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