Steven Hipwell, Digital Lead for the New Hospitals Programme
Lancashire and South Cumbria’s New Hospitals Programme aims to develop new, cutting-edge hospital facilities. The Programme’s Case for Change report, states that current infrastructure does not support either the digital or environmental ambitions for hospital facilities in the region.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) is providing digital consultancy services to the programme. In an earlier blog, we looked at why digital advances are so important to new hospitals. This time, Steven Hipwell, Senior Programme Consultant at NHS ML and Digital Lead for the New Hospitals Programme, discusses hospital sustainability and how new technology supports the programme’s vision for creating state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities.
Digital technology is one of the ways in which we’ll be able to deliver sustainable, high quality and accessible care. However, the poor condition of our current hospital estate and backlog of maintenance needs means our buildings are not as kind to the environment as they could be and are expensive to run.
Digital technology can improve comfort and carbon emissions, which will also help with the efficient and cost-effective running of the new hospital buildings. Some examples include:
Read Steven’s full blog on the New Hospitals Programme website.
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