Healthy new towns for the 21st century

摘要

The NHS recognises the significant impact that the built environment has on people's wellbeing and the potential opportunities to more effectively create built environments which encourage and enable health and independence. The NHS Five Year Forward View (FYFV) articulates the key challenges to the sustainability of health and care services, and presents a compelling vision for how future health and care services should be designed and delivered. One key message within the FYFV is the need for a more holistic integration of the services and environments accessed by individuals, patients and communities. It recognises the impact of the built and natural environments on people's lives and impresses the need to harness and shape these to proactively have a positive health impact.