Ageing, Health Technologies and the Built Environment

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• Ageing, Health Technologies and the Built
  Environment
• Developing a New Research and Policy Agenda
• 29 May 2003
• University of Sheffield
• Jonathan Millman
• Head of Knowledge Management
• NHS Estates

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Purpose

• NHS Estates has policy responsibility within the
  Department of Health for
• the built environment
• non-clinical support services (food, cleaning,
  building maintenance etc)

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Purpose (cont)

• New research proposals are encouraged in four
• broad areas
• Impact on the built environment of
  standardisation
• Designing out infection
• Ventilation
• Life-cycle costing - appropriate selection of
  maintainable finishes
• as well as ministerial and national priorities

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Funding

• The Department of Health holds an annual
• R D budget of approximately 477m
• NHS Estates has a ring-fenced allocation of 375k

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Ongoing Projects

• Include
• Design for Health the impact of a new hospital
  environment on children, families and staff (UWE)
• An Ecological Footprint of the NHS (Stockholm
  Environment Institute) - geared funding
• Lighting and Colour Design in Hospitals (BRE)
• Rethinking Hospital Design and Briefing (DEGW)
• One Patient One Room (University of Sheffield)
• The Use of Small Negative Air Ions to Disinfect
  MRSA (University of Leeds)
• Size and Nature of the Current Need for Single
  Room Isolation in Hospital (LGI)

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Dissemination

• Via the Knowledge and Information Portal -
  accessible through the Agencys website at
• Http//www.nhsestates.gov.uk
• through an annual CD-ROM
• selective publication of hard copy