RPS is the proven partner for major healthcare project design. Our success in delivering primary and secondary care projects is based on a fundamental understanding of medical facility processes and procedures, the patient experience, and specialised knowledge of the design of all of the different departments and facilities found in modern healthcare developments

We have been at the leading edge of the massive investment which has taken place in healthcare since 1997, and still retain our position as one of the market leaders in delivering successful, sustainable and energy efficient buildings in which healthcare is delivered.

Our Building Services Engineers have played a fundamental part in delivering many successful major healthcare schemes throughout the UK involving complex service diversions in congested and live hospital environments.

We strongly believe that building architecture and the built environment help in the effective treatment of patients and are critical when determining patient outcomes and recovery periods, whilst at the same time encourage good staff retention, provide sustainable and energy efficient estate and respond to the long term maintenance of that estate.

RPS also provides health impact assessment (HIA) in response to the UK planning system and government policy requiring the investigation of potential health and social effects of development projects.

RPS is uniquely qualified to conduct HIA, being one of the few mainstream consultancies to provide the full range of in-house skills and expertise to conduct truly comprehensive HIA that will stand legal and planning scrutiny. Further details of RPS coverage of the healthcare market is summarised under RPS Health, Safety & Environment.