Architects for Health

AfH Regional Event – visit to South Bristol Community Hospital 20/01/2012 at 12.45pm

Admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:06:58 +0000

South Bristol Community Hospital will open for business in the spring of 2012. Procured through LIFT, designed by AWW and constructed by Carillion, this long awaited scheme will provide a wide range of primary healthcare services, including two 30 bed wards, occupational therapy, outpatient services, day surgery operating theatres, minor injuries unit, podiatry and radiology. It is to act as a major health care hub for a population of some 200,000 with the aim of changing the approach to primary and community care in the city. The Hospital forms part of the wider Hengrove Park regeneration project that also includes South Bristol Skills Academy and the new Leisure Centre.

Meet on site 12.45 for a start at 1pm prompt. Please bring your own PPE if possible.

Numbers are limited, so early response is recommended. To book your place, please contact events@architectsforhealth.com

Location map http://w ww.hengrovepark.com/Development%20Proposals/index.htm

Global Climate and Health Summit, December 4th, Durban

Admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:25:43 +0000

The First Global Climate and Health Summit Summit is being co-organized by the World Federation of Public Health Associations, the Climate and Health Council, Health Care Without Harm and the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine at the University of KwaZulu Natal. It is also being organized in partnership with the World Health Organization, the World Medical Association and the International Council of Nurses, among others.

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

From illness to wellness: achieving efficiencies and improving outcomes

Admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:25:18 +0000

At a time of major transformation for public health in England, services aimed at improving well being present a key opportunity to significantly shift approaches towards improving population health.
This NHS Confederation Briefing shares learning with commissioners and providers in the NHS, local government and health and wellbeing boards, to support integration of wellness approaches within existing programmes and services, and scale up system wide change.
www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/Documents/illness_to_wellness_241011.pdf

Peterborough City Hospital Visit Presentation

Admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:32:34 +0000

Sustainability Leadership Programme for the Healthcare Sector

Admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:08:21 +0000

The Cambridge Programme for Sustainable Leadership (CPSL) and the National Health Service Sustainable Development Unit for England (NHS SDU) have developed a Sustainability Leadership Programme for the Healthcare Sector. It is designed to provide high-level workshops, master classes and networks for health sector leaders internationally.
More information SLP for the Health Care Sector 2012 Concept Note

Chair for NHS Commissioning Board

Admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:13:28 +0000

Professor Malcolm Grant has been named by health secretary Andrew Lansley as the preferred choice to head up the NHS Commissioning Board.

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/

Healthy Hospital, Healthy Planet, Healthy People

Admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:12:49 +0000

Health Care Without Harm is co-producing a series of guidance documents for hospitals around the world to implement strategies to reduce their climate footprint. These documents will cover the 7 Elements of Climate Friendly Health Care articulated in the WHO-HCWH report, Healthy Hospitals, Healthy People, Healthy Planet.

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

The Bishop Review from Design Council CABE

Admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:12:04 +0000

England needs a networked system of design support, providing local people with access to built environment expertise and advice, according to the Bishop Review.

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/

Gotta view about guidance?

Admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:11:28 +0000

Do you have a view about DH Guidance and how it is used?

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

Next AfH Event: PechaKucha 2011

Admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:59:59 +0000

Dear member

Come and celebrate a very busy year.

We have already delivered 10 events, launched a new website, and increased our membership.

PechaKucha 2011

Time Thursday 1 December 6-9pm

Place Buro Happold Office 71 Newman Street, London W1T 1PD

We are inviting up to 20 members to submit schemes and present them in just 2 minutes!

You can present completed projects, or those on the drawing board or simply brilliant new ideas: lets hear from a cross section of our membership- planners, trusts, designers, engineers, academics…… you are all welcome!

Jamie Bishop will keep an eye on the clock, and honk the AfH bicycle hooter when two minutes are up

There will be a vote for the most entertaining presentation and even prizes!

And of course, some refreshments and plenty of chat!

Please send your presentation to events@architectsforhealth.com by 25 November 2011

Too shy to present? then book your place with events@architectsforhealth.com