Design Quality Standards (DQS)  Global Summit

Design Quality Standards is a global summit meeting organised with the Academy’s partners. The first conference was held in Toronto in September 2007 and the second in London November 2007. The long term strategic objective of these events is to develop, in association with the International Hospital Federation and the Academy's president, Professor Per-Gunnar Svensson a program that  facilitate the international exchange of ideas and expertise to support guidelines and accreditation development.

The opportunity that the DQS panel event offers is to bring together the Ministry of Health in different countries around the world together with design practitioners and industry to progress the debate around this important issue at an international level.

The objectives are:

•   To provide a forum for the development of an international standards for healthcare facilities

•   To develop leadership and expertise in design guidance, standards development, capital investment and costing

•   To develop toolkits and benchmarking procedures to assist health providers manage their design requirements from initial proposal through to post-project evaluation

•   To initiate international research programs to better understand the impact of the built environment on health delivery

•   To facilitate the international exchange of knowledge, expertise, best practice and ideas around design guidance

•   To help deliver healthcare buildings that are sustainable, fit for purpose and contribute to the healing process