Prevention is Better Than Cure: How Contour is Supporting Safer Healthcare Estates

In today’s healthcare environments, prevention isn’t just a philosophy, it’s a necessity. With increasing pressure to improve patient safety, reduce infection risks, and operate more efficiently, estates teams are turning to solutions that stop problems before they start.

That’s why Contour Heating is proud to be returning to Healthcare Estates 2025 at Manchester Central on 21–22 October, stand C12. This year’s conference theme, “Prevention is Better Than Cure,” speaks directly to our mission: to design and deliver products that actively reduce risks in clinical and care settings.

Designing Out Risk in Everyday Healthcare

From acute care to community hospitals, prevention in healthcare estates means removing hazards before they can impact patients, staff, or operations. At Contour, this approach is built into everything we do.

Whether it’s limiting the spread of infection, reducing injury risk, or easing the burden on estates teams, our products are developed with one goal in mind: to protect people and environments through better design.

How Our Products Help Prevent Incidents

Here are just a few examples of how Contour solutions deliver real-world prevention in practice:

🔹 Low Surface Temperature (LST) Radiators and Guards

Our easy-to-clean radiator covers are coated in BioCote® anti-microbial technology, helping prevent infection spread in wards and waiting areas. Their accessible designs also reduce cleaning time, preventing strain on resources and ensuring a consistently hygienic environment.

🔹 Anti-ligature DeepClean Extra

In high-risk mental health settings, prevention means minimising ligature risks at every opportunity. DeepClean Extra includes specific design features to reduce these risks, including robust construction, secure fixings, and safe access panels that still allow for maintenance.

🔹 Window Protectors

Preventing elopement, injury, and damage from misuse, our anti-ligature window protection systems offer an added layer of safeguarding, especially valuable in inpatient mental health, CAMHS, or complex needs units.

🔹 Padded Radiator Guards

Where drop seizures or impact injuries are a concern, our soft-surface guards provide a protective solution that reduces harm and supports safer environments for individuals with epilepsy, autism, or challenging behaviour.

Prevention is Also About Time and Cost

It’s not just about patient outcomes. Estates teams are constantly balancing limited time, staffing, and budget. Preventative solutions like ours are designed to reduce callouts, maintenance tasks, and reactive repairs, freeing up valuable resources and supporting long-term estate planning.

Our products are built to last and manufactured in the UK, offering reassurance around quality, compliance, and durability.

Join Us on Stand C12 at Healthcare Estates 2025

We’re inviting NHS and private healthcare professionals, estate managers, designers, and specifiers to visit us at stand C12 this October. You’ll be able to:

• Explore product samples across our range
• Discuss your unique environmental risks
• See how our designs support prevention at every stage
• Learn more about our newest innovations and projects

NEW: Download Our Prevention-focused Guide

As part of this year’s show, we’ll also be launching our new resource: “Preventing Incidents in Healthcare Estates – A Contour Approach”

This downloadable guide outlines how estates teams can take proactive steps to reduce safety, hygiene, and security risks through considered specification and product choice.

Let’s build safer healthcare estates together — through prevention, not reaction.

📍 Visit us at stand C12 | 🗓 21–22 October 2025 | 📍 Manchester Central