Hospital design 'failing patients'
Series: Financial Times ; 12 June 2001, 8(1)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment criticises hospitals being built under PFI for failing to incorporate the latest design ideas. CABE comments that the PFI approach encourages construction companies to design in cost-saving features to reduce running costs but offers no incentive to use design to improve the lot of patients and to make more attractive buildings.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment criticises hospitals being built under PFI for failing to incorporate the latest design ideas. CABE comments that the PFI approach encourages construction companies to design in cost-saving features to reduce running costs but offers no incentive to use design to improve the lot of patients and to make more attractive buildings.