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Conference

 2012 Healthcare Estates

Welsh Conference and Exhibition

Thursday/Friday 26/27 April 2012, Hilton Hotel, Cardiff

Jointly organised by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Facilities Services (Formerly Welsh Health Estates), and IHEEM Wales.

We are pleased to announce details of the 2012 Welsh Conference, taking place at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff on the 26-27 April 2012.

 Why Should You Attend?

1)       Learn from some of the most respected speakers about their subjects.

2)       Interact with colleagues from various parts of the United Kingdom.

3)       Discuss the future of the health service with our speakers and exhibitors.

4)       Contribute to the debate during the question and answer sessions.

5)       Visit the exhibition and see the latest product and service innovations.

           The keynote Speaker;

         We are delighted to announce the keynote address will be given by the Minister for                            Health and Social Services, Welsh Government, Ms Lesley Griffiths, AM, and the President's address by Paul Kingsmore, President, IHEEM.

 A wide range of topics are covered during the two days of the conference and include:

• Future trends in healthcare in Wales, UK and abroad
• Technological advances
• Enhancing the healing environment
• Working with 100% single bed rooms
• Energy efficiency
• Decontaminatio

  The Conference will be a valuable opportunity for delegates to broaden their knowledge of health estates related issues as well as providing a chance to network with colleagues from across the NHS in Wales and the UK, as well as from the private sector.

   Download Conference Leaflet, Programme of events, Booking form

  For further conference information and booking your place contact Ann Konsbruck on Cardiff 029 2031 5512 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. " ta

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Past Event

21 June 2011

Engineering a hospital

An aerial view of the new hospital

Delegates received an engineering tour of the under-construction New Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr hospital in Wales recently, from Simon Davies and Gareth Williams.

The visitors first heard a detailed presentation of the engineering and design features of the hospital, which was due for completion at the end of last month. This was followed by an excellent tour of the complex’s engineering services, which highlighted its many design features.

The new hospital is at the heart of local plans to improve health and social care for the population, whilst delivering objectives set out in the Welsh Assembly’s agenda to create ‘world class health services for Wales’. With engineering skills at its core, the new hospital development will modernise services within the Borough.

Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr will be a 269 bed local general hospital, with a floor area of 30,146m2 arranged over four levels. The vision for the new hospital is centred on the creation of a 'healing environment'. The vision will span the whole service provision, and will be expressed physically in the quality of the built environment. The main hospital concourse is located one floor above ground level, providing a unique opportunity to locate car parking under the main building, thereby avoiding the traditional model of a hospital set within a landscape of car parking.

Central to the development of the new hospital is the inclusion of 100% single en-suite bedrooms, which will help to ensure the provision of high quality care, aid the reduction of hospital acquired infection rates and address the privacy and dignity need of patients.

Engineering design was provided by Arup, architectural design by Nightingale Associates and Lorne Stewart carried out MEP installation.

Key features of the project are:

• 100% single bedrooms
• Sprinkler protection throughout
• Designed to meet and exceed Part L 2006 carbon emission strategies
• Designed to achieve NEAT “Excellent” rating
• Windows designed to achieve balance between thermal performance and daylight within rooms, whilst improving natural ventilation
• Biomass boiler
• Hospital is built on a flood plain, so significant work was required in order to identify a solution to prevent the hospital from being flooded without increasing risk to surrounding properties.