Zest is working with partners from across the arts, health, education and business sectors to deliver an improved healthcare environment by being involved in the design of all new and refurbished healthcare buildings. This involvement across a range of projects helps to raise aspirations and ensure high standards of design are embedded in projects that improve both the patient experience and staff working lives.
Over the last few years Zest has been involved in projects as diverse as creating a more private environment for cancer patients in an isolation ward to developing the Bircham Valley, Local Reserve, to create woodland walks and a picnic area, to installing commissioned artworks in the new Peninsula Dental School, to setting up a a reminesence project for elderly long stay patients in a local care centre .
Zest works in partnership with a variety of different organisations including; Plymouth City Council, Forestery Commission, Arts Council, Devonport Regeneration Company, and the Peninsula Dental School. Our projects are all about improving and enhancing the healthcare environment and Zest is committed to working with the community we serve.
A project currently in development is a major review of wayfinding, including signage, patient letters and literature in Derriford Hospital, part of this review has involved consulting with; patients, visitors, staff, Plymouth City Council, Plymouth Hearing & Sight Centre, Plymouth & District Racial Equality Council, and Plymouth LinK and others to ensure that any wayfinding scheme meets the diverse needs of all hospital users.
For details of our current projects click here Completed projects
 |
 |
