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2008

17 April 2008 Design for the Older Adult in the Acute Sector
Chair: Professor Russell Jones - General Practice Principal of Chorleywood Health Centre. Director of the UKeHealth Association, and an Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems and Computing at Brunel University
Speakers:
Ann Noble - Chair of Architects for Health
Dr Graham Lister - Sociologist and Economist, senior associate of the Judge Business School, Cambridge and a visiting professor at London South Bank University
Rosemary Glanville - Head of the Medical Architecture Research Unit (MARU), London South Bank University
Judith Torrington - Reader in Architecture, School of Architecture of the University of Sheffield
Dr Mike Gill - Medical Director of the Newham University Hospital NHS Trust since 2002 and a Consultant Geriatrician in the Trust since 1989
Richard Smith - Vice President and Chairman of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Professional Standards Committee

28 February 2008 Annual Reform Club Debate: "This House believes that better architecture will result when architects reclaim their position as leaders of the Design Team, and lead the integration of engineering into the building design process"
Chair: Chris Gilmour (HBG Construction)
Supporting the motion: John Cooper (Anshen & Alllen) and Jaime Bishop (Steffian Bradley)
Opposing the motion: Phil Nedin (Arup) and Chris Shaw (MAAP Architects)

2007

29 November 2007 AfH Annual General Meeting + Event: Doctors and Architects: Who needs the medicine? at The RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London
Welcome: Sunand Prasad, President of the RIBA
Chair: Duane Passman, Partnerships for Health
Speakers: Dr Charles Gutteridge, Medical Director, Barts and the London NHS Trust; Andrew Barraclough, Director, HOK Architects; Dr Frances Raphael, Consultant Psychiatrist, Springfield University Hospital NHS Trust; and Mungo Smith, MAAP Architects

16 and 17 October 2007 AfH at Harrogate Exhibition

20 September 2007 AfH: Switzerland Study Tour Presentation at The Building Design Partnership
A presentation on the Switzerland Study Tour that AfH organised in July 2007. Five buildings were visited: REHAB Basel, a centre for paraplegia and craniocerebral injury trauma patients; University Hospital of Basel; CasaVita Kannenfeld, a Nursing Home in Basel; INO - University Hospital in Berne; and Women's Hospital in Berne.
Speakers: Karin Imoberdorf of Itten + Brechbuhl Architects AG, Karin is our invited speaker for the evening and will be talking about the Swiss Health Care System and the INO University Hospital, Claudia Bloom of Avanti Architects, Susan Francis of CABE - Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, Mungo Smith of MAAP Architects, and Nigel Greenhill of Greenhill Jenner Architects.

30 August 2007 Architects for Health: First Student Health Design Awards and Exhibition
The Architects for Health First Student Health Design Award was presented at The RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) in London. All students submissions were exhibited at the event.

11 to 13 July 2007 Architects for Health: Switzerland 3-day Study Tour
Five visits where arranged: Rehabilitation Clinic, Basle; University Hospital, Basle; Nursing Home, Kannenfeld; INO University Hospital, Berne; and Women's Hospital, Berne.
The visit was arranged through the co-operation of Karin Imoberdorf of Itten + Brechbuhl AG and was led for AfH by Claudia Bloom.

27 to 30 June 2007 Architects for Health at the Design and Health Congress Glasgow
Architects for Health where invited to exhibit at the Design and Health Congress in Glasgow.

31 May 2007 AfH: Operating Theatres of the Future at The RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London
Chair: Mike Sury, FRCA - Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Great Ormond Street Hospital London, Honorary Senior Lecturer Portex Unit Institute of Child Health.
The Future of Surgery - Professor Erik Fosse, professor and director of the Interventional Centre of Rehabilitation of the University Hospital of Oslo, Norway.
Surgical Work Places - Andrew Walters of Maquet - Surgical Workplaces.
A recent case Study: The Barn Theatre at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals - John Knape, Northern Regional Director of Nightingale Associates.
Contribution - Donal O'Donoghue, Divisional Director for Medical Surgery at The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, NHS Trust
Contribution - John Davidson, consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and Clinical Director of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS
Sponsor MAQUET

17 May 2007 AfH: Hospices at the King's Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London
Chair: Mr Simon Henderson from Macmillan Cancer Support
Introduction to the Modern Hospice Movement; Dr Nigel Sykes, Medical Director of St Christopher's Hospice
Robin House Children's Hospice, Balloch, GIA Design Award 2006, Winner - Sarah Murphy of Gareth Hoskins Architects.
Evidence based design and impact; St Gemma's Hospice, Leeds; Marie Curie Hospice, Glasgow; St Patrick's Hospital and Mary Mount Hospice, Cork - Ian Clarke of Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Ltd.
Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme for End of Life Care - Mura Mullan of Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Ltd.

