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RLB says that often, estates-related data is out of date, something ‘further compounded by the overwhelming challenges and pressure that have been put on already stretched healthcare estates teams during the COVID-19 pandemic’.
consultant and provide feedback on the operational estates, elemental performance, and how the portfolio performs across 365 days of the year in all seasons. While consultants must remain independent, collaboration and investment from the Trust will not only improve the quality and depth of the data collected, but will also mean that the data will be valued longer term by the team which invested its time in the collection.
The power of data
The extent of the advantages of having a trusted dataset for the future, and how significantly this can help Estate managers, will depend on individual scenarios, and the level and volume of data collected. However, what will be apparent is that agile reporting on the property portfolio, and not relying on anecdotal information, will be beneficial in many ways to all stakeholders for the following reasons: n It will bring an appraisal of each asset or building within the portfolio in a holistic way. Where a full Six Facet Survey approach has been followed, capital planning activities can assess whether a building has inadequate critical dimensions, and is not too modern to miss out on significant condition improvement programmes and instead only be subject to light touch cosmetic work.
n Opportunities for intelligent and informed procurement where trends in material can be captured in a more strategic way and potentially procured under one contract. Typical examples might include a five-year roof replacement programme, or a programme of electrical rewire.
n Maximising the remaining life of existing 56 Health Estate Journal January 2022
assets by operating a condition and risk- based approach, meaning you can de- risk your portfolio with target capital spend.
The future of data within hospital estates Data will remain the key that unlocks many of our professional ways of working going forward, not just in the world of estate management or in the healthcare sector, but across sectors, services, and roles. Data will also have a significant impact on the future of the NHS Estates and Estates’ teams’ ability to effectively manage their portfolios as we come out of the pandemic, which has highlighted the need for significant investment and improvements into the NHS estates and facilities.
With the plan for 40 new hospitals that will be built by 2030 as part of a package worth £3.7 billion, with eight further new schemes invited to bid, this will present a further challenge for Estates managers harmonising potential BIM and ‘digital twin’ on new hospitals, combined with out-of-date information on their existing estate. Estates managers will also need to begin to consider the need for data in the drive for achieving the Government’s targets in becoming the first health system in the world to make a commitment to achieving Net Zero emissions.
Framework outlined direction On 1 October 2020 the Government released its Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service. This framework not only outlines the direction, scale, and pace of change with clear milestones for improvement, but it also informs the NHS’s modelling and analytics underpinning the latest NHS carbon footprint and the interventions required. It reports that ‘the
NHS Carbon Footprint (emissions the service controls directly), will be Net Zero by 2040, with ambition to reach an 80% reduction from 2028-2032’. Detailed in the report are the eight key early steps needed to decarbonise, of which three have a direct impact on the Estates team, and will have a need for data: n Our innovation: By ensuring that the digital transformation agenda aligns with our ambition to be a Net Zero health service and implementing a Net Zero horizon scanning function to identify future pipeline innovations.
n Our hospitals: By supporting the construction of 40 new ‘Net Zero hospitals’ as part of the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan with a new Net Zero Carbon Hospital Standard.
n Our heating and lighting: By completing a £50 million LED lighting replacement programme, which, expanded across the entire NHS, would improve patient comfort, and save over £3 billion during the coming three decades.
The future and how data will impact PFI
The UK has over 700 PFI projects nationwide, with over 150 of them due to expire in the next decade, and 72 in the next six years. The most important enabler to avoid ‘firefighting’ situations with an operational PFI approaching end of contract is a proactive approach and quality asset information/data. The Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end paper from the National Audit Office notes some £3.9 billion in estimated capital value of PFI assets that will revert to public sector ownership at contract end in the next seven years in England, and that over half of the nine surveyed authorities which took
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