NHS Birch Hill Hospital

Birch Hill Hospital

Birch Hill Hospital required a connectivity solution for the Siemens Voice over IP telephony solution to the site in Littlebrough. As part (or most) of the site is to be sold off to private developers with in 2-3 years measures have to taken to insure the financial investment of The Pennine Acute Trust NHS is protected. Applewood Data Services Ltd was asked to design a solution for this project. RF connectivity was not an option as private housing was to be introduced in between the buildings required on the site. The following requirements were placed and solutions required.

·                  Structured category 5e wiring to the Clock tower building. A pre-war hospital with many original aesthetics Applewood Data Services planned to make sure the fabric and integrity of the building remained intact throughout the installation

·                  New communications switching location required, to house the new Siemens telephone system and to integrate with the existing network protocol for the rest of the trust

·                  Connectivity required to the other buildings on the campus with no existing backbone cabling infrastructure in place

In July 2007 Applewood Data Services Ltd successfully tendered and worked with the Trust and both Siemens to make a success of the installation of both network and IP telephony at Birch Hill.

For connectivity across the campus at speeds of 1Gbps or higher Applewood Data Services Ltd as being an official Geo Desy laser installer proposed 2 x gigabit optical laser links with fibre optic interfaces.
The 1st link (Giga Pinto 500 meter link) was to link the main maternity building and the second Giga Pico 200 meter link) to reach the “last mile” at the Floyd Unit.

  • "We use Applewood Data Services Ltd for all our IP infrastructure work (data, voice, CCTV etc) From occasional new installations to larger projects, no job is too big or small and they are very flexible to our needs. Throughout our relationship they have delivered a consistently high standard and rate of work that is cost effective. I am thoroughly satisfied with the performance of Applewood Data Services engineers and I would not hesitate to recommend them to others.

    We look forward to working with Applewood Data Services for our new build projects"

    Steven Burrows Network Manager, Wellacre Technology College

  • "St Peter’s have been using Applewood for the last six years. We have found them to be flexible, reliable and good value for money. They have always managed to accommodate our needs with their skills and services."

    Paul Taylor, Network Manager, St Peter's RC School

  • "We have recently seen the above work carried out in the Clock Tower at Birch Hill Hospital Littlebrough. We would like to bring to your attention the excellent way in which you staff did this work. They were as non intrusive as possible and cleared up immediately after they had finished the work. They were extremely well mannered pleasent and good humoured."

    Susan E Jones, Diectorate manager - Clinical Professions

  • "Thanks to Applewood Data Services for providing a great service. Your engineers are helpful, work to a high standard and have gone out of their way to accommodate us when jobs needed doing outside of normal working hours.

    Thanks again!"

    Julie de Burgh, North Western Deanery

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