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Estates Strategy, planning & solutions
Creating the infrastructure for neighbourhood health
The future of health and care will be delivered in neighbourhoods, not hospitals alone.
As systems work to provide more care closer to home, integrate services around local populations and improve access for patients, the estate becomes a critical enabler of change. Success depends on having the right buildings, in the right places, configured around the needs of communities, staff and partner organisations.
We help health and care systems understand whether their estate is capable of supporting future models of care, identify opportunities within existing assets, and develop robust plans for transformation and investment.
Combining estates expertise with service design, demand and capacity modelling, workforce planning and business case development, we help organisations create the infrastructure needed to deliver integrated neighbourhood health.
HOW WE CAN HELP
Six ways we support estates strategy and delivery
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Neighbourhood infrastructure planning
We help systems translate their ambitions for neighbourhood health into practical estate requirements. Whether developing neighbourhood health centres, integrated care hubs, community diagnostics or co-located services, we identify the estate needed to support future models of care and population health priorities.
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Typical support includes:
- Neighbourhood health centre and integrated hub planning
- Community diagnostic and service hub development
- Population health and service needs analysis
- Estate requirements mapping
- Location and configuration options appraisal
- Stakeholder engagement and delivery planning
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Making better use of existing assets
We help systems translate their ambitions for neighbourhood health into practical estate requirements. Whether developing neighbourhood health centres, integrated care hubs, community diagnostics or co-located services, we identify the estate needed to support future models of care and population health priorities.
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Typical support includes:
- Space utilisation studies
- Occupancy and capacity analysis
- Clinical and operational workflow reviews
- Identification of underused capacity
- Co-location and integration opportunities
- Estate rationalisation and optimisation plans
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Demand, capacity and service modelling
We help systems translate their ambitions for neighbourhood health into practical estate requirements. Whether developing neighbourhood health centres, integrated care hubs, community diagnostics or co-located services, we identify the estate needed to support future models of care and population health priorities.
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Typical support includes:
- Activity and demand forecasting
- Population and demographic analysis
- Workforce and operational modelling
- Capacity and space requirement calculations
- Service configuration modelling
- Scenario testing and option evaluation
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Estates strategies and delivery blueprints
We work with organisations to develop estates strategies that support service transformation, financial sustainability and long-term resilience. Our strategies move beyond high-level aspirations, providing clear priorities, investment plans and practical delivery roadmaps.
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Typical support includes:
- Estate baseline assessments
- Strategic options development
- Investment prioritisation
- Transformation roadmaps
- Financial sustainability considerations
- Delivery planning and implementation support
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Schedules of accommodation
We develop Health Building Notes-compliant schedules of accommodation that reflect service requirements, regulatory standards and operational realities, providing a robust foundation for planning and business case development.
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Typical support includes:
- Service and functional requirements analysis
- Health Building Notes compliance review
- Space and room scheduling
- Capacity and utilisation calculations
- Adjacency and workflow planning
- Design and business case inputs
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Business cases and investment planning
We produce HM Treasury-compliant business cases, from Strategic Outline Cases through to Full Business Cases, helping organisations secure funding and deliver transformational estate projects. Our business cases combine strategic, clinical, operational and financial perspectives to support confident decision-making.
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Typical support includes:
- Strategic Outline Cases (SOC)
- Outline Business Cases (OBC)
- Full Business Cases (FBC)
- Options appraisal
- Economic and financial analysis
- Affordability and funding assessments
- Stakeholder engagement and approvals support
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By understanding how care will be delivered in the future, we help organisations create estates strategies that support neighbourhood health, improve access, strengthen integration and make the best possible use of public resources.