About Harry

Harry McQue is Senior Hospital Design & Equipment Manager with Post Graduate degrees in business management and information technology. Harry has 20+ years of international experience ranging from working on hospital projects in Dubai (Middle East) to over £1 Billion hospital projects in the UK & Europe. You can benefit from his experience at hospitaldesigntips.com. If you have current or upcoming projects big or small or topics that you would like his advice on, you can get in touch via the contact us form.

Welcome to HDT – Hospital Design Tips!

By |2023-01-08T10:14:29+00:008th Jan 2023|Consultancy, Design, Healthcare Planning|

Are you a doctor looking for advice on how to design your private clinic? Or a decision maker looking forward to design a new or redesign an existing hospital or clinic? Or maybe you are putting together a brief for a new hospital. You can be a healthcare experienced architectural, engineering or medical equipment consultant

Hospital Safety – Fire Escapes

By |2022-12-15T21:42:20+00:0015th Dec 2022|Architecture, Buildings, Construction|

Actually this article was supposed to be a reply to a comment from one of www.hospitaldesigntips.com visitors who was interested to find out more about hospital design issues with respect to fire escapes and relevant legislation. Here’s how it went: Hello.. I’m A*. I’m interested to know about the hospital design. I understand that you

General Operating Theatre Design

By |2022-03-20T15:40:12+00:007th Mar 2022|Architecture, Consultancy, Design, Healthcare Planning, Medical Equipment, News|

Designing an operating theatre outlines the intricacies of the hospital design process. An operating theatre suite consists of the Theatre, the Anaesthetic room, Scrub room, Clean Prep and the Dirty Utility (or just Utility) room. We will look at planning just the Operating Theatre itself in this hospital design guide article. A number of

Future Flexibility in Healthcare and Hospital Building Design and Construction

By |2020-12-25T14:46:29+00:0025th Dec 2020|Architecture, Buildings, Construction, Design, Engineering|

A trend in recent years or innovation in healthcare facilities design has been a requirement for future flexibility or future proofing of the entire hospital or lab building. As the medical and hospital design science advances by leaps and bounds, new diagnostic and treatment procedures are developed for clinical administration. The product life cycle

Dental Surgery Planning

By |2020-12-25T11:53:09+00:006th Jun 2020|Architecture, Buildings, Construction, Design, Engineering|

If you are planning on opening your own new dental surgery, you would have worked in one for a number of years or at least a few months. You would be familiar with the equipment, layout and the quality of cabinetry. Laying out or planning a dental surgery is not a very complex job.

Healthcare Staff and Nursing Staff

By |2020-05-17T22:29:34+01:0017th May 2020|Architecture, Buildings, Construction, Design, Engineering|

One would argue that of all the public & private sectors, staff shortage in hospitals is one of the most critical issues. Some are short term due to illness or other personal reasons but permanent shortages are more serious, mainly due to people leaving service at retirement, changing employer or even moving away to another

Hospital Interior Wall & Corner Protection

By |2020-05-12T22:25:30+01:003rd May 2020|Architecture, Buildings, Construction, Design, Engineering|

Every time I visit a hospital for professional or personal reason, I cannot help observing areas where improvements could be suggested. Some of the easy improvement opportunities to spot are dirt and scratch marks on walls, doors, lifts interior finish, corners, and floors. Most of these marks representing wear & tear of wall finish result

Hospital – A Place to Heal

By |2020-05-12T22:33:59+01:003rd May 2020|Architecture, Buildings, Construction, Consultancy, Design, Healthcare Planning, Medical Equipment|

When I was young I had to visit the hospital where my father was admitted after a horrific accident. While trying to save a child who suddenly ran across the road, he had his leg caught in the wheel of his motorcycle. Cut a long story short, my father had to have about 21 operations

Go to Top