
Redesigning the Interior of Hospitals for the Future
In 2023, the Government announced their plans to build 40 new hospitals across the UK. Additionally, they allocated investments into the redevelopment of 5 major hospitals that would all be completed by 2030. After an overwhelming and turbulent few years, the NHS is overcapacity and needs help to meet demands. Hence this £20 billion project which is also known as the New Hospitals Programme.
The design process behind these new hospitals focuses on creating an environment that will speed-up the recovery process, as well as give staff a positive space to work in. Knightsbridge Furniture’s collections are designed with this in mind. Consequently, both existing and future collections will reflect a feeling of positivity and reassurance.
We endeavour to produce and supply ranges that make waiting rooms more comfortable and adaptable. In conjunction with bold coloured furniture, our ranges seek to take away the unhomely feel of hospital wards. Knightsbridge Furniture designs pieces with this in mind, finding the ideal balance between aesthetics and functionality.
How does Knightsbridge fit into this?
By providing simple yet sleek designs that promote a safe and practical space, we strive to help both patients and family to relax with comfort. Ranges such as Malham excel in this area. Available in a wide-range of colours, hospitals are able to choose the atmosphere they wish to cultivate. Whether they seek to stimulate a more upbeat atmosphere with a bright hue, or minimise stress with blue tones Knightsbridge offers the means to do so. With our wide selection, healthcare providers get to choose an atmosphere for different wards and waiting rooms that suits them.
Keeping on top of trends within the interior design industry and introducing these into the spaces of these new hospitals will help improve patient experiences as well as eliminate that healthcare feel that many try to avoid.
Looking across the waters
Crafting furniture that gives hospitals that homely feel, aids infection control and meets durability requirements will be essential to the New Hospitals Programme. Currently leading this movement is the Gødstrup Hospital in Denmark. After Nordic Architecture won the design proposal in 2011, the hospital, with its contemporary blueprint, was opened in 2022 and has since received good feedback and positive outcomes from their patients.
UK hospitals are still to follow in the footsteps of these European Hospitals. However, the New Hospitals Programme will encourage more progressive designs that will offer the newest technologies and treatments to patients. Knightsbridge Furniture is here to support the programme and provide interior furnishings that match the innovation of hospital care.
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