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IBI appointed special adviser to NHS’ Healthy New Towns scheme
Canada-based design and technology firm, IBI Group which acquired leading UK specialist healthcare practice Nightingale Associates in 2010, has been appointed as specialist advisor to NHS England for its Healthy New Towns programme. IBI will work with the University of the West of England
(UWE)’s World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre as well as sustainability consultant Greengage, and wellness consult- ant Anni Hood on the project. The aim of the collaboration is to integrate evidence-based design (EBD) approaches into the pro- posals formulated by the teams selected as NHS Healthy New Towns, ultimately promoting community wellbeing. Launched in March 2016 in response to the NHS’ Five Year Forward View, the programme sets out to “rethink how we live, how health and care services can be delivered, and takes an ambitious look at improving health through the built environment.” The NHS has identified 10 demonstrator cities as testbeds,
potentially impacting 76,000 homes, over 200,000 people, and the supporting community infrastructure. IBI Group director Mario Bozzo commented: “It is fantastic that NHS England is working towards shaping the future wellbeing of our towns and
cities. We are very excited to be part of this process and share our inter-disciplinary cross-sector knowledge to proactively remediate the health and care challenges of tomorrow.” Expert support and advice provided by IBI Group will include
health and public service strategy as well as travel and transport, digital smart cities, behavioural insights, and inclusive design and dementia. Following the launch of the project in July, IBI Group and its partners have commenced engagement with each of the Healthy New Towns to further develop their proposals before the end of the year. The 10 Healthy New Towns demonstrator sites are Whitehill
and Bordon, Hampshire (3,350 new homes), Cranbrook, Devon (8,000 new residential units), Darlington (2,500 residential units across three sites in the Eastern Growth Zone), Barking Riverside (10,800 residential units), Whyndyke Farm, Fylde, Lancashire (1,400 residential units), Halton Lea, Runcorn (800 residential units), Bicester, Oxon (393 houses in the 13,000 home Elmsbrook project), Northstowe, Cambridgeshire (10,000 homes) Ebbsfleet Garden City (up to 15,000 new homes), Barton Park, Oxford (885 residential units).
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