Would better buildings help fix the NHS? The story of Britain's hospitals, from grand designs to counting the costs
https://theconversation.com/would-better-buildings-help-fix-the-nhs-the-story-of-britains-hospitals-from-grand-designs-to-counting-the-costs-208090
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I live in Luxembourg and have now needed surgery twice over here. The 'wards' here have a maximum of 2 beds in them but I believe they are still building hospitals in the UK with wards with 10 - 20 beds.
I should have thought that enhanced risk of cross infection between patients would have informed the designers choice of ward sizes in the UK but not so apparently!
I was terribly impressed with the hand washing and disinfecting rigour in the hospitals over here in Luxembourg where I was a patient