A technical paper that clarifies and untangles the performance requirements for acoustic and hygienic ceilings for UK healthcare premises, referencing relevant standards, regulations, and guidance. Offers a detailed assessment of the resilience of ceilings to hygiene and cleaning whilst simultaneously achieving good acoustic absorption, and pleasing design; further considerations discussed include acoustic privacy, fire safety,… Read more »

1. The Difference Between Operational & Strategic Data – Is there one? 2. Current Reporting Methodologies 3. Industry Tools Used

Manual reporting processes can tie up hundreds of hours of resource; teams must not only collect data from different sources and spreadsheets but also check accuracy, reformat data points for consistency, then create combined reports. This not only uses up precious resource hours but increases the risk of human error creeping in at every stage…. Read more »

Tarkett are a worldwide leader in flooring solutions; including Healthcare where we are one of the largest suppliers in the world. Our investment into the product performance and Sustainability speaks for themselves. With a clear focus on Sustainability and pioneers of the Circular Economy we (Tarkett) aim to bring an understanding and merger of 2… Read more »

Waste costs are on the rise again and doing the same things and expecting different outcomes will never improve our overall situation. The vision is to make waste work for trusts to bring to life the circular economy and possibilities for making waste work to generate income and reduce the amount organisations burn or bury…. Read more »