UK hospitals are under great clinical pressure from the increasing number and complexity of admissions. As resources are limited, there is a pressing need to understand the actual activity of hospital staff if safety and efficiency is to be improved. Furthermore, hospitals are also large, complicated and evolving structures that pose significant organisational and wayfinding difficulties. Therefore, staff and patient activity also needs to be studied in the context of interactions with people, equipment, and the built environment.
The award-wining research undertaken in this area by LSTM academics and collaborators at the University of Nottingham was featured in The Guardian. Recent successes highlighted include a Health Foundation and NHS grant awards, presentations at international conferences and peer reviewed publications.
Further information on the “Wayward” group can be obtained from Dr John Blakey, Senior Clinical Lecturer, LSTM and Dr James Pinchin, Research Fellow in Geospatial Science, University of
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