This self assessment toolkit establishes aims for cancer care environments and views of what success might look like. Though designed particularly with cancer patients in mind may of the objectives have a much wider applicability. Case studies of environments that have been awarded the mark may be added to the site over time.
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCanHelp/CancerEnvironments/MQEM/MQEM.aspx
Over recent years, some well designed developments have been delivered in Scotland and elsewhere that are supporting care and improving community infrastructure in the areas they serve. The purpose of mapping design into the business case is to extend this higher level of design quality across NHSScotland, and to promote a culture of continuous improvement by facilitating learning from what has gone before. Boards are expected to seek out and choose examples of good practice in design against which to benchmark their projects, such as those given in the example statements attached.
Benchmarks can be refined, as the project develops and more information is understood, or if better benchmarks become available. It is anticipated that the benchmarks set at IA may be revisited in advance of the OBC and FBC to check that they are still the most relevant and useful means of checking that the project is achieving real value. The benchmarks should also be used in the Post Occupancy and Post Project Evaluation processes.