Focus on Healthcare
Intelligent digital IT foundations
The NHS is undergoing one of the largest infrastructure transformation programmes in its history. Ideal combines converged networking and Smart Buildings expertise with healthcare delivery to create the essential IT foundations.
Meeting the needs of the New Hospital Programme (NHP)
The New Hospital Programme (NHP), alongside the digitisation of existing estates, is reshaping how healthcare environments are designed, built and operated.
Healthcare organisations face a complex combination of pressures: ageing estates, rising patient demand, workforce shortages, cyber risk, sustainability targets and funding constraints. At the same time, clinical digitisation, smart medical devices, real-time location services, telemedicine and AI-driven diagnostics are increasing reliance on resilient, intelligent digital infrastructure.
Ideal has the skills and experience NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Systems, and healthcare providers need to make digital work harder at every level.
Smart hospitals from day one
Embedding digital infrastructure at the earliest design stage is the only way to ensure hospitals are born smart, not retrofitted later at higher cost and disruption.
Intelligent building infrastructure
Our heritage working with major construction firms and delivering intelligent building infrastructure makes us a natural partner for new-build healthcare projects.
By designing converged networks, security, building systems and IoT platforms together, we enable:
- Faster deployment of clinical technologies
- Greater resilience and uptime
- Lower lifetime operational costs
- Improved patient and staff experience
- Built-in sustainability and energy efficiency
This approach is especially valuable for large-scale, multi-phase projects such as those delivered under the New Hospital Programme.
High-density connectivity for critical environments
With thousands of concurrent users, clinical devices, mobile workstations, medical imaging systems, wayfinding platforms and patient devices all competing for bandwidth, hospitals present a demanding wireless environment.
Ideal is recognised for delivering large-scale, high-density wireless networks across some of the UK’s most demanding venues. That same expertise ensures healthcare environments benefit from:
- Reliable, secure clinical mobility
- Real-time clinical communications
- Seamless roaming for staff and devices
- Robust patient connectivity
- Scalable support for future clinical systems
This enables clinicians to spend more time delivering care and less time dealing with technology limitations.
Smart Buildings, Wayfinding & Operational Intelligence
By converging building systems, network data and IoT platforms, we can deliver intelligent hospital environments that actively support clinical and operational outcomes.
Capabilities include:
- Wayfinding and patient flow optimisation – reducing missed appointments, late arrivals and congestion
- Occupancy and space utilisation analytics – improving ward efficiency, theatre usage and estate planning
- Environmental monitoring – supporting infection control, comfort and clinical safety
- Real-time location services (RTLS) – tracking equipment, staff and patient movement
This data-driven approach helps healthcare providers optimise scarce resources, improve patient experience and support long-term estate strategy.
Energy efficiency, sustainability & ESG
Hospitals are among the most energy-intensive public sector buildings. Intelligent building systems, real-time monitoring and automated controls will allow you to significantly reduce consumption while maintaining clinical safety.
Our Smart Building platforms enable:
- Intelligent lighting, HVAC and environmental automation
- Real-time energy monitoring and optimisation
- Data-driven carbon reporting
- Predictive maintenance
These capabilities directly support NHS net-zero commitments, improve ESG reporting and deliver long-term operational savings.
Future-ready infrastructure
Next-generation digital infrastructure will enable power and data to be delivered over a single intelligent network, allowing clinical spaces to be reconfigured rapidly, safely and cost-effectively.
This dramatically improves flexibility, reduces reliance on traditional electrical works and supports modular, adaptable hospital design.
This approach also enables faster refurbishment cycles, lower installation costs and far greater agility as clinical models evolve.
Join us to see Smart in action
Join us behind-the scenes for a tour of 150 Holborn, to see what healthcare can learn from one of the world’s smartest buildings. Register your interest and we’ll find a convenient time for you and your team to visit.
#1in Smart Buildings
Ideal is the UK's leading provider of converged networks for Smart Buildings, integrating IT, OT and IoT for more efficient sustainable operations.
6+Years
Supporting Horder Healthcare with rapid digital transformation and responsive managed services.
Ideal has become a partner in the Lister Alliance, supporting the mission to embed digital technologies seamlessly across the NHS.
With Ideal, you can expect:
Expertise on demand
Access to a team of engineers skilled on the equipment and technology that is relevant to your business.
Smooth delivery
Working to ITIL frameworks, our personable team will keep you fully informed at all times
24/7/365 Support
Our service is based in-house in the UK, ensuring a proactive cohesive response when you need it most.
How can we help?
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