Non Clinical & Support Environments
The efficiency of a healthcare organisation depends heavily on the spaces the public rarely sees. From logistics and FM to education, research, administration and sterile services, these environments underpin the performance of the wider system. We help clients plan, redesign and deliver these spaces so they strengthen operational resilience, reduce waste and free up clinical capacity. With a single team overseeing strategy, design and delivery, organisations gain faster solutions and more predictable outcomes.
Staff Rest Facility
Staff rest facilities play a vital role in sustaining healthcare workforce wellbeing, especially in 24/7 environments where fatigue, stress and emotional pressure are constant. These spaces must be quiet, comfortable and easily accessible from clinical areas while remaining acoustically separated from noise and operational activity. Designing them involves careful attention to lighting, ergonomic furniture, privacy, storage and zoning between break, nourishment and recharge areas. Health Spaces supports Trusts and private providers in creating evidence‑based staff spaces that enhance recovery between shifts, reduce burnout and support retention. We upgrade or build rest facilities through rapid, low‑disruption works that respect the sensitivities of live clinical services.
Staff Welfare Centre
Staff welfare centres extend beyond rest facilities to include wellbeing rooms, training spaces, breakout areas, locker and shower facilities, and supportive amenities designed to enhance mental, emotional and physical recovery. These spaces must feel distinctly different from clinical environments, adopting warm interior design, natural materials and strong acoustic separation. Health Spaces helps organisations evaluate staff workflows and create welfare centres that uplift morale, reinforce team culture and embed wellbeing into daily working life through optimised layout, compliant facilities and sensitive refurbishment in occupied hospitals.
Staff Changing Room Unit
Changing facilities require thoughtful zoning to ensure smooth staff flow between arrival, changing, storage and clinical readiness. These spaces must integrate secure lockers, showers, gender‑inclusive options, clean‑to‑dirty zoning and durable finishes that withstand heavy daily use. Health Spaces supports providers by designing compliant, ergonomic changing areas that prioritise safety, privacy and comfort. Our delivery programmes ensure minimal disruption by sequencing works outside peak shift times and maintaining continuous access routes.
Clinical Offices
Clinical offices must support efficient collaboration, hybrid working, MDT meetings, confidential discussions and digital‑first workflows. They require balanced acoustics, secure data access, ergonomic furniture, and clear zoning between focus areas and shared working. Health Spaces designs clinical offices that reflect modern work patterns, ensuring sufficient storage, flexible layouts, and technology‑enabled collaboration spaces. We phase these upgrades or new builds carefully to avoid disrupting essential administrative and clinical functions.
Estates & Facilities Office
Estates and Facilities teams require spaces that support shift‑based working, coordination of operations, secure access to plant areas, and efficient storage for tools and materials. These offices must integrate digital monitoring systems, communication hubs and equipment dispatch functions. Health Spaces designs E&F offices to optimise operational flow, provide resilient digital infrastructure and accommodate the practical needs of estates teams. Our construction methods ensure safe integration within technical corridors and back‑of‑house areas.
Medical Records Library
Medical Records Libraries require controlled environments with high‑density storage, secure access, fire protection measures and layouts that ensure efficient retrieval. With many Trusts transitioning to digital records, these spaces increasingly support hybrid models of archive, scanning and administrative coordination. Health Spaces works with providers to rationalise storage, plan secure adjacencies, integrate digital workflows and design ergonomic, future‑proof record management areas.
Bed Management Control Room
Bed management control rooms must support real‑time oversight of capacity, patient movements and operational pressures across the hospital. These spaces require high visibility, ergonomic workstations, resilient IT infrastructure and acoustic environments that support concentration in a 24/7 operation. Health Spaces designs command‑centre spaces tailored to hospital flows, integrating digital dashboards and ensuring robust power and cooling systems. We deliver these in a phased manner to prevent disruption to operational command functions.
Patient Equipment Cleaning Centre
Equipment cleaning centres require efficient zoning between dirty receipt, washing, drying, inspection and storage. These areas must incorporate appropriate drainage, chemical safety systems, ventilation and tracking processes. Health Spaces works with providers to design safe, efficient workflows, integrate racking and storage, and deliver facilities that support rapid turnaround for essential equipment.
CSSD (Central Sterile Services Department)
CSSD environments must support strict clean‑to‑dirty segregation, accommodate washer‑disinfectors and autoclaves, provide adequate instrument preparation spaces and enable safe material flows to and from theatres. The technical and regulatory complexity of CSSD design requires robust drainage, ventilation, high‑temperature engineering and validated workflows. Health Spaces brings expertise in sterile services design, mapping instrument cycles, specifying compliant equipment rooms and coordinating heavy MEP works in constrained hospital sites.
