Ann Noble has over thirty
years experience in health facility planning and design.
This has been gained from involvement in the Department
of Health Hospitals Research and Development Programmes
from 1971-1975, as researcher at the Medical Architecture
Research Unit (MARU) at the Polytechnic of North London
from 1976-1989, and from within her own practice established
in 1989 which undertakes both UK and overseas work.
She has undertaken short term overseas consultancy assignments
for the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Overseas
Development Agency (ODA) and the European Economic Community
(EEC). She is currently a member of the UK Construction
Industry Council Public Sector Procurement Panel, a
member of the NHS Estates Building Design Knowledge
Group, Patient Environment Steering Group, and Health
Care Associated Infection Working Group. She is Chair
of Architects for Health, a Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA) linked society.
Her health buildings include
tertiary and secondary hospitals, community and primary
health centres, and GP premises. For more specific information
please visit our Projects
section.
Her research work has focused
on the functional requirements of health buildings with
the principal areas of study being designing to reduce
healthcare associated infection, designing for mental
health services, acute in-patient wards, accommodation
for the elderly, out-patient services and primary care
facilities.
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