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.

Daylight Essential for Hospital Patients & Staff Alike

By |2020-05-12T22:34:32+01:003rd May 2020|Architecture, Design|

This article picks up from my previous article on how Hospital design can improve as healing environments. I focus on the need for daylight and what design aspects one must keep in mind at the design stage. Much research exists to prove that access to daylight contributes to faster patient recovery and to staff’s welfare,

New Hospital Design – How to go About

By |2020-05-12T22:35:32+01:0026th Apr 2018|Design, Healthcare Planning|

Our last hospital design article on fire escapes for disabled, based on a client query has proved very popular with the hospitaldesigntips.com visitors. We received numerous enquiries and requests for further advice. I thought it would be beneficial to share one such request and our response to a medical general practitioner from India requesting: We are planning for

Planning Imaging Rooms for a Hospital

By |2020-05-12T22:37:20+01:0024th Aug 2016|Consultancy, Design, Healthcare Planning, Medical Equipment, MEP|

Of all the clinical areas in any hospital, X-Ray, CT, and Fluoroscopy need much more planning and co-ordination than any other thing imaginable. This is mostly due to the fact that the equipment used and its implications on the building structure and services is much more complex with the exception of the MRI. We will

Healthcare Consultants Enlistment for Prospective Projects

By |2020-05-12T22:38:53+01:0010th Sep 2014|Databases, Design, Electrical, Healthcare Planning, Medical Equipment, MEP|

Individual Consultants, Architects, Healthcare planners, firms, consortiums are encouraged to fill out their personal/company brief to help us ear mark suitable choices for projects/inquiries from around the world. The following link would take you to a form which you can fill in and submit to allow us to match your services against customer requirements from

Nurse Call Systems

By |2020-05-12T22:39:35+01:003rd Jun 2013|Design, Healthcare Planning, MEP|

Guest Author: Wullie Scott All healthcare facilities as part of the hospital design process require some kind of Nurse Call System which includes patient-to-staff and staff-to-staff calls when the need arises. When the nurse call is initiated, it buzzes at the nearest staff base, where the staff responsible can find out from the nurse call

Hybrid Operating Theatres

By |2020-05-12T22:40:40+01:008th Feb 2013|Consultancy, Design, Healthcare Planning, Medical Equipment|

It feels great to be back onboard HospitalDesignTips.com after a while as we have been extremely busy with our assignments on greenfield healthcare projects and despite our best endeavours we had to keep all our energies focussed on our current clients and best protecting their interests. A big Welcome back to all our regular visitors

Easy Guide to Pathology Lab Design

By |2020-05-12T22:41:28+01:0021st Jul 2012|Consultancy, Design, Healthcare Planning|

Planning Pathology labs including microbiology, biochemistry and haematology should be fairly simple and straight forward. But we know from experience that if careful thought is not given at the design and planning stage, the simplest of things can and most probably will go wrong. So what do we really need to watch out for? Although

Have You Considered These Medical Equipment Planning Basics?

By |2020-05-12T22:42:09+01:005th May 2010|Design, Healthcare Planning, Medical Equipment|

Medical equipment planning and layout design are one of the trickiest parts within the hospital design process and as such demand a thorough consideration of all aspects. Each clinical space is woven around how clinicians interact with the equipment and the patients. It takes into account the universal principles of infection control, general hygiene and

What do we do at HDT

By |2020-05-12T22:44:23+01:0020th Apr 2008|Healthcare Planning|

Clinical design and medical equipment planning are one of the trickiest parts of the hospital design process and as such demand a thorough consideration of all aspects. Clinical space planning is woven around how clinicians interact with their space, equipment and patients. It takes into account the universal principles of infection control, general hygiene and

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