Health Spaces’ Post

How can hospitals improve their indoor and outdoor space to boost wellbeing? Green spaces – or even a view of one from inside a building – can not only boost healing and speed recovery for hospital patients, but also help ease stress in NHS staff and may even improve retention. ✅ Hospitals can be stressful places for both staff and patients, yet they also have enormous potential to be healing environments, too. Entering a hospital building for a potentially stressful medical appointment as a patient, or for a hectic working day as a member of staff, can be diffused by light, airy, well-designed spaces that have good flow and easy-to-navigate wayfinding, plus greenery and features such as water fountains and living walls, as well as access to green outdoor spaces for breaks and relaxation. All these features can help soothe the nerves of patients and their families, as well as the staff delivering care. ➡️ Read the full article: https://bit.ly/49rPisP #greenspaces #patientwelfare #staffwelfare #staffretention #nhs #healthcare