So much more than bricks and mortar – but what would your ideal hospital look like?
New Hospital Programme
The biggest NHS hospital building programme in a generation, delivering world-class care and services for our patients.
The New Hospital Programme is about so much more than bricks and mortar, it’s about the people who will be inside those new buildings delivering and receiving care.
That’s why we’re working so hard to put the views of NHS staff and patients at the heart of decision-making as we shape the hospitals of the future.
Our teams are involved at every stage of the process – from strategic outline business cases and early plans to commissioning and full operationalisation – working with:
This will ensure we create the best designs and clinical standards for all our hospitals, reflecting the needs of NHS staff and patients.
Patient representatives and clinicians have already taken part in workshops focusing on operating theatres, emergency departments and paediatrics and more sessions are being planned.
They have examined how design can enhance patient safety, patient experience, efficient working and staff experience as well as each departments’?relationships?with other parts of a hospital.
We are maximising every opportunity that the scale of the national programme presents. Our centralised approach, which we are calling Hospital 2.0, will be applied increasingly to our schemes as we progress. It will optimise hospital design, manufacture, operation and maintenance.
Just as importantly, it will also be a vehicle for driving transformational change in the NHS to help us meet the challenges in terms of NHS workforce and patient demand.?
Digital technology will change the way healthcare is delivered in these facilities. Smart technology will reduce basic and repetitive tasks and free up time for patient care. Intelligent buildings will have technology that can collect and process data to, for example, optimise energy use and support more effective facilities management and security.?
Environmentally sustainable buildings will be designed with patients, staff and visitors front-of-mind, so that their experiences of new facilities will be as simple and stress-free as possible.
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Our Transformation directorate is involved at every stage of each scheme, from early business cases, design and construction through to operational readiness and handover.
The whole team has been involved in discussions with clinicians and patients with much of the work being led by the programme's:
Cora McKeown said: “We are bringing together patients, members of the public and healthcare professionals to discuss how we design new hospitals, ensuring their voices are heard as we draw up clinical briefs, standards and operating procedures, which are key to shaping every aspect of design.?
“To date we have held hundreds of engagement and feedback events attended by well over 2,700 people but we will be speaking to many more over the coming months and years.
“This is not just delivering new buildings, it will be a catalyst for real change in patient care and creating a better working environment for NHS colleagues.”
Alpa Patel said:?“We are developing a clear vision for our hospitals, identifying key principles for accommodation, our "must haves" and aspirations, as well as major issues we need to resolve as we apply best practice and adapt to suit local needs.”
Dr Chodhari said: “Transforming the way we deliver care, ensuring it is more effective and efficient at meeting local communities’ needs, is at the very heart of the New Hospital Programme.?
“My role is to ensure clinical colleagues are involved in decision-making throughout the process and that we make full use of their expertise and knowledge through the Royal Colleges and other professional bodies.”
If you would like to know more about the workshops please email [email protected]