NHS estates managers are regularly told that only by having a clear picture of the condition of their existing estate can they develop an effective strategy for managing and getting the best out of it. At October’s Healthcare Estates 2014 conference, Peter Haggarty, strategic facilities director at Health Facilities Scotland (HFS), explained how the organisation had recently developed its own effective ‘strategic approach’ to asset management across Scottish healthcare facilities, working closely with facilities capital planning and management company, VFA.
One of the latter’s important roles had been to first help HFS clearly establish the condition of its wide range of properties, in order to prioritise remedial work or replacement of building stock based on the overall ‘business importance’ of each property. The second ‘half’ of the presentation saw VFA’s Peter Scanlon describe the methodology used.
The joint presentation by Peter Haggarty, director of Health Facilities Scotland – which forms the Facilities Directorate of the Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities Strategic Business Unit of NHS National Services Scotland, and Peter Scanlon, vice-president – Professional Services, at VFA in Boston, was entitled ‘A strategic approach to asset management and capital planning’. (VFA is a strategic facilities capital planning company, with offices in Boston, Canada, and Reading in the UK).
In opening the address, Peter Haggarty explained that, after giving a general introduction to asset management, he would describe the approach to built asset management being adopted by the Scottish Government’s health directorate, and how this was being ‘linked’ to ‘the six dimensions of healthcare quality’ identified by the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee. He would then hand over to Peter Scanlon of VFA, who he explained NHS Scotland had appointed as a strategic partner in January 2014 – ‘to support us in the next part of our work’
Log in or register FREE to read the rest
This story is Premium Content and is only available to registered users. Please log in at the top of the page to view the full text.
If you don't already have an account, please register with us completely free of charge.
