Automatics at Great Ormond Street Hospital

Automatic Door Operators from DORMA UK Limited Automatics Division have been fitted to several internal and external doors as part of a refurbishment project at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London.

No fewer than five pairs of DORMA’s ED200 automatic swing door operators were fitted to the doors in the hospital’s Intensive Therapy Departments.

Another pair operates the entrance doors to the Barrie Wing. ED200 operators were also fitted to the VCB theatre doors. New folding doors into the hospital’s Camelia Botnar Laboratory are fitted with DORMA FFT folding door operators. The FFT model is especially suitable for use in narrow doorways. They allow the convenience and comfort of an automated doorway where the opening is as narrow as 800

Automatic door operation is a great benefit to both staff and patients in any hospital. In hospitals where the doors are not automatic, additional staff are often required to hold open the doors when moving patients, trolleys and medical equipment whilst trying to battle through closed doors. Convalescing patients themselves may also need to be helped through doors, especially if they are confined to a wheelchair or using crutches.


Prominent Features


DORMA’s ED200 operator is suitable for both internal and external doors, and can be fitted to fire doors too. It is suitable for any standard side-hungdoor and has very high opening and closing power, as well as an integrated hold-open switch and accessory package. This includes extra security options such as automatic closure after use specially designed to keep unauthorised personnel out, and automatic opening in the event of fire.

The Service Division of DORMA UK Limited is also providing regular door maintenance at Great Ormond Street. Regular maintenance will reduce the cost of operating the door and most importantly of all, regular maintenance is the safe, responsible option. The door installations at Great Ormond Street form part of an on-going multi-million pound refurbishment currently being carried out by the GOSH Development Trust. The Trust, set up in 1984, has so far created a new hospital wing, called the Variety Club Building, redeveloped the outpatients’ department, created the Camelia Botnar Laboratory and funded several small projects including a new building to house the hospital’s second MRI scanner.

Project Info
Project Automatics at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Location London
Products used

Folding doors DORMA FFT

Fully automatic operator ED200