The five-storey 9,500m2 Student Life Building is a hub for students and designed as a new civic ‘front door’ for LJMU. It is situated in the city centre
The link bridge was designed by Sheppard Robson and developed in partnership with Bruntwood for the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. It runs
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Grafton Street Helipad Bridge by Sheppard Robson leads from the car park roof to the hospital
Sheppard Robson has completed a 130m long cranked bridge that will allow critically ill and injured patients to be flown by helicopter directly to Manchester’s city centre hospitals.
Suspended 18m above the ground, the “hospital corridor in the sky” runs from a new helipad on the roof of a multi-storey car park straight into Manchester Royal Infirmary. It will also serve neighbouring Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Previously patients had to be airlifted to a nearby park, then transferred to hospital by a normal road ambulance, adding extra minutes and discomfort to situations where every second counts.
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writes Alex Solk of Sheppard Robson.
Hospital design is ripe for radical reinvention. Traditionally, investment has focused on clinical advances and technology in healthcare, whilst the hospital environment and the way it embraces new thinking has often been overlooked. Of course, clinical advances are crucial, but we are starting to see a changing of mindset. With the scale of the government’s new Health Infrastructure Plan, we have a real opportunity for a significant reappraisal of what hospitals can be.
Increasingly, healthcare institutions are asking: how can our healthcare services be embedded within communities, rather than isolated, institutionalised facilities? How can wellness design principles, which are so prevalent in other sectors, reshape the whole hospital experience? How can the NHS and healthcare operators attract and retain the best staff?
The first
Place North West event of 2021 will explore the role of property and place in providing quality healthcare facilities and catering to the UK’s ageing population as we undergo seismic demographic shifts.
More than 690 million baby boomers will reach retirement age in the next decade. How will public and private healthcare and the development industry respond?
Join us on 21 January to discuss this vital sector. Our high-profile speaker line-up includes representatives from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Assura, Sheppard Robson, and many more.
The event will take place using the powerful Remo platform, which provides an interactive experience and enables you to choose who you network with via video. There will be presentations and panel discussions, as well as plenty of opportunities to ask questions and meet with your fellow delegates.