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Webinar shows receptiveness to alternative funding streams


In a recent webinar held jointly by NHS Property Services (NHSPS) and health and social care charity and ‘think tank’, The King’s Fund, 85% of participating NHS Estates and Finance leads said they would be more likely to attempt to access alternative funding methods following the discussions. The 400 participants in the


webinar, chaired by King’s Fund Senior Fellow, Chris Naylor, included ‘thought-leaders’ from NHS Property Services and NHS England, and Estates and Strategy leaders from Trusts and ICBs. Topics covered included understanding and leveraging more funding options – from developer contributions to lease negotiations; how to better access and combine sources of capital, and ‘looking at more innovative funding sources’.


NHSPS says that while many parts


of the NHS estate need more capital investment, property and finance leaders often ‘struggle to understand and access the funding available to deliver their estate strategies and improve patient care and outcomes’. Kieran Kinsella (pictured),


the annual backlog maintenance investment we’ve made so far. We must also acknowledge, however, the remaining shortfall, and so thus begun adopting innovative ways to help our NHS colleagues to be innovative, finding and delivering different ways to plan and unlock investment, so that ICBs and Trusts can successfully deliver their estates strategies.” The webinar participants talked


Executive Director of Advisory Services for NHSPS, was joined on the panel by Fiona Daly, director of Sustainability and Workforce, and National deputy director for Estates, at NHS England; Lucy Gardner, Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer for Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Nicola Theron, director of Estates for the North Central London Integrated Care System. Kieran Kinsella explained: “The


aspiration to create a better NHS estate fit for the future is central to our long-term strategy at NHSPS – and in our recent response to the Darzi investigation, we highlighted


through the risks and opportunities of long-, medium- and short-term planning for securing funding, highlighting the need to work within a capital allocation budget and CDEL envelope, but simultaneously delivering transformation which remains affordable from a revenue and operational cost perspective. Kieran Kinsella added: “The age,


profile, and size of the NHS estate presents us with challenges, but also with opportunities, and we know, from our survey’s results, that the issues our NHS colleagues face are areas we have highly skilled experts to help them with.” The webinar, titled ‘Funding the NHS estate of the future: challenges, barriers, and opportunities’,


is


available to watch on the King’s Fund website.


NRC facility will aim to ‘transform rehabilitation in the UK’


Underfloor heating and bedheads in bedrooms are the latest facilities being installed at the UK’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre, which will begin receiving patients later this year. The 70-bedded purpose-


built rehabilitation centre near Loughborough, to be staffed and run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, aims to


transform rehabilitation in the UK. The latest progress photos reveal the bespoke wooden bedheads being installed in patient and visitor bedrooms, and underfloor heating being fitted throughout the ground floor – including the main gym. Plastering has also been completed, and some bedrooms painted with primer. Meanwhile, on the building’s exterior the black cladding is complete, and the framework installed to hold the final rainscreen cladding which will give the NRC its finished appearance. The £105 m NRC


development, part of the New Hospital Programme, will create a specialist facility combining NHS care with research and


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innovation from the Trust’s two academic partners – the University of Nottingham and Loughborough University. The Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate near Loughborough, already home to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre which opened in 2018, was carefully selected as the site for the NRC to bring together these two centres of excellence and drive rehabilitation standards, both nationally and internationally. Construction of the new


facility, which is intended to be an extremely energy-efficient building, is being undertaken by IHP. The Trust and NRC project team said: “Work continues to integrate a smart hospital design to make the NRC as digitally advanced as possible, with the capability to incorporate additional cutting- edge technology in the future.”


‘Exciting


acquisition news’ to start 2025


Last month BeaconMedaes UK acquired Medi-teknique, a British company that provides medical gas maintenance and service. Medi-teknique becomes legally owned by BeaconMedaes Ltd, forming part of BeaconMedaes and the Atlas Copco medical gas solutions division. BeaconMedaes is owned by Atlas Copco, a well- established and ‘world-leading’ provider of industrial productivity solutions. It says one of the many resulting benefits is enabling it to grow through the strategic acquisition of other companies that enhance its portfolio of services.


BeaconMedaes said: “Located


in Greater Manchester, Medi- teknique has a strong and well- established presence in the NHS and private healthcare sector, having completed successful medical gas pipeline servicing and maintenance for many Trusts in the North-West. It specialises in planned preventative maintenance contracts, servicing of medical gas pipeline systems, and installing replacement MGPS equipment.” The acquisition allows BeaconMedaes UK to expand regional coverage and grow its aftermarket and installation presence, ‘benefiting customers throughout the UK and Ireland in the domestic healthcare aftermarket segment’. This includes acute hospitals, health centres, community hospitals, and medical schools. Medi-teknique’s 15 staff will continue in their existing roles. Martin Berry, BeaconMedaes Business Line manager – UK Installation, and UK/Europe Equipment and Parts Sales, will oversee the integration. He said: “The acquisition of Medi-teknique marks an exciting chapter in the BeaconMedaes UK journey of growth and innovation, aligning seamlessly with our commitment to delivering exceptional value and service to our customers. We are proud to complement its talented service offering with ours, and with our additional resources, capabilities, and scale, we can enhance Medi-teknique solutions for its valued customers too.”


Courtesy of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust


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