Reuse or replace? Strategic planning for ageing estates
We explore the challenges presented by an aging healthcare estate and the role of strategic estate planning in deciding if we should build new and replace or reuse and update.
Descending from the Medical Architecture Research Unit, we are born from research, innovation, and industry firsts. Our thinking defines industry best practice in healthcare architecture, creating better outcomes for patients, carers, and medical professionals.
We explore the challenges presented by an aging healthcare estate and the role of strategic estate planning in deciding if we should build new and replace or reuse and update.
We explore the process and research that we undertook to develop a standardised safety suite design which safeguards the dignity and wellbeing of service users who need to be cared for in seclusion.
We recently assisted the client of a pioneering proton beam therapy centre, acting in an advisory role to ensure compliance. Here we share some of our learnings from the process.
At European Healthcare Design Conference 2022, we invited an informed panel to explore the future of integrated care. This is what we discovered.
As the need for capacity in mental health increases, we look at the challenges involved in ensuring we have the right infrastructure in the right places.
We explore the ways an integrated model of care can be used to address the complex health needs of coastal towns.