The European Healthcare Design Conference and how Movement Strategies can help you
About The European Healthcare Design Conference
Organised by Salus, this years European Healthcare Design Conference (EHDC) will be at the Royal College is Physicians, London on the 9th June 2025. A pivotal event in the calendar for all Healthcare Architects, Contractors, Healthcare Planners, and Trusts looking to keep up with the fast-paced developments in healthcare design.
This year’s theme ‘beyond the hospital: form, function and the future of health ecosystem’ holds a key statement to the health transition the UK. But how do we design sustainable and budget-friendly functional hospitals that meet the needs of a growing population?
Why are we attending?
1. Subject Matter Expertise:
Movement Strategies (MS) is a globally leader in the application of data and people movement science to design more efficient, patient-centric hospitals.
Helping contractors stay within design budgets by avoided over-provisioning and help manage operational continuity during construction at existing sites. Facilitating Trusts to understand how best to operate the new or existing sites, whether managing the challenges of the daily busy periods, planning for emergency scenarios, or improving the function and comfort of busy patient areas.
2. Industry Leadership:
Our senior people movement consultant – Simon Weigh, has quickly become an industry leader in the application of people movement science to healthcare design. Simon plays a key role in helping designers and architects design hospitals based around real human needs that will work first time and remain functional into the future. Where knowledge is key, MS is keen learn about how the latest design methods can compliment other growing industry trends such as the application of AI in design, emerging net-zero carbon strategies and the growing shift in healthcare from treating sickness to promoting wellness and prevention.
How can Movement Strategies help you address your own healthcare design or operational challenges?
Reach out to Simon for more information: (simon.weigh@ghd.com).
Take a look
Great Ormond Street Hospital – Assisting BDP and John Sisk & Son on the design for the new Children’s Cancer Centre.
By collecting first-hand data, we helped ensure that the new lift system will meet the real needs of future patients, visitors and staff, while simultaneously helping identify capital savings and support the design planning permission.
Read more here: (https://www.movementstrategies.com/case-studies/great-ormond-street-hospital).
Leeds General Infirmary - Supporting the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on design concerns for clinical departments
MS employed novel modelling techniques to provide greater insight into their likely patient throughout. Providing greater understanding on which facilities are likely to be under the greatest strain, likely be down-sized and exactly how big their patient waiting areas needed to be. This created a correctly balanced service to serve real patient needs.
Read more here: (https://www.movementstrategies.com/case-studies/leeds-general-infirmary).