
Exhibition: A Picture of Health
Over the past 4 years, NHSScotland has embarked on a world-leading process, NHSScotland Design Assessment Process...

Exhibition: A Picture of Health – Introduction Video
The exhibition was developed by Architecture and Design Scotland in partnership with Health Facilities Scotland and the Scottish Government.

Exhibition: A picture of health – Watch the exhibition film – People
Watch the exhibition film - People

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

Case Study: Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries
Developed around the ‘garden hospital concept’, the 344-bed Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary uses the natural environment for patient wellbeing

Case Study: Woodland View Hospital, Irvine
Designed to create a therapeutic environment, Woodland View’s non-institutional design provides mental health services in a mature woodland setting.

SERVICE: Health Design Advice
Our Health Design Advice service, delivered with Health Facilities Scotland, helps those who commission new, or substantially redeveloped, facilities.
Healthier Places: Guide to the NHSScotland Design Assessment Process (NDAP)
A guide of the NHS Scotland Design Assessment Process (NDAP), which helps to establish the link between business case and design objectives.

Case Study: Lanarkshire Beatson Satellite Radiotherapy Facility
Lanarkshire Beatson is a satellite radiotherapy facility where the quality of the environment has been prioritised for patients and visitors.

Case Study: Stratheden Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit
Case Study: Learn how the new Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit at Stratheden Hospital in Fife showcases patient centred design.

Case Study: The Shields Centre
This community hub in Pollokshields, Glasgow integrates traditional GP services with local social work services and community initiatives.
SCIM Design Statements
Description of SCIM Design Statements for NHS Scotland with links to project pages.

Design Study – Community Hospitals
Building a Healthy Community - Capturing learning from recently completed Community Hospitals

Case Study – Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village
This city centre "community hospital without beds" brings together services previously located in disparate sites across Aberdeen.