14 May 2007 AfH/LSBU: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Joint event with Architects for Health and London South Bank University

3 and 4 May 2007 AfH: Study Visit to Belfast
This visit was hosted by John Cole – Chief Executive of Health Estates in Northern Ireland. The two day trip included visits to various health care buildings including the Arches Community Care and Treatment Centre (RIBA Award 2006)

22 February 2007 Annual Reform Club Debate: "This House believes that contract requirements to comply with Department of Health Guidance Notes stifles innovation and inhibits good practice"
Chair: Richard Griffin (Partner and Head of Healthcare, Sheppard Robson)
Supporting the motion: Professor Duane Passman (Head of Capital Investment - NHS London, Visiting Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford) and Mike Hobbs (Director of Business Development, Carillion)
Opposing the motion: Chris Sherwood (Senior Projects Director, Nightingale Associates) and Dermot O'Reilly (Sector Director Schal, RIBA Client Design Advisor, Chairman CIC Procurement Panel)

2006

7 December 2006 AfH visit to John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford
Open evening and tour of the new Oxford Radcliffe Children's Hospital and Head and Neck Centre

30 November 2006 Education: Opening the Debate, sponsored by Dräger Medical

16 November 2006 Integrated art: issues in the design of healthcare facilities
London Arts in Health Forum in association with Architects for Health

21 September 2006 Context, Challenges and Creativity: Designing for Acute Mental Healthcare, sponsored by Dräger Medical
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29 June 2006 AfH: The Value of Landscaping on Health; Facts, Therapy and Inspiration from UK and Japan
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Daiwa Foundation Japan House, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London
Presented by Architects for Health in association with The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. Chaired by Jeremy Barraud. Speakers: Dr Clare Hickman (Art & History University of Bristol), Jane Stoneham (Sensory Trust), Rose Moore (Blackthorn Trust), David Buck (David Buck Landscape Architects) and Takashi Sawano (Japanese Floral & Garden Designer)

17 May 2006 AfH: A history of healthcare buildings
CABE, 1 Kemble Street, London
A lunchtime event presented as part of CABE Health Week
With the scale and pace of the healthcare building programme currently under way, it is sometimes easy to forget what went before. Architects for Health tell the story of building for health in this country, from Florence Nightingale, through the early days of the NHS, to the present day

25 April 2006 AfH: Architects for Health Study Tour: 2005 Japan
The Japanese Embassy, Piccadilly, London
Observations from Japanese Healthcare and Elderly Care Facilities

16 March 2006 AfH: Prof Roger Ulrich: Personal Observations About Health Care Buildings in the UK
Building Design Partnership, 16 Brewhouse Yard, Clerkenwell, London
(Rescheduled from 7 July 2005)

16 February 2006 Reform Club Debate: "This house believes that healthcare is better delivered by the independent sector"
Supporting the motion: Mark Smith (Group Strategy Director of Mercury Health) and Tom Mann (Chief Executive of Capio Healthcare UK)
Opposing the motion: Karen Jennings (National Secretary for Health in UNISON) and Dr Sam Everington (GP and Deputy Chairman of the BMA Council)
Chairman: Geoff Shepherd (Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' Charity)

14/15 February 2006 Trip to Draeger Medical's HQ in Lubeck, Germany
Sponsored by Draeger Medical

2005

24 November 2005 Sense and Sensibility: Shaping the Hospitals of the Future and AGM
Anshen Dyer offices, London

20 October 2005 Designing Against Cross Infection
The Building Centre, London
Overview, current guidance, innovative case studies, manufacturers’ responses and improving control through teamwork.

