Hospital Engineering & Facilities Management 2007:53-5
Autora:

Susan Francis
Architectural Advisor to the Future Healthcare Network, National Health Service Confederation, UK

Abstract:

The pace of clinical innovation, plurality of provision, contestability in Department of Health policy and the rapidly developing opportunities to work differently offered by information technology and process redesign will result in Significant changes in the next five years.

New infrastructure is being designed and built with a 30-60 year life, and this will need to be flexible to accommodate these service changes. Even those currently in development will need to he refreshed as they come into use.
Francis, Susan