Central Clinical Supplies Unit
Central Clinical Supplies Units manage high volumes of consumables and clinical equipment requiring secure storage, environmental controls, stock visibility and efficient pick‑and‑dispatch routes. These facilities must be designed for ergonomic handling, temperature zoning, and integration with digital inventory systems. Health Spaces helps providers optimise supply chain flows, plan storage density, and design distribution hubs that improve efficiency and reduce operational friction.
Central Kitchen & Catering Unit
Catering units require compliance with food‑safety standards, allergen control, efficient work flows, cooled and ambient storage, and clear separation between staff areas and delivery routes. These environments must support safe preparation for high‑volume meal services across wards and departments. Health Spaces designs catering facilities that prioritise HACCP‑driven layouts, robust MEP infrastructure, and future adaptability. We plan construction to avoid any disruption to patient meal services.
Central Laundry Unit
Laundry units require tightly controlled clean‑to‑dirty flows, robust ventilation and extraction systems, infection‑control measures, and safe handling processes for large volumes of textiles. High humidity, heat and continuous operation create complex engineering demands. Health Spaces designs laundry units with process‑driven workflows, resilient plant systems and durable surfaces, and delivers them through efficient, safety‑driven construction programmes.
Mortuary & Bereavement Suite
Mortuary and bereavement environments must provide dignity, privacy and sensitive space planning for families, while ensuring clinical safety, secure storage and compliant transfer routes. These facilities demand controlled environmental conditions, discreet access, and calm, compassionate design elements. Health Spaces supports providers by designing mortuary and bereavement environments that balance operational needs with sensitivity, creating supportive surroundings that respect cultural and emotional needs.
Security Office
Security offices must support incident response, surveillance, controlled access and communication systems. They require robust digital infrastructure, secure sightlines to key area entrances, and ergonomic layouts that support 24‑hour staffing patterns. Health Spaces designs security hubs that integrate seamlessly with hospital flow, prioritising safety, resilience and operational efficiency.
IT & Server Pod
Server pods must provide highly resilient conditions for digital infrastructure, including controlled temperature, humidity, fire suppression, secure access, redundant power and cable management systems. They support the digital backbone of clinical and operational systems and must be designed to Tier‑appropriate standards. Health Spaces integrates these pods into complex estates environments, ensuring robust MEP coordination, safe installation and seamless connection to hospital networks.
Plant Pod
Plant pods house critical mechanical and electrical systems that support clinical operations across the estate. These pods require strategic placement, acoustic management, vibration control, and safe access for maintenance. Health Spaces designs modular and fixed plant pods that enhance energy performance, improve resilience and align with long‑term decarbonisation goals. We manage installation safely in constrained hospital sites using detailed logistics planning.
Reception & Waiting Areas
Reception and waiting environments must balance clear flow, safeguarding, accessibility, privacy and patient comfort. These spaces are the first point of contact for many users and play a crucial role in setting the tone for the care experience. They require intuitive wayfinding, inclusive seating, acoustic zoning, controlled lighting and efficient queue management. Health Spaces designs welcoming front‑of‑house environments that support both clinical and administrative teams, improving patient experience and operational efficiency through thoughtful spatial planning and sensitive refurbishment.
Children’s Nursery
On‑site staff nurseries support recruitment, retention and staff wellbeing, providing safe, nurturing environments for early‑years childcare. These spaces require stringent safeguarding, clear zoning by age group, safe external play areas, and acoustically sensitive teaching and care environments. Health Spaces supports providers in designing secure, warm, developmentally supportive nursery environments with appropriate access control and materials. We deliver these projects with careful scheduling to avoid disrupting nearby clinical or staff areas.
Ambulance Station
Ambulance stations are operational hubs that support rapid emergency response, vehicle preparation, staff coordination and the wider blue‑light ecosystem. These environments must accommodate vehicle bays, ambulance cleaning and restocking areas, equipment storage, secure drug storage, staff welfare spaces, training rooms and shift‑based control functions. Their design must allow for fast deployment, safe vehicle manoeuvring, clear separation between operational and welfare zones, and resilient engineering systems to support 24/7 activity. Health Spaces plans and delivers ambulance stations with a deep understanding of emergency response workflows, ensuring efficient adjacencies between vehicle bays, stores, welfare facilities and dispatch functions. Our approach integrates robust MEP solutions, optimised circulation for both staff and vehicles, and carefully phased construction programmes that protect continuity of critical services during refurbishment or new‑build delivery.