26 September 2005 AfH: Joint meeting with JIHA
Building Design Partnership offices, London
This meeting was principally for AfH Members who are going on the Visit to Japan in November, but any other Members where welcome to attend. The JIHA tour is in the UK from 25 September to 2 October

7 September 2005 Visit to Evelina Childrens Hospital
St Thomas' Hospital, London
With introductory talk by Pamela Bates, design architect of Hopkins Architects, Alistair Gourlay, capital development manager of Evelina's Hospital in the design aspect, and Valery Siago, capital development manager of Evelina's Hospital in the planning and clinical aspect

16 June 2005 City Hospitals
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London

28 April 2005 Innovative Developments in Briefing
The Kings Fund, London

23 February 2005 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes that the Public Sector Comparator has become more of a liability than an asset"
For: John Cooper of Anshen Dyer Architects and Mike Davis of Bovis Lend Lease
Against:David Powell of NW London NHS Trust and Justin de Syllas of Avanti Architects Chair: John Wells-Thorpe

2004

25 November 2004 AGM and Getting it Write
Building Design Partnership (BDP), London

9 and 10 November 2004 Strategy and Planning in Health Building Procurement
Lunchtime Open Discussion at the The Healthcare Estates Exhibition/ NHS Estates/IHEEM Exhibition 2004, Harrogate
Architects for Health's stand at the exhibition showcased recent work by AfH members

14 Oct 2004 Sustainability in the Health Sector
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London

21 Sept 2004 Visit to the New Cancer Centre at Barts Hospital
A joint visit by AfH and London Arts in Health Forum

29 to 31 July 2004 Visit to Germany
Hosted by Maquet, to visit three hospitals and Maquet's Surgical Academy

24 June 2004 10th Anniversary Party
The Canal Museum, King's Cross, London

29 April 2004 Learning from Europe: Reflections on health building design policy, practice and projects
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London

26 February 2004 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes that patient choice should be the most significant driver in the planning of services and facilities in the future"

2003

27 November 2003 AGM and Celebrating Excellence in Healthcare Architecture
The Jerwood Space, London

30 October to 1 November 2003 Personal Experiences of LIFT Lunchtime discussion at NHS Estates/ IHEEM Conference, Harrogate

17 October 2003 Visit to The Alcorcon Hospital, Madrid, Spain

18 September 2003 The LIFT Initiative - Going Up or Down? A view of the first eighteen months of the NHS LIFT Programme
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London

26 June 2003 Tech Talk - Hospitals are not designed for the 21st Century
The Gallery, 75 Cowcross Street, London
Presented as part of Architecture Week 2003

13 May 2003 Diagnostic and Treatment Centres: the future of healthcare?
The Commonwealth Club, London

27 February 2003 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes that the method of procurement of healthcare facilities has nothing at all to do with patient care"
For: Duane Passman and DC
Against: Mike Davis of Catalyst, John Cooper of Anshen Dyer
Chair: Robin Nicholson

2002

28 November 2002 AGM and If I were to design a hospital, this is what I would do...
Richard Rogers Partnership office, London
Speakers: Ted Cullinan, Brian Marks, Chris McCarthy, Alex Lifschultz, Jeremy Myerson and Susan Francis

12 to 13 November 2002 Debate and Open Discussion on Healthcare Acquired Infection
NHS Estates/ IHEEM Conference, Harrogate

17 September 2002 Clinical Services Event - Modernising A&E Services: solving the puzzle
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Speakers:
Karen Castille, NHS Modernisation Agency
David Cheesman, Director of Emergency Care, Whipps Cross University Hospital
Doug Wantling, Director of Estates and Faculties at Whipps Cross University Hospital
David Powell, PD at BeCad, Central Middlesex Hospital.
Panel Members:
Mr John Heyworth, President of the British Association for Accident and Emergency Medecine
Susanne senhsenn, GP in Practice in Epsom
Lydna Holt. Chair of the A&E Nursing Association of the Royal College of Nursing
Aidan Smyth, Health Planner with the Northern Ireland Health Estates Agency

1 to 12 June 2002 The Vision for Primary care: a design workshop
The RIBA Conference at NEC Birmingham

22 May 2002 Visit to the Swindon and Marlborough PFI Hospital under construction

23 April 2002 Arts in Health: a national and international perspective
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Speaker: Peter Senior

28 February 2002 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes that an informed client and a good architect are all you need for good design"
For Gavin Maxwell, Health Facility Planner
Against: Paul Hyett, President of the RIBA

