All Estates articles – Page 3
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NewsNHS estates backlog rises 20% to record high
The cost of eradicating the estates maintenance backlog for NHS trusts rose around 20 per cent to a new record high of nearly £14bn year on year, according to new provisional data.
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NewsRevealed: £18bn bid to complete promised ‘40 new hospitals’
The new hospitals programme has told ministers it needs nearly £6bn annual capital funding for three years to press ahead with building all promised schemes as fast as possible.
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NewsTrust ‘could force us out of business’, claims PFI firm
A private finance initiative company has warned it may go bust if a trust imposes any more fines after “severe” fire safety defects were found at its community hospital run by the firm.
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NewsClinical space ‘increased by 34 hospitals’ in under a decade
NHS England has increased clinical space by the equivalent of 34 general acute hospitals in less than a decade, it has revealed.
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CommentA sudden flow of funding into primary and community care would not work
To bring about a paradigm shift in the model of care, the NHS needs a radical change from short-term to long-term thinking, writes Joe McManners
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HSJ PartnersFour ways CCS brings power to health sector procurement projects
With tighter NHS budgets and resources, buying products and services is challenging. Working with Crown Commercial Service can help take some pressure off your capital projects.
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CommentMore money will not fix the NHS's maintenance backlog
David Jones writes about how data can be used to develop strategies to mitigate the impacts of backlog maintenance on patient safety, staff morale, and the financial sustainability of healthcare facilities
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NewsNamed: the twelve projects given go-ahead by New Hospital Programme
Twelve hospital building projects have received permission to proceed, despite an ongoing review into the wider New Hospital Programme.
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NewsRevealed: Staff must now pay to park at five in six hospitals
Only around 15 per cent of England’s 140 acute and specialist trusts are still offering free car parking for staff, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsRevealed: the scale of the squeeze on primary care capital funding
Primary care has been subjected to the biggest squeeze in government capital spending in recent years, according to figures behind a major report into the state of the NHS.
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HSJ Local11,000 patients may have been given wrong test result
Up to 11,000 patients may have received incorrect test results – including being misdiagnosed as diabetic – due to an equipment error at a trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalHospital may not be complete by 2030 deadline
A new hospital to replace an acute site which has significant structurally weaknesses may not be completed by the 2030 deadline, according to trust meeting papers.
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NewsTrust’s property deal hit by falling land value
The future of a high-profile NHS land sale and redevelopment deal is in question due to falling land values, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUnused space costs NHS £90m a year, new figures reveal
NHS organisations spent nearly £90m on empty space in buildings leased from two national property companies last year, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentOutsourcing with compassion
NHS Blithering Foundation Trust has drawn up a proposal to outsource its estates services. Head of procurement Marge Carver and director of operations Phil Buggins are presenting the business case to the ICB. Meeting notes by Julian Patterson
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NewsDirector sought for £20bn new hospitals procurement programme
NHS England is hiring a new director to manage the £20bn procurement budget for the New Hospital Programme.
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NewsNational design for ‘new hospitals’ being downsized
The national design for “new hospitals” will be reduced in size, HSJ understands, amid concerns over “unnecessary” space and cost.
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NewsTrust seeks more income to shore up planned cancer centre
A trust’s £750m redevelopment project is facing an “affordability challenge”, raising questions over a proposed new cancer centre.
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HSJ LocalFire concerns at PFI hospital sees key services move
A hospital built under the private finance initiative has been forced to move key services due to “severe” fire safety defects found by investigators.
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News‘Business as usual’ declared for new hospital programme despite ministerial review
The New Hospital Programme is in “business as usual” mode and most of its projects will not face further delays, a source close to the programme has insisted, despite a government review announced today.