Len Bartholomew

The author Len Bartholomew is a retired architect who has spent most of his working life specialising in the design of hospitals. He was able to do this without ever needing to attend hospital as an in-patient until he retired when he was admitted as a trauma patient to a large teaching hospital. He had hoped that, by the time he retired, every hospital would be fit for purpose and that, at some time in the not too distant future, fewer large hospitals would be needed and be replaced by bright,...See more

The author Len Bartholomew is a retired architect who has spent most of his working life specialising in the design of hospitals. He was able to do this without ever needing to attend hospital as an in-patient until he retired when he was admitted as a trauma patient to a large teaching hospital. He had hoped that, by the time he retired, every hospital would be fit for purpose and that, at some time in the not too distant future, fewer large hospitals would be needed and be replaced by bright, shiny, optimistic and therapeutic smaller hospitals. The "shock horror" experience of being referred to a large teaching hospital during the Covid pandemic confirmed the reality that the NHS was nowhere near providing the right kind of hospitals needed for the 2020's. See less