2001

22 November 2001 AGM and 'Better…. better…better….'
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Guest Speaker Paul Hyett, President of the RIBA

1 November 2001 Designing for Cancer Care - Building for the future of cancer care
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London

18 to 19 October 2001 Visit to Hospitals in Paris
Joint visit MARU
The Gerorges Pompidou Hospital by Aymeric Zublena, Bretonneau by Dreus Valode and cardiac care unit at Hospital de la Pitie Saltpriere organised in conjunction with the Assistance Hopitaux Publique de Paris

27 September 2001 Japan 2001 Symposium - Recent Healthcare Architecture in Japan
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Private briefing, exhibition and Symposium addressed by Paul Hyett, Christpoher Purvis, Ann Noble. Guest speakers included Yakari Oka, Yutaka Kawaguchi, Shigeki Nakayama, Kazuaki Ito, Takashi Kuwano, Takeo Sasaki, Masaya Godai and Yashushi Nagasawa

21 June 2001 Summer social and strategy - Presentation of the Business Plan: where do we want to be?
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London

26 April 2001 Contractors and architects - Impact of Procure 21: a panel of speakers followed by questions
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Chair: Jim Chapman. Speakers included Ralph Murray of AMEC, Tim Peters of Sir Robert MacAlpine, Mike Major of Carillion and Peter Kane of Skanska

22 February 2001 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes the NHS Plan is unachievable within present constraints"
For: Alistair Wilson and Ralph Murray
Against: Kate Harmoind and John Yates
Chair: Ray Moss

2000

30 November 2000 AGM and Carrots and sticks in the new NHS
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Speaker: Ray Rowden

21 September 2000 Clinical exchange - Improving the design of intensive care units
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Presentations by clinical, design researchers and architects

23 May 2000 Visit to ACAD at Central Middlesex Hospital

30 March 2000 The Evelina Children's Hospital - Design Competition: the Client experience
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London

17 February 2000 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"Capturing design quality: ideas and Initiatives"
Speakers: Susan Francis, Research Architect; Paul Finch, Journalist and CABE Commissioner; Sunand Prasad, Architect; Tony Jones, NHS Estates; John Cole, Health Estates, NI

1999

2 December 1999 AGM and Policy Future for Health 2015
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Speakers: Charlotte Dargie and Pam Garside of The Judd Institute Cambridge

10 November 1999 Visit to Dryburn PFI Hospital Dryburn PFI Hospital
Joint HAAG, NHS Estates and AfH visit to PFI Hospital under construction

27 September 1999 Strategic Planning and the NHS Estates - Where are we going?
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London

8 July 1999 Tech Talk - Getting up to speed with the latest medical technologies
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
A presentation from David Burnige of Phillips. Chair: Ann Noble

13 May 1999 Healing Environments - New typologies for healthcare architecture
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Guest speaker: Richard Foque, FDA Architects and Dean of the School of Architecture in Antwerp, Belgium

11 March 1999 Interior Design - Design of Health Building Interiors
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Sunand Prasad of Penoyre and Prasad, Mungo Smith of MAAP and Derek Stow of Halpin Stow

11 February 1999 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house regrets that design quality is being sacrificed by fee tendering, the current briefing process, and inadequate time and funding"
For: David Hutchison and Greg Penoyre
Against: Graham Underwood and Jim Halliwell
Chair: Keith Dowell, Estates Development Manager, Southampton General Hospital

1998

3 December 1998 AGM and What is a trust looking for in a design service? where architects can make their contribution
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Speaker: Bill Murray, CE at South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

24 September 1998 The Apollo Lighting Seminar: Designing for patients in bed: a question of public and private spaces
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Presentations by Rosemary Glanville of MARU; Kate Harmond, Dir of Nursing at South Thames; Ken Schwarz, architcct at Anshen Dyer; Ian Campbell, architect at Capita

18 June 1998 The New LGI Development
Leeds Visit led by Leslie Davies of the LGI and Neil Cadenhead of Llewelyn Davies
Post project discussion at NHS Estates chaired by Tony Jones with Leslie Davies, Patricia Hewitt, Rosemary Glanville and Raymond Moss

