This guide sets out to show how teams of NHS staff can plan and deliver their own medium-sized design projects in hospitals by making better use of existing resources. It is aimed at a wide audience, including the frontline employees, such as nursing and estates or facilities staff, who may ...
In the 1960s, the King's Fund caused a major stir when it developed a new specification for hospital beds. Manufacturers implemented the specification as the 'King's Fund bed', which was revolutionary in its time and a major step forward in patient care. Today, more than 30 years later, the bed ...
This document is a brief sketch of the enquiry which was undertaken to study the design of hospital beds. The enquiry was prompted by the lack of good designs and the wasteful methods of supply prevalent throughout hospitals. The working party which was formed to study the design of hospital ...