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• Architects for Health: Design for the Older Adult in the Acute Sector April 2008
• Supporting Research - Invitation to participate in a survey on hospital ward design April 2008
  Your participation in this study would be greatly appreciated. This questionnaire will take around 10 minutes to complete
• Architects for Health: 2008 Reform Club Debate February 2008
  Review of the event by Peter Scher
• John Osbourn: Obituary February 2008
• GUPHA Forum in Tokyo Japan November 2007
  Report by Graham Cooper, with links to PowerPoint presentations
• Architects for Health: Chairman's Annual Report 2007 November 2007
  Annual report by Ann Noble.
• AfH: Doctors and Architects: Who needs the medicine? November 2007
  Report on the Architects for Health Event by David Andrews
• Mama Maria Wellness Clinic Kenya October 2007: Sponsoring needed to help building a Health clinic in Kenya.
• Patient-Focused Architecture for Health Care September 2007
  Architects for Health, in collaboration with Arts for Health, is now able to supply copies of this Study and Video/DVD
• AfH: First Student Health Design Awards and Exhibition August 2007
  Presented at The RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) in London
• AfH: Operating Theatres of the Future May 2007
  Report on the Architects for Health Event by Peter Scher
• AfH: Study Visit to Belfast May 2007
  Report on the Study Trip by Virginia de Vere
• AfH Hospices May 2007
  Report on the Architects for Health Event by Peter Scher
• AfH Annual Reform Club Debate: "This House believes that contract requirements to comply with Department of Health Guidance Notes stifles innovation and inhibits good practice" February 2007
  Presented by Architects for Health

• AfH visit to John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford December 2006

• Education: Opening the Debate November 2006
  Presented by Architects for Health

• Integrated art: issues in the design of healthcare facilities November 2006
  Presented by London Arts in Health Forum and Architects for Health

• Context, Challenge and Creativity: Designing for Acute Mental Healthcare September 2006
  Presented by Architects for Health

• Value of Landscaping on Health; Facts, Therapy, and Inspiration from UK and Japan June 2006
  Presented by Architects for Health in association with The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

• Building Better Health Care Awards 2006
  Recognising the very best in healthcare facilities management and healthcare building design. Deadline for submissions: Thursday 31 August 2006. Winners announced: Thursday 2 November 2006

• Dr Roger Ulrich: Evidence Based Design May 2006
  A behavioural scientist, Dr Ulrich conducts research on the effects of healthcare facilities on medical outcomes and patient safety. This presentation, which is now available on DCD, was recorded during Dr Ulrich's visit to the UK in 2005.

• View Point: Phil Gusack on Roger Ulrich: Personal Observations About Health Care Buildings in the UK March 2006
  Presented by Architects for Health. A review of the event by Phil Gusack

• Dräger Medical: Visit to Dräger Medical's HQ in Lubeck, Germany February 2006
  A review of the visit, sponsored by Dräger Medical, by Mungo Smith

