I was asked to work as lead artist on the new PFI re-building of Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal in the heart of multi-cultural Brent. I have worked with arts consultant Lesley Greene, who originally set up Public Art Development Trust. This collaborative move was a realistic decision to enable me to take on the demanding complexities of PFI schemes  in hospitals.

The BECaD (Brent Emergency Care and Diagnostic) Arts strategy places arts and creativity at the heart of the new hospital, which will be a new model for the Urban Hospital.

BECaD is the prototype for the concept of the hospital as the major catalyst for the urban regeneration of the inner city. The initial stage of the public art strategy was to develop a feasibility study commissioned by The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and funded by the Arts Council of England and Park Royal Partnership. The feasibility team consisted of a group of five Design and Public Art graduates from Chelsea working with three mentees from Barnet College and Brent Artists Register. The aim of the study was to undertake an action research project based in the local community adjacent to the site of the hospital. To focus the research the team mapped a line from the hospital to the Stonebridge Housing Estate including allotments and local businesses. The outcome was a short film influenced by 1950’s health education films, and the production of a CD Rom.