All Estates articles – Page 8
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NewsRevealed: Eight ‘new hospitals’ delayed until next decade
The government’s flagship ‘new hospitals programme’ is set to receive around £10bn less than was requested by 2030, with eight schemes being pushed back into the next decade.
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NewsUniversity ‘exploring’ providing NHS diagnostics
A university is ‘exploring’ a move into providing NHS diagnostic services after spending £1.5m on equipment to train its radiography students.
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NewsExclusive: NHS still waiting for over £1bn capital funding announced five years ago
More than half of £2.7bn awarded to NHS organisations for capital projects in 2017 and 2018 has yet to be delivered, research by HSJ has discovered.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: CDCs, the election cycle and fixing primary care
On this week’s episode bureau chief Ben Clover talks to deputy editor Dave West about whether the election cycle affects the NHS’s capital projects.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trusts get creative as financial screws tighten
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The Lloyds Bank £56m
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The NHS’s latest PFI problem
A legal battle has erupted between a hospital trust and bank-backed PFI company over fire safety and payment refusals. We discuss why the case has potentially wider implications for other NHS trusts.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The estates gender imbalance in senior bands
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week’s column is by HSJ’s ...
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NewsSuing trust for £56m is ‘last resort’, says Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it supports a PFI firm taking legal action to claim £56m from an NHS hospital trust, including tens of millions said to be owed to the bank, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospital ‘left in unsafe condition’ by private contractor
A PFI contractor left a hospital ‘in an unsafe condition’ for nine months after a fire which required patients to be evacuated, a trust has claimed in legal papers.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food
The best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food have been revealed in a national assessment by patients and staff.
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NewsHospital building chiefs request £900m for external consultants
Officials leading the government’s New Hospital Programme expect to spend almost £1bn on external consultants, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: cost of government’s promised ‘40 new hospitals’ revealed
The government’s flagship hospital building programme will cost an estimated £35bn to complete, almost twice the amount of original estimates, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSixteen trusts win £150m for green energy projects
Sixteen trusts have been allocated a combined £150m for heat pumps and other projects to reduce emissions from their estates.
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NewsLess than a quarter of new hospital ‘enabling’ funds received by trusts
Less than a quarter of the funding requested for crucial preparation works for the government’s ‘new hospitals programme’ has so far been received, trusts have told HSJ.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2023: Estates Optimisation Project of the Year
WINNER: Dorset Health Village: Legal and General and NHS Partners
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NewsCollapsed PFI firm sues trust for £56m
A PFI company that fell into administration three years ago is suing a London acute trust for £56m in compensation, according to papers lodged with the High Court.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE halts ‘pioneer’ health centres due to lack of capital
A national plan to build new ‘super’ primary care hubs in six areas has been halted with immediate effect by NHS England because of a lack of capital funding.
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NewsTrusts told to comply with raft of new green building standards
Trusts must seek additional approvals for new building developments if they cannot comply with a series of new green standards, including the total amount of carbon produced by projects.
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NewsNHS England considers ‘centrally negotiated’ energy contract
NHS England is considering plans for a centrally negotiated energy contract, HSJ understands.