Project
Future Ambulance projects
Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design has collaborated with partners on several projects to develop future ambulance. Design For Patient Safety: Future Ambulance (2005-6) was initiated by the NHS National Patient Safety Agency, to investigate how the safety of patients and ambulance staff could be improved through better design of vehicles and equipment. Smart Pods Project (2007-09, funded by EPSRC) addressed the whole system of emergency and urgent pre-hospital care. It brought together research by clinicians, designers, social scientists, ergonomists, and operations management analysts, and resulted in a range of innovative propositions that enable clinicians to take healthcare to the community and reduce patient journeys and hospital admissions. Redesign of the current A&E ambulance (2010-11) included input from patients, the public, frontline clinical staff, healthcare managers, operational managers, commissioners and purchasers in an intensive co-design and development programme to produce a redesigned A&E ambulance fit for purpose in the 21st Century.
Partners named in the project record
Partners include Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and Vehicle Design Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust St Mary’s Hospital London, University of the West of England, Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Funders include NHS National Patient Safety Agency and EPSRC.
Methods, as recorded
mapping, interview, workshops, scenarios, role play