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Healthcare
Hospitals, surgeries and treatment centres: the practices, people and roles behind UK healthcare design. What the sector demands and who is hiring.
Knowledge
Working in healthcare.
Healthcare architecture covers the buildings the country depends on: hospitals, GP surgeries, mental health units and specialist treatment centres. It is one of the most technical sectors an architect can work in, and one of the most rewarding.
The NHS is the dominant client, and its standards and frameworks shape the work: clinical adjacencies, infection control and Health Building Notes sit behind every layout. That specialism cuts both ways for careers, since healthcare experience is hard won and valued by every practice that does it.
This hub gathers the live picture for healthcare work: who is hiring, which practices are growing their health teams, and the conversations shaping the sector right now.
- It is framework-led
The NHS is the largest client, and its frameworks and standards shape how healthcare architects work.
- It is highly technical
Clinical adjacencies, infection control and Health Building Notes make healthcare deeply technical.
- It is resilient work
Hospitals, mental health units and GP surgeries all need designers, and demand is steady through economic cycles.
Learn
Learn about healthcare.
- PodcastCan Architecture Really Heal? Discover the Impact with Kim KennedyThe Architecture Social PodcastListen
- GuideHealthcare and Mental Health Architecture: A CPD with Kim KennedyCPD guide from the podcastRead
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