Nightingale Design Pattern Library (ALPHA)

This collection is maintained by the NHS Leadership Academy Digital team.

Nightingale Design Pattern library is a collection of documentation to guide you through the use of Nightingale as a design framework system.

All contributions are welcome. Feel free to add comments.

If you would like to add to the pattern documentation directly please contact: paul.novak@leadershipacademy.nhs.uk or digital@leadershipacademy.nhs.uk

or you can leave a comment tagging @Paul Novak requesting editing rights.

Theses patterns are not formal guidance (yet). All patterns found here are all a working progress.

For formally released guidance that you can use please visit:

Pattern Hierarchy:

Elements > Components > Modules > Pages > Flows > Platforms

Elements

Elements are the singular basic forms to start a design build.

Components

Components are created from from combining elements.

Modules

Modules are created from combining components and can also include multiple elements.

Pages

Pages combine elements, components and modules to create a singular page.

Flows

Flows are how multiple pages connect and create a user journey through service.

Platforms

Platforms are Moodle and Wordpress or other third party software that can implement Nightingale or have Nightingale implemented on.

Element Patterns

Elements are the essentials needed to create components, modules, pages and platforms.