are tried and tested,” says Le Blanc. “We have pulled them all together, borrowing ideas from other new hospital builds round the world in the last decade. What is leading-edge is the sheer amount of technology in a single facility. As for the move, it has gone remarkably smoothly. We have had very few issues and we have managed them without affecting our service to the public. I am smiling from ear to ear.” Nobody wants to be in hospital but if you have to be, the new RAH is the place to be. It has 800 beds, but you won’t find a traditional ward. Every single in-patient has his or her own room with en-suite facilities and, if they are mobile, easy access to outdoor garden areas. A variety of internal gardens, terraces and courtyards provide an interactive and uplifting environment, with internal and external performance spaces accessible to patients, staff, visitors and members of the public. Depressing corridors and waiting areas are also relegated to history - art integrated right across the 10-hectare site celebrates
Geoff Peach, co-Directors of the IT implementation programme at the new RAH Geoff Peach is a hospital IT guru based in Queensland. He has lived out of a suitcase, away from his family for three years to help deliver the new RAH work program. His ability to calmly lead technical teams through complexity while making it all look straightforward has been very impressive. There are a lot of new technologies in this hospital that Le Blanc’s established team were previously unfamiliar with. Peach’s know-how with these emerging technologies combined with a comprehensive big picture view of hospital business operations and deep understanding of supplier sub-contracts has been a critical success factor.