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Proposed Protect Duty: how might it impact the health and social care sector? By Rob Biddlecombe This month marks the first anniversary of the Liverpool Women's Hospital attack, which killed the suspected bomber and injured the driver of the taxi in which he was travelling. The Queen’s Speech 2022 outlined a proposed Protect Duty Bill with the…
Lagging Behind – The Supply Side Challenge for Retirement Housing By Stan Campbell Stan Campbell, a partner in the Later Life Living team at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, “ Understanding patterns in demand is critical to developing housing that is suitable for people in their later years. As partners of ILC, we asked for…
The future patient experience and what this means for infrastructure By Stan Campbell As the future patient experience continues to change in response to general trends such as technological evolution, and in response to the more immediate short-term impacts of the pandemic, infrastructure must adapt to ensure it facilitates the…
NHS Estates Report: what next? By Anne Crofts NHS leaders and partners say that capital funding must come from a range of sources that provide efficient and flexible ways to maintain estates and plan for the future.
NHS Estates Report: where are we now? By Anne Crofts The NHS estate is in a parlous state. Years of austerity, selling off assets and diverting capital funding to balance day-to-day spending has created a £6 billion maintenance backlog.
NHS Estates Report: report summary By Anne Crofts This report shares some novel and exciting ideas for raising capital, and locally effective and accountable ways of using it, that take into account future, as well as present, need.
NHS Estates Report: making estates work By Anne Crofts There are trusts developing innovative schemes, such as joint ventures and Limited Liability Partnerships, to raise funds for capital projects.
NHS Estates Report By Anne Crofts It is widely accepted that there is a £6 billion maintenance backlog for our NHS estates, £3 billion of which is safety critical. This backlog arises as a result of years of austerity; whereby £4.3 billion of capital funding, together with receipts…
Service Charges in the Health Sector The RICS’ new professional statement, Service Charges in Commercial Property (1st edition), will come into effect in a month’s time on 1 April 2019 and may have important ramifications for the negotiation and management of service charges in the…
Health Real Estate Tip of the Week: The New Communications Code The New Electronic Communications Code ("the New Code") came into force on 28 December 2017 and replaces the previous Code. The New Code now governs all relationships between telecommunications Code Operators and landowners/occupiers of land. The…