The healthcare infrastructure specialist

John Prendergast

Associate Director

Asset 2
+44(0)7798 617888

Location:

  • North East

Expertise:

  • Technical Advisory

For the last 20 years, I’ve been developing technical guidance for the Department of Health and NHS, most notably Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs) and Health Building Notes (HBNs). Most recent projects include HTM 03-01 on ventilation and HBN 15-02 on same day emergency care.

At Archus my role involves...

I am principally involved in the development of technical guidance on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement, most notably Health Technical Memoranda and Health Building Notes.

I was drawn to healthcare by...

I’ve been in publishing (editorial, production, graphic design, typesetting) for 28 years. Nurturing an idea or concept and seeing it come to fruition in a published document is a huge thrill.

Memorable career moment?

Working with the Chief Dental Officer in a campaign to improve decontamination in primary care dental practices (HTM 01-05), culminating in printing and distributing a copy of the HTM to every single dental practice in England.

Why Archus?

Archus is a progressive and multi-faceted organization. For the first time since the days of NHS Estates, I can now draw on a pool of specialist in-house expertise to help develop the technical guidance.

Most significant trend for healthcare in the future?

Climate change is a huge challenge to public health and infectious disease occurrence in the UK. Rising global temperatures mean that diseases that were once concentrated around the equator will now move further north in the northern hemisphere.