King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has recently unveiled the UKโs first outdoor Critical Care Garden, a pioneering rooftop space designed to transform the recovery experience for its 60-bed critical care unit.
SSG has played a vital role in bringing this vision to life by delivering a bespoke design of our Bedhead Services Trunking, expertly integrated into six purpose-built, waterproof medical cabinets. Each cabinet seamlessly houses our ๐๐๐น๐น ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ, medical gas supplies and fully connected data and electrical systems. This ensures patients receive the same high-level care outdoors as they do within the main unit.
Traditionally, Hospital gardens have been available, as exposure to fresh air and nature can boost patient wellbeing and reduce time spent in hospital, but they have lacked the ability to house the most critically ill patients and their needs. For the first time, even the most critically ill patients can safely access these benefits, opening up new possibilities in patient-centred care.
As Dr Phil Hopkins, Intensive Care Consultant at Kingโs, explains:
“๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ.”
Developed over three years in collaboration with WSP and Kingโs College Hospital, this landmark project represents a bold step forward in critical care design. Weโre proud to have contributed to a solution that combines safety, connectivity and innovation.
