The event will bring key health sector actors from around the world together to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health and solutions that promote greater health, as well as economic equity between and within nations. The Summit will address how the UNFCCC process can best protect public health from the impacts of climate change.

For more information, visit: www.climateandhealthcare.org

Professor Grant currently holds the post of president and provost of University College London (UCL), and is expected to take up post at the end of October 2011. He is a qualified barrister and academic lawyer with wide experience of public service, including the Local Government Commission, Higher Education Funding Council for England and as a UK business ambassador.

The chair of the NHS Commissioning Board will provide strategic leadership and vision for NHS commissioning.

See the DH website for details: http://mediacentre.dh.gov.uk/2011/10/14/lansley-names-preferred-chair-of-nhs-commissioning-board/

Mitigation tools, case studies and other resource information are available online at http://www.climateandhealthcare.org/mitigation/mitigation-tools/

The Bishop Review is an independent report to the Design Council. It examines the legacy of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) in the context of the new planning system and economic and political context, and makes recommendations for a new ecosystem of design support in England.

Published on 18 October 2011 and available to download http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/CABE/bish/

Would you like to complete a survey for HACIRIC?

The survey seeks to extend and deepen knowledge about the scope and content of the Standards and Guidance provided by the DH Estates and Facilities Division and how these are valued and used.  

They want to know how the many very varied people, stakeholder groups and organisations who use this guidance and apply the standards view them.

All contributions will be anonymised and the results will be published on the HaCIRIC website in due course,

The questionnaire is available from the following link https://www.survey.lboro.ac.uk/haciric_sg or by email. If you wish to complete an emailed version or have any difficulty accessing the web link, please contact g.r.mills@lboro.ac.uk  or e.ricks@lboro.ac.uk.

www.HaCIRIC.org.uk

Shaping healthcare in the future

Three Sessions are programmed for 2nd November under Stream H of the Conference:

11.30
DESIGN FOR CHANGE – THE ROLE OF DESIGN IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Chris Shaw – Director of MAAP Architects
Clinical Lead/ tbc

12.15
DESIGN FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Susan Francis – Programme Director AfH
Dr Sam Thompson – University of Liverpool formerly from nef

14.00
BRAVE NEW WORLD?
Discussion chaired by John Cooper, Chair of AfH
Panelists include Nigel Edwards, Kings Fund and Sarah Waller, EHE Programme

We have negotiated for AfH members 10% discount which you can claim when registering (The discount code has been sent to members by email).
Please quote this code when calling 0845 056 8299 or emailing healthestates@emap.com to register.  

AfH Stand – G18

Members are invited to submit material to go on display. This year we are going part digital, part hard copy; please submit up to three projects from your company, reflecting your year in pictures. With the change in format we would like the exhibition to be both visually stimulating but also informative, therefore we ask for the submissions to be made in the form of one PowerPoint slide per project, with the “key lesson learnt”, or “an innovation” or how “carbon reduction” has been addressed in fewer than 50 words.

We have extended the deadline for receiving the boards to Wednesday 26th October

Please limit images to 1MB and hard copy foamboards to 450mm x 450mm.

An entry fee of £50 will be charged per three project – please send a cheque made payable to Architects for Health.Projects in hard copy will be received and displayed on a “first come, first served basis” There will be a limit to total numbers that can be mounted.
Send digital entries to Rosemary Jenssen at Devereux Architects – rosemary.jenssen@devereuxarchitects.com
Copy to Claudia Bloom at Avanti – cb@avantiarchitects.co.uk
Send hard copy boards to c/o Claudia Bloom, Avanti Architects, 361 – 373 City Road, London EC1V 1AS
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Arrangements for submission of boards

If you would like to participate, you are invited to submit up to three foam-backed display boards each 450mm x 450mm with one image per board (for impact of the overall stand) covering the whole area of the board (no borders).

Your practice name and the name of the project must be included along the lower edge of the board with text size no larger than 13mm height spaced 20mm from the top or bottom edge.

Text should not exceed two lines. Allow for a gap of 7mm between lines. Text can be in any colour of your choice to contrast with the image. Use capitals and lower case as you would normally for your company identity. No logos or other non-text devices please.

If you would like to provide a short commentary on the display material, please include this in the package – a maximum of one side of A4 per practice please. These commentaries will be available for the enquiring visitor but will not be photocopied/ handed out. It’s all about explaining the display, not advertising. Our key thrust – supported by leaflets which we will be handing out – will be to increase interest in sponsoring Architects for Health, as well as encouraging new members.

For more details, download the full agenda at www.healthcare-estates.org.uk. You’ll find there details of the Architects for Health stream of sessions, “Architects for Health – Brave New World – Shaping Healthcare In The Future”.