Design for Primary Care

The question of whether recent events will have an impact on the design of primary care facilities has yet to be fully evaluated. Whilst the increase in telephone consultations has the potential to lessen visits to GP surgeries, accommodating mass immunisation requires generous and adaptable public spaces.

The impetus continues to replace traditional small GP surgeries with larger medical centres, better located for public transport and offering a wider range of medical consultations, procedures and therapies. The medical centre illustrated, situated in a local shopping centre, has been designed to provide an attractive and secure environment with public areas and private consulting rooms arranged around a central hub.