Lighting Design for Medical Imaging Rooms, Yorkshire

The Challenge

Healthcare environments can often feel clinical and uninviting. Lighting plays a crucial role in ensuring healthcare spaces are comfortable for both patients and staff. Located in West Yorkshire this NHS hospital required a versatile lighting approach that would subtly introduce coloured accents within the CT Suites, to make it more comfortable and relaxing for patients.

The Solution

We provided a flexible lighting solution for the CT Suite, allowing staff or patients to easily adjust the rooms ambiance and colour, through a single button press.

The lighting control system is user-friendly and offers simple control, featuring engraved keypads to recall various colours and sequences as well as the option to set the lighting to white for professional use or during non-testing hours. Keypads were specified inside the CT Suite as well as in the Control Room allowing effortless control from multiple locations and providing functionality for both patients and staff.

Scene setting for ease of operation

Introducing a colour to the space in either a dynamic or soothing way, helps create a relaxing atmosphere. We collaborated with the Interior Designer, to determine the colour palette and sequencing to complement the artwork.

Pre-set colours and scenes can be recalled through a single press on the lighting control keypad, providing a comforting wash of colour on the walls and enhancing the room’s mood.

We ensured the dimming quality is smooth and flicker-free, using DMX and DALI protocols, providing seamless control and optimal lighting performance. This enables staff to operate without any visual discomfort, providing patients with a reassuring atmosphere.

Colour changing lighting delivers a calming ambiance

Backlighting to the decorative ceiling panel enhances the natural imagery, soothing patients during testing and offering a focal point of visual interest. Providing subtle illumination on the space below ensures tasks can be completed safely and efficiently.