Healthcare Estates Management Conference: Building and Maintaining the Future of Our Health

The NHS estate in England alone has a floor space that would cover the City of London ten times over, according to 2013 NHS Information Centre data. The total floor area of trust and primary care trust buildings is estimated to be around 28.4 million square meters, and the land owned by the NHS totals 6.9 million hectares. The 2014 NHS Estate Efficiency Review found that at least £1.5 billion could be saved through better management of these assets. With Simon Stevens’ 2014 Five Year Forward View calling for £22 billion of savings across the NHS by 2020, more efficient estate management could be crucial for the NHS in coming years. Investment in new facilities and innovative technology can provide rapid improvements to patient care. Government and hospital trusts have recognised this and various initiatives are being planned and implemented, with the aim of creating economic savings, improving efficiency and modernising the NHS estate.

Stephen and Emma presented GEP’s contribution to the day, entitled How to develop and deliver successful energy efficiency projects in the NHS today. The forty-five minute seminar was structured to detail the whole process of identifying opportunities for cost saving and energy efficiency, building the required business case and ensuring that the planned savings are realised.

• Survey, audit and investigation
• Preparing the Business case
• Funding Frameworks
• Project delivery
• Measurement and Verification

Case studies and real examples of successful projects were included to demonstrate every stage of the possible process.

If you’d like a copy of the seminar slides, please feel free to follow the download link shown below.