The Australian Institute for Patient & Family Centred Care brings patients, families and healthcare professionals to the table together, to transform people’s experience of healthcare.

We aim to achieve this through a three-fold approach:

1. Develop partnerships between patients, their families and health professionals
2. Create a culture that is both supportive and effective
3. Improve healthcare environments through high-quality integrated art, architecture and design.

The Australian Institute for Patient & Family Centred Care is part of a patient and family centred care movement which is sweeping the globe and changing the way healthcare is viewed by patients, families and healthcare professionals.

Art, Architecture and Design in Health Comments are currently invited on Trish Hansen's discussion paper, Art, Architecture and Design in Health - the Beginnings of a Toolkit.  The purpose of this paper is to provoke a critical discussion about the capacity and potential of art, architecture and design to inform and improve healthcare environments, culture, practices, services and policy.  The timing of this work aligns with the recent Australian Government announcement to support the development of a national approach to arts in health.  Please circulate it to your colleagues and staff, and discuss it at team and executive meetings.  Forward your comments directly to Trish Hansen by Thursday 31 May 2012.