Emma is a paediatric anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. She believes that the built environment should be used as a strategic tool in healthcare and that only with excellent clinical involvement in design can this be realised.

Jennifer currently works for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital supporting the delivery of new and improved healthcare environments. She has previously worked as a healthcare architect for Murphy Philipps and at London Southbank, teaching a masters programme in health buildings and delivering research studies for health organisations. She is passionate about optimising the way we brief, design and evaluate our buildings to provide the best possible healthcare environments for all who use them.

Marc is a partner at Murphy Philipps Architects specialising in the design of healthcare facilities. He has also been involved with the writing of design guidance for the Department of Health and has completed a masters’ degree in Planning Buildings for Health. Marc believes in fostering a collaborative environment to enable the successful design of innovative healthcare settings.

Liz has a PhD in the relationship between ethical predisposition, governance and project success in NHS construction projects. She worked at London South Bank University as head of Medical Architecture Research and more recently at the University of Greenwich as a senior lecturer in construction project management. Her previous roles as a programme manager in the NHS and a capital investment manager for the NHS/DH have given Liz an interest in the governance of NHS healthcare projects.