operate around the clock, why do we often design their environments around daytime conditions, writes Katie Thompson, business development manager at David Bailey Furniture Systems?
How reception furniture shapes the patient journey
Most hospital environments are designed, reviewed and photographed during the day, when departments are fully staffed, natural light floods through windows, support services are readily available and visitors are moving throughout the building. It is an environment that reflects how hospitals are intended to operate, but healthcare never stops. It therefore raises an interesting question - if hospitals operate around the clock, why do we often design their environments around daytime conditions, writes Katie Thompson, business development manager at David Bailey Furniture Systems?
The silent role of fitted furniture in infection control
Most hospital environments are designed, reviewed and photographed during the day, when departments are fully staffed, natural light floods through windows, support services are readily available and visitors are moving throughout the building. It is an environment that reflects how hospitals are intended to operate, but healthcare never stops. It therefore raises an interesting question - if hospitals operate around the clock, why do we often design their environments around daytime conditions, writes Katie Thompson, business development manager at David Bailey Furniture Systems?
Is healthcare design doing enough to protect frontline NHS staff?
Most hospital environments are designed, reviewed and photographed during the day, when departments are fully staffed, natural light floods through windows, support services are readily available and visitors are moving throughout the building. It is an environment that reflects how hospitals are intended to operate, but healthcare never stops. It therefore raises an interesting question - if hospitals operate around the clock, why do we often design their environments around daytime conditions, writes Katie Thompson, business development manager at David Bailey Furniture Systems?
Designing hospitals for the toughest shift of all
Most hospital environments are designed, reviewed and photographed during the day, when departments are fully staffed, natural light floods through windows, support services are readily available and visitors are moving throughout the building. It is an environment that reflects how hospitals are intended to operate, but healthcare never stops. It therefore raises an interesting question - if hospitals operate around the clock, why do we often design their environments around daytime conditions, writes Katie Thompson, business development manager at David Bailey Furniture Systems?
How modular construction and quality fitted furniture supports key workers
Across the UK, essential workers, particularly those in the NHS, face a growing housing challenge. Nurses, doctors, healthcare assistants, therapists…
How fitted furniture quietly shapes clinical decision-making
It might sound strange, but here’s a question most healthcare designers do not ask often enough - what if the…
A day in the life of a busy NHS Hospital reception desk
Inside the main entrance of a busy NHS hospital is the reception desk. It stands silent, poised for the relentless…
David Bailey Furniture welcomes Government proposals for future-ready NHS estate
The UK Government's announcement of a realistic and funded timeline for the New Hospital Programme marks a crucial step towards…
