Embedding Design in Healthcare: HSE Spark Innovation Programme Since the launch of the Design Principles for Government (2022) and the Action Plan for Designing Better Public Services (2023), the HSE Spark Innovation Programme has systematically embedded Human-Centred Design (HCD) as a core approach to healthcare innovation, both as a mindset and a methodology. HCD places… Read more »

Co designing reflections; freedom from institutional culture; volunteers, community and it takes a village; trauma informed design

Completed in 2021, The National Forensic Mental Health Hospital in County Dublin, represents a once-in-a-generation step-change in the design of facilities for mental health services in Ireland. The building was designed by Scott Tallon Walker Architects in association with Medical Architecture. Located on a 10-hectare woodland site, the 25,000m² campus replaced the existing Central Mental… Read more »