No One Size Fits All in Stakeholder Engagement

Writing for the Design in Mental Health Network, P+HS Architects' Director and Mental Healthcare Lead Cath Lake draws on her 15+ years' experience to reflect on the importance of inclusive stakeholder engagement throughout the design process.

Cath argues that without engagement, designers create only their own interpretation of the brief. "..for design to truly be good, it needs to respond to each user’s needs in a positive way. If it doesn’t solve a problem, and make life better, why spend already challenging budgets in the first place?"

With input from DiMHN Board Associates Lianne Knotts and Karen Howells, the article is essential reading for anyone involved in designing specialist healthcare environments. The full article is available on the DiMHN website. We hope you enjoy the read! DiMHN would love to hear your thoughts too, so do share them; you'll find a feedback link at the end of the article.