title: Combined approach brings success.
abstract: Sixteen months ago, according to Trumpf Medical Systems, which managed the project, 'something out of the ordinary' happened at Leighton Hospital in Crewe. When making plans to upgrade ageing operating theatres and critical care units, the estates department took the decision to involve other disciplines from the very start of the process. Clinicians, nursing staff, architects, patient representatives, and suppliers, all played their part, with the estates team always at the hub. As Oliver Law, managing director of the UK medical technology specialist, explains, this multidisciplinary approach had a profound effect on the outcome.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Law
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004739:England; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D019982:Organizational Case Studies