This conference examined the challenges for planning, design and construction of new healthcare facilities, with an emphasis on the relationship between a good environment and good health outcomes. Susan Francis chaired the session 'Making a case for investment'.

Presentations

Susan Francis: Making a case for investment

Andy Black: The hypermodern local hospital

Prof. Bas Molenaar: Education in healthcare architecture in the Netherlands

David Powell: Delivering design in a cost cutting environment

Jonathan Wilson: Can master planning really work within a PFI context?