Commentary

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Patient safety case

08-Jun-2018

One of our Senior Consultants, Kate Bradley, recently undertook some research into considering issues of patient safety when planning and designing new healthcare facilities. The findings of her paper are summarised below.

It is estimated that around 10% of patients admitted to NHS hospitals have experienced a patient safety incident (National Patient Safety Agency, 2004). Of these incidents, research has found…

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Expanding private sector in Middle East healthcare

26-Jan-2018

By Nathaniel Hobbs, MJ Medical Director

The growth in demand for healthcare services across the Middle East is insatiable, unconstrained by dips in the oil price and wider economic malaise. With healthcare across the region largely publicly funded, and a significant public element in the provider sector, this rising demand poses a significant problem for those various public bodies who have…

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Delivering a vision from start to finish

16-Feb-2017

In an extract from a recent interview for the Global Opportunity Healthcare publication, MJ Medical Director Danny Gibson discusses key aspects of MJ Medical’s approach to health planning

MJ Medical’s approach to healthcare planning ensures the aspirations communities and care providers have for their new hospitals are delivered, says Danny Gibson, Technical Director

MJ Medical’s service offering is split into three…

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Quiet please!

Some thoughts on patient (un)friendly environments

10-Jan-2017

By Nathaniel Hobbs, MJ Medical Director

As the parent of a young child who suffers from a severe chronic condition, I have spent a lot of time over the last three years in hospital. My stays have been long and short, at district generals and at tertiary paediatric centres, in the UK and abroad, and, on the whole, seen an overwhelmingly…