TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT


SEMAP IHEEM Healthcare


Planning sub-group The IHEEM Healthcare Planning sub-group comprises nine highly experienced successful healthcare professionals from the wide range of design disciplines (including healthcare planning) who proffer well over 300 years of combined experience. It has been established to debunk the mystery, offer clarity about what healthcare planning is, and establish and agree the core competencies, standards, and measurable skills that it comprises. Overall, its intent is to ensure a legacy of competent healthcare planners who will form an integral part of a design team to ensure every healthcare capital project facilitates delivery of clinical excellence, optimum user experience, and improved clinical outcomes.


Progress


At our inaugural meeting in July we defined healthcare planning in terms that capture the breadth and depth of the discipline, but that can be understood easily by the lay person despite its complexity (Figure 1).


We summarised the core components of the discipline as:


Strategic healthcare (the why and where) Operational and clinical planning (the what and who) Space and facility planning (how and where)


It’s clear that while these three


components each have their unique focus, there is also a wide overlap of shared approaches and tasks, and the skills and competencies, needed to deliver the functions of each component (Figure2). In our subsequent workshops we’ve begun


to detail the tasks and approach that comprise each element of these three components, and flesh out the skills and competencies required across the healthcare planning landscape. We’ve also settled on a module-based


approach that recognises existing courses and accreditation that already exist. This will allow a “pick and choose menu” of modules that gives the learner the freedom to tailor the course to their particular needs and interests, but avoid unnecessary duplication. Overall, we want to ensure both clarity and rigour, and provide fit-for-purpose


accreditation that recognises the complexity of healthcare planning and the myriad of tasks it comprises (figure 2). We’ve already begun to populate each


section with the glut of policy and guidance documents that govern so much of the health and social care backdrop – not just as a citation, but to offer genuine direction and shortcuts through the abundance of sources and maze of regulations.


The way forward


It’s early days – and this is the mere groundwork that will underpin the development of a course and accreditation that offer genuine value to the discipline. Of course, we are aware of the huge task ahead of us. But, with the foundations laid, our combined skills, breadth of expertise, and shared passion to deliver our objectives are all fuelling the process. We are excited about the road ahead, and about helping to shape the healthcare planners of the future which, in turn, will support the development of healing environments that facilitate delivery of clinical excellence and improved outcomes.


Figure 1 - Basic healthcare planning components 14 Health Estate Journal October 2023


Figure 2 - Healthcare planning definition


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