Topic

Example 

Infection control

 • Building components to reduce infection
 • Determining if spatial proximity and MRSA are related
 • Use of finishes to reduce infection
 • Determining the link between the management of healthcare waste and    the prevalence of nosocomial infections

Decontamination

 • Protein detection on surgical instruments

Sustainability

  • Sustainable Buildings Learning Network

  • Design strategy for low ventilation and cooling of health buildings

  • Making existing healthcare buildings sustainable

Older people

 • Environments to promote good nutrition

 • General hospital care and the ageing population e.g. contribution of built environment to achieving dignity and autonomy, suitability of current stock to the needs of frail older people in design to reduce falls and delirium

Mental health and learning disabilities

 • Environments to reduce confusion

 • Environments to reduce aggression, challenging behaviour and self-harm

 • Evaluating the clinical environment for users of the Child and Adolescent  Mental Health Services

Space and design

 • Improving external spaces
 • Better use of common spaces e.g. dayrooms
 • Functional suitability assessment
 • Designing to reduce damage by moveable items
 • Wayfinding without signs
 • Making the economic case for good design

 • Linking efficient building design to Choice and payment by results

Strategy for the physical environment

 • Strategic indicators for investment in Health and Social care facilities (i.e. exploring a link with capital investment and health outcomes)

 • Business improvement, knowledge management and strategic management

 • Performance management and measurement in the facilities sector

 • Developing a measurable healthcare design quality benchmark

 • Care setting and health outcomes e.g. Community based acute care environments

 • Planning relationships in the context of new technology and the shift to primary care

• Strategic asset planning across healthcare