title: Rapid expansion to cut waiting times.
abstract: Robert Snook, director and general manager of Portakabin Hire, offers some practical advice to, as he puts it, 'help healthcare providers rapidly expand hospital facilities to reduce patient waiting times with no compromise on the quality of the accommodation'. He argues that hired modular buildings can offer a considerably faster solution than traditionally built structures where additional capacity is needed urgently to meet added demand, or, for instance, during major refurbishment or upgrading of existing facilities.
authors.affiliation: Portakabin Hire, York.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Snook
mesh_terms: D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D055872:Surge Capacity; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists