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Creating the right interior designs for healthcare environments can make a fundamental difference to patients, staff, and visitors. British Gypsum discusses the key factors to consider.

Creating the right interior designs for healthcare environments can make a fundamental difference to the patients, staff, and visitors that use the building. Here, Matthew Sexton, Commercial Sector market manager at British Gypsum, discusses the factors that should be taken into consideration, such as noise and natural daylight, to increase patients’ wellbeing and recovery.

It could be argued that the healthcare sector is currently facing one of its most challenging periods. With an influx of new technology changing the way that primary care Trusts work, an ageing population, and an over-stretched NHS service, the need for well-designed, well-equipped, and well-located primary healthcare facilities is greater than ever. 

However, as the built environment can significantly affect a patient’s health and wellbeing, there is now a new range of complex planning, design, and construction challenges for the NHS itself, and for public sector and private companies. Facilities that have a welldesigned internal environment to motivate and uplift staff, and encourage rest and recovery in patients, are vital. 

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