1 April 1998 The 1998 ESA McIntosh Lecture: Why are Hospitals so Hostile?
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
An architect's commitment to the patients ambience.
Niels Torp, Niels Torp Architects for RIT 2000 hospital in Trondheim, Norway

12 February 1998 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes that the current PFI process is undermining the ability of the NHS to plan a proper (responsive) health service"

1997

11 December 1997 AGM and 50 years of Hospital Building
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Speaker: Howard Goodman, formerly Chief Architect, DoH

30 September to 1 October 1997 Healthcare Expo
NEC Birmingham
Hospitality suite and lunchtime seminars:
Informal session to meet the executive
New Opportunities for AfH by Doug Wantling
CDM and the Refurbishment of Occupied Buildings by Roger Walters of Bickerdike Allen Architects

23 October 1997 New Hospitals: A presentation of three new hospitals schemes
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Leeds General Infirmary Redevelopment by Neil Cadenhead of Llewleyn Davies
New Dartford Hospitals by Chris Paulley of Paulley Architects
Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medicine, India by Ann Noble

19 June 1997 Arts in Action - Arts at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Discussion and tour

24 April 1997 Tech Talk: Lighting the way : Flooring isn't boring
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Speakers: Mike Swaddling, of OSRAM and Adrian Birmingham of Polyflor

27 February 1997 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes there are too many District General Hospitals for the good of the Nation's Health"
For: Richard Earlham, Consultant Surgeon, Royal London Hospital, and Mr Tony Noakes
Against: Dr Albert Manning, GP and Rosemary Glanville, RIBA, Architect and Health Planner
Chair: Richard Faricliffe, Principle George Trew Dunn Architects

1996

12 December 1996 AGM and What is so special about health buildings?
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA) London
Guest speakers: Sunand Prasad and Greg Penoyre, Penoyre and Prasad Architects

September 1996 A role for architects in the new health service?
Discussion led by Doug Wantling Forest Healthcare Trust

6 June 1996 Lathan and Levone?
Event

25 April 1996 Meeting
NHS Estates, Leeds
Medical changes and design consequences

27 March 1996 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes that US health architects have much to teach their UK opposite numbers"
For: Phillip Purvis and Jonathan Bayley
Against: Jim Chapman and Derek Stow
Chair: Geoff Mayers.

1995

14 December 1995 AGM and Architecture and the NHS
The King's Fund, London
Presentation by Robin Nicholson, architect at TCA

11 October 1995 Visit to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Presentations by Peter Hindley, Bernard Throp and Kyle Stewart

27 September 1995 NHS Conference
NEC Birmingham
Open Meeting

21 September 1995 Meeting
NHS Estates, Leeds
A role for architects in the new health service?
Discussion led by Doug Wantling Forest Healthcare Trust

22 June 1995 The PFI Forum
Royal Institue of British Architects (RIBA), London
Forum

27 April 1995 Reform Club Debate at The Reform Club, London
"This house believes that design and build is of great benefit to the NHS"
For: David Hutchison and Tony Cooke
Against: Paul Newman and Peter Hindley
Chair: Prof Raymond Moss

22 February 1995 8th Formal Meeting
NHS Estates, Leeds
Ambulatory care in the USA
Geoff Mayers, Tony Jones and Bob Horner all of NHS Estates

1994

15 December 1994 AGM
Medical Architecture Research Unit
Elections

? October 1994 Procurement
NEC Birmingham
The Procurement Process, its implications for design

4 October 1994 Visit to West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline
Design in use and Procurement
Presentation at the West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline

23 June 1994 Design Quality
NAHAT Conference, Brighton
Patronage and Design Quality
Launch of 'Better by Design' publication by Tom Sackville

20 April 1994 4th Formal Meeting
NHS Estates, Leeds
The Importance of Briefing
Speaker: Rob Bennett, NHS Estates

15 February 1994 3rd Formal Meeting
Medical Architecture Research Unit, London
Community Care - a model project
Speakers: Howard Goodman and Rosemary Glanville

1993

2 December 1993 2nd Formal Meeting
Medical Architecture Research Unit, London
Architectural Competitions for Health Projects
Speaker: John Wells Thorpe

1993 1st Formal Meeting

For around 18 months before being formalised as a society, the eventual Executive Committee of AfH was organising informal meetings and presentations
A linked society of the
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)


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