AHDC – Australian Health Design Council
The AHDC was formed in 2011 and is a non-government organisation of professionals involved and/or interested in quality design of health facilities. It is the conduit between knowledge providers and knowledge users in Australian health design.
The aims of the AHDC are:
- to promote high-quality, efficient, effective, and safe health facility design that responds to the needs of the Australian populace, in terms of respecting the rights and requirements of patients, the health workforce, and the community in a sustainable natural/built
environment; - to promote training, education and research in health facility design to ensure the long-term sustainability of the industry; and
- to bring together health design professionals for networking, knowledge sharing and to promote innovation in health facility design.