Thursday 1st November 2001 at the RIBA, London

• Chair: Dr Ann Noble, Chair, Architects for Health
  • Introduction: The recent Health Building Note

• Speaker 1: Prof. Karol Sikora, Imperial College School of Medicine: Keynote address
  • Topic: Building for the future of Cancer Care
  • Focus: Clinical policy end practice, Role of the environment – an overview

• Speaker 2: Prof. Jessica Comer, Director of the Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital
  • Topic: Humanising the Technology
  • Focus: The patient experience of acute care, new values and visions

• Speaker 3: Sue Francis, MARU (Medical Architecture Research Unit) with Simon Henderson, Head of Building, Macmillan Cancer Relief
  • Topic: Recent initiatives, Patients needs and briefing
  • Focus: Recent evaluations, best practice, patient focus groups

• Speaker 4: Andrew Anderson, National Coordinator, Maggie’s Centre Edinburgh
  • Topic: Special needs, special places
  • Focus: Designing for care and the Maggie’s Centre vision and approach

• Speaker 5: Mrs Gail Sharp, Caring Services Director, Marie Curie Cancer Care
  • Topic: Palliative Care
  • Focus: Current policy and practice: development strategies and initiatives

• Panel discussion/ questions from the floor
  • Introductory comments from Dr Nigel Tomlinson, Chief Scientific Advisor, NHS Estates

An Architects for Health Event – 1 November 2001