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Our global network of specialist healthcare engineers, consultants and advisors are passionate about creating the best outcomes for people. Through our designs and advice, we deliver high-performing facilities that not only support the highest standards of clinical care and sustainability but are also transforming the patient and staff experience.
 

The global trends shaping the future of healthcare

The sector faces many complex challenges, from an aging population increasing the demands on our healthcare systems and the impacts of climate change, to digital transformation and the constant evolution of medical science. But with these challenges also come opportunities for healthcare designers and providers to innovate.
 

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Helping you decarbonize

One of the greatest challenges facing healthcare providers is how to reduce carbon emissions and transition to net zero, especially as the demand for health services grows. Our sustainable design experts bring technical depth, accumulated knowledge and the latest technologies to help you decarbonize both existing and new facilities and make the most effective use of energy and water resources.

Embracing technology to enable better Healthcare

Digital technology can enhance the experiences of patients, their families and hospital staff, from enabling new treatments and care, to creating places designed for healing, recovery and wellbeing. Our experts will help you to navigate your digital transformation journey, using insights from data to continuously improve services and optimize a facility’s operational performance.
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Creating flexible and resilient facilities

Designing for change is critical to resilience. Buildings need to cope with challenges such as future pandemics and a rapidly changing climate, as well as adapt to the changing needs of patients, staff and advances in technology and healthcare. We advise and design for the future, as well as for today, to support our clients’ short and long-term goals.

  

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What makes a world-class healthcare facility?

Working collaboratively with our clients and drawing on the wealth of knowledge from our multidisciplinary teams around the world, we deliver truly advanced, people-centric healthcare facilities that enhance the patient experience.

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Positive Experiences

Healthcare facilities are never just buildings – they are places that touch people at a critical moment in their lives, often when they are at their most vulnerable. We think differently about how to create positive experiences and nurturing environments for everyone, from patients and their families to clinical and support staff.

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Healing Environments

Patient safety is a guiding principle in every decision we take. Our specialist teams integrate hygiene and infection control into the earliest concept drawings, to actively promote wellbeing and protect all patients and their caregivers.

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Operational Excellence

Providing high-quality, affordable, sustainable healthcare means making the best use of resources while meeting the most exacting technical standards. Our clients rely on us to deliver high-performance buildings that are cost-effective to operate, leaving them free to focus on delivering healthcare to the communities that depend on them.

Healthcare sectors

Acute and General Hospitals

Creating places to meet changing healthcare needs
 

Cancer Care and Research Facilities

Creating places for diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

Children’s Hospitals

Creating places for the best pediatric care.

Mental Health Facilities

Creating places for treatment, recovery and wellbeing.

Insights

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January 2025

TNFD Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide to Nature-Related Financial Disclosures

Canada
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Decarbonization
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February 2024 | 7 minutes

Creating places that make people well: An interview with Amit Bhansali

Global
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Working at WSP
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September 2023 | 2 mins

Healthcare beyond carbon: exploring nine healthcare systems' journeys to net-zero

Global
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Decarbonization , Energy Transition
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March 2023

How integrated data analytics can drive Future Readyâ„¢ healthcare in a post-COVID world

Australia
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Technology
PFI Handback

February 2022

PFI handback: start early and work together

United Kingdom
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Places , Climate
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September 2021

Evolving the Built Environment for Health and Wellbeing

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Places , Resilience
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July 2021

Adopting the WELL certification standard in the Healthcare Sector

United Kingdom
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Places
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June 2021 | 6 Minutes

All About The Children - Queen Silvia's Childrens Hospital

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Technology , Society , Resilience
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May 2021 | 8 minutes

Children At The Heart Of Design For Queen Silvia's Hospital For Children And Young People

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