Capita has been appointed by NHS Scotland’s Health Facilities Scotland (HFS) as survey partners for Phase 5 in the implementation of an estates asset management system for the NHS estate in Scotland.
The company has been working closely with Health Facilities Scotland (HFS), the operational boards, and the Scottish Government, for the past four years as survey partners to develop and implement a comprehensive Estates Asset Management System (EAMS) for the NHS in Scotland –which has an estate in excess of 4.6 million m2 in area, valued at over £4bn, The multidisciplinary consultancy has already completed condition appraisals of over 2.3 million m2 of NHS Scotland’s existing land and property assets across the 22 NHS Scotland Health Boards.
Capita added: “The NHS Boards in Scotland face considerable challenges to ensure that their properties are fit-for-purpose; comply with statutory legislation; are of the required size, type and location; and are maintained in good order and repair.”
“While it was known that the estate required significant maintenance, the level of maintenance needed was not fully understood. Establishing accurate information on the current physical condition and performance of the estate was therefore identified as a fundamental requirement for the development of a comprehensive Property Asset Management Strategy (PAMS) to assist in the identification of properties to be retained or disposed of, and to enable prioritised, capital and revenue investment programmes to be developed to assist in the delivery of clinical strategies."