• Architects for Health: Chairman's Annual Report 2005 November 2005
  Annual report by Ann Noble.
• Designing Against Cross Infection October 2005
  Overview, current guidance, innovative case studies, manufacturers' responses and improving control through teamwork.
• The Howard Goodman Fellowship July 2005
  Update from Martina Köberle-Gaiser, Howard Goodman Research Fellow at the Innovation Studies Centre at Imperial College.
• John Weeks: Obituatry July 2005
  Architect: born London 5 March 1921, died London 19 June 2005.
• Architects for Health at Charing Cross Hospital June 2005
  Report of the presentation AfH made at Charing Cross Hospital.
• Innovative Developments in Briefing April 2005
  Changing patterns of care, use of technology and improving access for patients are key factors in shaping how we organise healthcare for the future. Speakers explored developments in patient flows, service and system reform and the impact on planning and designing buildings for care.
• The Future of the Private Finance Initiative (Ed. Ann Rossiter) November 2004
  This report presents the main findings of a series of Social Market Foundation seminars held during Spring and Summer 2004 on the future of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The seminars looked in detail at the markets for PFI and how these can be improved, including: how the public sector can improve PFI, procurement practices, how the market in PFI contracts can be developed and the future of the PFI and its optimal scope.
• The Howard Goodman Fellowship November 2004
  Martina Köberle-Gaiser appointed Howard Goodman Research Fellow at the Innovation Studies Centre at Imperial College on the basis of the Howard Goodman Fellowship.
• Architects for Health: Sustainability in the Health Sector October 2004
  Reprint of article written by Rosemary Glanville for HD magazine about this event.
• Architects for Health & London Arts in Health Forum: Visit to the New Cancer Centre at Barts Hospital September 2004
  Report on the trip to see the New Cancer Centre.
• Architects for Health: Visit to Germany July 2004
  A trip to Germany, hosted by Maquet, to visit three hospitals and Maquet's Surgical Academy.
• Architects for Health: Learning from Europe April 2004
  Reflections on health building design policy, practice and projects. Included five presentations on various European hospitals
• Architects for Health: 10th Annual Reform Club Debate February 2004
  "This house believes that patient choice should be the most significant driver in the planning of services and facilities in the future"
• Architects for Health: 2003 AGM - Celebrating Excellence in Healthcare Architecture November 2003
  Included six presentations of various projects.
• 2004 - Architects for Health's 10th Anniversary Year!
  Professor Moss' article, which appeared in Hospital Development in January 1993, reveals how it all began.
• Architects for Health: Chairman's Annual Report 2003 October 2003
  Annual report by Ann Noble.
• Building Design: Hitching a Lift Article 26 September 2003
  The NHS's Lift programme is promising to improve healthcare facilities nationwide, but will it deliver?
• Architects for Health: Going Up or Down? A view of the first eighteen months of the NHS LIFT Programme September 2003
  This event, hosted by Architects for Health, reviewed the first eighteen months of the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust LIFTh1 Programme.
• Architects for Health: Hospitals are not designed for the 21st Century June 2003
  A lecture by Lawrence Nield of Bligh Voller Nield presented by Architects for Health during Architecture Week 2003.
• NHS Estates Patient Environment Workshop June 2003
  Recent and current research presented at this workshop included several presentations by Roger Ulrich which, with one exception, are currently available as published papers. In introducing the workshop Jane Riley, Director of Policy & Development, NHS Estates, gave an overview of the current context within which the patient environment is being considered. She has kindly made this available to the Architects for Health website.
• Architects for Health & FHN: Diagnostic and Treatment Centres: the future of healthcare? May 2003
  Future Healthcare Network (FHN) held a joint seminar with Architects for Health which explored the Diagnostic and Treatment Centre (DTC) models being developed in public and private sectors, those emerging from whole system planning and the potential for this initiative to deliver modern services appropriate to local needs.
• Architects for Health: Chairman's Annual Report 2001- 2002 November 2002
  Annual report by Ann Noble.
• Architects for Health: Designing for Cancer Care November 2001
  Event held at the RIBA discussing building for the future of cancer care.
• Architects for Health Seminar: Strategic Planning and the NHS - Where are we going? September 1999
  This seminar, held at the RIBA, addressed the need for strategic planning, the benefits to be achieved from it, and the means of achieving it, including the designer's contribution to the process.
• Architects For Health Reform Club Debate: This house believes that the current PFI process is undermining the ability of the NHS to plan a proper (responsive) health service February 1998
  Main points from the Architects for Health's annual debate.
• Design Quality Forum on Primary and Intermediate Care: PFI and Design Quality 1998
  Reprint of a paper given by Mr James Chapman F.R.I B.A., R. James Chapman and Partners, Architects, Manchester. At the Design Quality Forum on Primary and Intermediate Care, R.I.B.A. London.
• Health Building Notes HBN