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Design Champions

Welcome to the Design Champions page, hosted by SGHSC Capital Planning and Asset Management Division.

Here you will find links to useful information and examples of best practice.

A Vision of Health - launch by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing - 27 August 2009

On 27 August 2009 at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, launched the final publication produced under the 3-year Framework Agreement between the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates and Architecture and Design Scotland. "A Vision of Health" sets out the vision of some of Scotland's healthcare leaders and sets out the practical measures being put in place to assist NHSScotland in guiding projects to successful outcomes and is a pre-cursor to the new tripartite arrangement between the Health and Social Care Directorates, A+DS and Health Facilities Scotland to take forward the design agenda.

A Vision of Health - links to A+DS website

Design Champions Network Event #6 - 30 March 2009

NHS Dumfries and Galloway hosted the 30 March 2009 Design Champions Network Meeting which looked at assessing design quality and brought out interesting lessons on the use of AEDET; both best practice when used to facilitate a constructive design dailogue and, its limitations as an evaluation methodology.

DCN Event 6 Summary Report (200KB)

Design Champions Network Event #5 - 7 October 2008

DCN Event 5 Summary Report (172KB)

Design Champions Network Event #4 - Visit to Northern Ireland

The European Health Property Network held its 3 day conference in Belfast on 28-30 April and the NHSScotland Design Champions’ Network was invited to join the event from midday on 29^th to hear John Cole talk about what they’re doing in Northern Ireland and visit 3 exemplar buildings. A+DS have collated images of the buildings visited

DCN Belfast visit images (5MB)

Design Champions Network Event #3 - 23 November 2007

DCN Event 3 Summary Report (opens in new window)

Designing for Dementia
At the Design Champions Network meeting which took place on 23 November 2007 at the Dementia Services Development Centre, Iris Murdoch Building, Stirling University, Professor June Andrews delivered a presentation on 'Designing for Dementia'.

Designing for Dementia - Professor June Andrews (1MB opens in new window)

Gardens for Health
Annie Pollock, A+DS Enabler, gave a presentation on Gardens for Health which focused on the benefits of useable external spaces in healthcare.

Gardens for Health - (2.5MB opens in new window)

Design Champions Network Event #2 - 11 June 2007

DCN Event 2 Summary Report (opens in new window)

Masterplanning - what and why
At the Design Champions Network meeting which took place on 11 June 2007, Karen Esslemont delivered a presentation on Masterplanning, describing the purpose, scope and detail of a masterplan and the benefits, how to commission one, skills resources, consultation both before and during the development and the processes for revising and amending in light of change.

Masterplanning presentation - Low-res version (3MB opens in new window)

Masterplanning presentation - High-res version (9MB opens in new window)

Design Champions Network Event #1 - 5 March 2007

The first NHSScotland Design Champions Network meeting was held on 5 March 2007 and was hosted by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Champions can access a summary report of the event and the event presentations via the links below:

DCN Event 1 Summary Report (opens in new window)

DCN Event 1 Presentations (opens in new window)

Useful information

Design Action Plan Guidance
Further to the discussion at the Design Champions Network launch event about the need for guidance on the preparation of Design Action Plans, SEHD and A+DS have developed guidance setting a framework within which each NHSBoard may develop their own Design Action Plan.

Design Action Plan Template
A Design Action Plan Template has been developed in association with representatives of NHSScotland Boards and is a suggested format and methodology for the development of a Design Action Plan. The template is in Word format to facilitate easy editing. The template should be viewed alongside the above Design Action Plan Guidance (formerly named as a template) on the purpose and content of Design Action Plans.

Examples of published design action plans for illustrative purposes:

North Lanarkshire Urban Design Action Plan

Fife Urban Design Action Plan

Design Champions Induction Pack - an electronic copy of the Induction Pack material issued to Champions at the Network Launch event on 14 November 2006. Please note that for copyright reasons this does not contain any of the material issued on the accompanying CDRom. Opens in new window

NHSScotland Design Champions contacts - an Excel spreadsheet listing those Design Champions already appointed by NHS Boards. Opens in new window
(If any of the contact details are incorrect please inform us)

Healthcare Design Champion presentation to NHS Board Chief Executives
At the NHSScotland Chief Executives Business Meeting on 21 May 2008, Gareth Hoskins, Healthcare Design Champion and A+DS Board member, gave a presentation on the support A+DS is providing to NHSScotland within the Framework Agreement between the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates and A+DS.

A+DS presentation to NHSS Chief Executives (PDF, 3MB)

Evidence linking design and health
NHS Lothian have helpfully forwarded this link to a stack of evidence linking design and health, both in the health estate and more broadly: http://www.hiaconnect.edu.au/evidence_summaries.htm
Of all the research given there, perhaps the most relevant to Design Champions is a review of hospital design which updates the work done by NHS Estates in England that was included in Design Champions' induction packs. http://www.hiaconnect.edu.au/files/Hospital_Design_Review.pdf

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde New South Glasgow Hospitals - Design Workshops
NHS GG&C prepared a report in April 2009 for the Project and Design Teams of the New South Glasgow Hospitals Project. The report presents the ideas, hopes and aspitarions of patients, carers and famuilies for their new hospitals, gathered through a series of 16 design workshops and contains user recommendations for the design of 12 key areas of the new facilities.

New South Glasgow Hospitals - Design Workshops Report

Masterplanning health

On 30 April 2008 , at the annual workshop of the European Health Property Network in Belfast, A+DS launched its first publication designed specifically to support better healthcare development - Masterplanning Health. The publication addresses an area that is frequently underdeveloped in hospital schemes across the UK and is thought to be the first publication in Europe looking at masterplanning healthcare developments.

Download a copy of Masterplanning Health from the A+DS website

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