Healthcare

primary care The Practice has completed many primary care projects where healthcare is delivered to patients within the community, such as clinics, polyclinics, GP surgeries and health centres. Integration of primary care centres into the community, alongside education and social services, involves consideration of the brief and spatial requirements. Our teams have worked on numerous schemes incorporating flexible multi- use solutions to achieve better space utilisation and ensure that layout efficiencies can be achieved. The health and wellbeing of staff and patients is paramount, along with other fundamental criteria such as:

healthcare estates consultancy

Ingleton Wood has many years’ experience of carrying out 6-facet surveys for NHS buildings of all types including health centres, GP practices, acute hospitals and mental health facilities.The 6-facets comprise:

• Space planning • Measured surveys,AutoCad plans and lease plans • Dilapidation assessments

• Infection control • Inclusive design

• Facet 1 - Physical condition • Facet 2 - Functional suitability • Facet 3 - Space utilisation • Facet 4 - Quality • Facet 5 - Statutory compliance • Facet 6 - Environmental management

• Patient safety • ICT solutions • Fire safety • Privacy and dignity • Furniture, fittings and equipment • Signage and artwork

• Passive fire protection surveys • Condition and lifecycle surveys • PFI latent defect surveys

Our clients include NHS Property Services, GP Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Acute Trusts, NHS Mental Health Trusts, PFI project companies and organisations who require a more detailed survey for future maintenance and strategic planning.

The multidisciplinary structure of the Practice ensures an integrated approach to the main reports.The aim of the reports are to provide the client with a fully comprehensive plan to form the core information required by each NHS Trust as identified in NHS EstateCode and the risk-based methodology for establishing backlog costs. In addition, we also undertake specialist surveys including: • CQC premises outcomes 8 and 10 of the essential standards of quality and safety, CQC national government standards • Disabled access audits • Building and engineering property condition & acquisition surveys • Energy management surveys • Space utilisation surveys

Sterilisation and Disinfection Unit, Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Community Hospital, Saffron Waldon