Healthier Places

Supporting the creation of truly healing places and healthier communities across Scotland.

Pulse

Pulse is the Healthier Places case study and image database

The design vision of a number of client bodies are now public. Over recent months, Design Statements produced by Boards when developing their Initial Agreement for projects have been published as part of their business case.
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02/04/2012

Call for entries to Design and Health awards

The Design & Health International Academy Awards 2012 is continuing to call for entries, with the desdline extended until the 20th April.
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16/03/2012

Greenspace and Health guide released

NHSScotland projects have been featured in a guide to providing and utilising green space in health facilities.
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Features

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Personal Space: Interior design approaches to mental health bedrooms

by Kate Nicolson

Designing mental health bedrooms that are at the same time safe and pleasant is a real challenge. These small spaces must deliver in a number of areas.
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Case study - The West Centre

by Kate Nicolson

The West Centre is an award winning child and family centre in Drumchapel, Glasgow.
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Active and productive art in healthcare settings

by Kate Nicolson

Art has been an integral part of healthcare facilities for many years. Increasingly however art is not being incorporated as merely decorative, it is being used to create change and improvement in patient wellbeing and health; it can be active.
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Guidance

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Introduction to Design Statements

by Heather Chapple

Design quality has become part of the business case approval process for NHSScotland projects. This assessment includes a Design Statement.
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Blog

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Planning Cities : Public Assets

by Heather Chapple

Getting the most out of healthcare development starts a long time before even the breifing stage - it starts at the point we set strategies for the development of our communities and decide where new homes might be and how they will be linked and ser
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