How can I access the NHS Design Evaluation Toolkit?
Trish Payne
North Carolina
--On Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:45 PM +0000 Andrew Symon
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> Apologies for cross-postings.
> I'm about to start a study which will look at the interior design of
> maternity units in Britain. We will assess a number of factors, including
> how the women who attend the units and the people who work there feel
> about them.
> We are going to be using the NHS Design Evaluation Toolkit, which is
> now widely used as a means of carrying out what?s called a ?post-
> occupancy? evaluation (i.e. once the unit is in use, does it function
> effectively?).
> Is anyone aware of any other tool which provides a formal evaluation of
> a unit?s design? Several reports and articles make comments about a
> unit?s layout, décor, facilities etc., but these comments seem to be based
> on the report authors? perceptions, or what they are told by people who
> work there, rather than on any formal evaluation.
> Many thanks
> Andrew Symon
> Dundee, Scotland
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