title: Ambulatory care: a decade of evolution.
abstract: Leslie Welch, a director at HLM Architects, explains how new generation, well-equipped ambulatory and emergency care centres, a relatively new development in the UK, are offering local day care patients a holistic healthcare service in a high quality setting, while reducing pressure on general hospitals and cutting waiting times.
authors.affiliation: HLM Architects.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Welch
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000639:trends*; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006113:United Kingdom