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Published on: July 24, 2016
Master planning--a new way forward?
1Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Abstract:
Bob Heavisides, director of facilities, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and senior research fellow, Medical Architecture Research Unit (MARU), at London South Bank University, considers, in a précis of a paper presented at last year's Healthcare Estates conference, how a new master planning approach may bring significant benefits to the healthcare estate, arguing that, against today's fast-changing backdrop, typical existing estates strategies may no longer be fully "fit-for-purpose".
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