Jimena Castro is an architect and qualified health planner. Her first two qualifications are from the University of Chile and the latter two from the Medical Architecture Research Unit (MARU). She has been involved in health projects for over twenty-five years, during which time she has worked on a wide range of primary and acute health care facilities in the UK and overseas. She has extensive experience in strategic planning, development control planning and design of health care buildings, feasibility studies and option appraisals. Jimena's skills encompass working with clients and users in both acute and primary care settings to create and refine design briefs, and to develop and review functional requirements and operational policies to ensure that these are compatible.