Envisioning the sustainable and climate resilient hospital of the future.

Objectives: This study aims to create a vision of the future hospital to help healthcare leaders understand how changes in society and the healthcare system, compounded by climate change, could affect future hospital estate.

Study Design: The study is part of a larger project based on participatory backcasting aimed at providing integrated strategies for transitioning to a zero-carbon future and adapting to existing climate change through improved asset management.

Methods: The data presented in this paper were collected during a full-day workshop to construct the vision of the future hospital in 2050.

Setting Up a Just and Fair ICU Triage Process during a Pandemic: A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Triage is a dynamic and complex decision-making process to determine fair access to medical care in mass casualty situations. Triage takes place through healthcare settings including Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Triage governing principles have been subject to ethical debates for a long time specifically with the recent global pandemic of COVID-19.

Care in emergencies and disasters: Can it be person-centered?

Objectives: While person-/patient-centered care aims to influence policymakers' rules and regulations to improve the care of individuals worldwide, exploration of the concept in the context of disaster and public health emergencies as an alternative ethical approach is lacking. This study aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the advantages and challenges of diverse ethical approaches in emergencies, to improve patient care.

Methods: A survey, created after several rounds of Delphi methodology, with 22 statements, was applied to 39 participants from nine different countries.

A Qualitative Study on the Use of the Hospital Safety Index and the Formulation of Recommendations for Future Adaptations.

The Hospital Safety Index is a tool developed by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization in 2008 and updated in 2015. Although it is the most widely used instrument of its kind to assess the level of hospital preparedness, scientific literature on its application in real life is scarce. This study aimed to investigate the use of the Hospital Safety Index to assess disaster preparedness in healthcare facilities.

The Challenges of Nurse Redeployment and Opportunities for Leadership During COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: Literature has previously shown that healthcare staff redeployment has been widely implemented to build capacity, with little focus on nurses. This study aims to manage redeployment more effectively by capturing and scrutinizing nurses' redeployment experiences.

Methods: A cross-sectional short and structured interview was conducted.

A case study of a collaborative allied health and nursing crisis response.

The COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 required an equally rapid response from health-care organizations to find innovative ways to utilize the existing workforce to care for people with COVID-19. Using an evaluative case study, a unique insight into the collaborative allied health and nursing professions' response to COVID-19 at a specialist cardiothoracic hospital in the United Kingdom is presented.