UK gets new healthcare facilities engineering portal
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's Department of Health today unveiled an online system that is to replace the current healthcare facilities "knowledge and information portal". A new "Space for Health" website promises to "bring together a whole suite of guidance into one online resource for all those involved in the procurement, management, design and planning of healthcare facilities, including NHS and non-NHS providers". The website will enable users to "seamlessly shift between different pieces of guidance", which will be nation-specific, according to whether the project is in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The system is being unveiled at the Healthcare Estates conference of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), which takes place in Harrogate during October 27-28. It will then be made available via the website: http://www.spaceforhealth.nhs.uk/