The NHS’s New Hospital Programme (NHP) and the arrival of the Hospital 2.0 framework alliance are pushing the UK’s healthcare sector into a brave new world. With considerable project values and important timelines on the horizon, we need to explore what Hospital 2.0 truly means in practice. Jonathan Oram, director of frameworks at national procurement specialist Pagabo, offers an expert view, suggesting that it will take a village for real change to come forward.
With increasingly dilapidated buildings, extensive waiting times and dwindling availability of services, there is no doubt that change within the UK's healthcare system is welcomed.
As the NHS embarks on a bold new journey, under the UK's NHP, the incorporated Hospital 2.0 principles are set to serve as the roadmap to success through an approach focused on effectively standardising design and construction activity within the sector.
Recent years have forced the NHS into a new role, and it can be said that it wasn't necessarily ready for the acceleration. The impact of this comes in the form of crumbling foundations and services bursting at the seams trying to keep up with demand. However, the Hospital 2.0 alliance looks to standardise the construction and design process as part of the NHP's aims in tackling these challenges. Its aim is to bolster the growth of new hospitals and improving current stock, through incorporating best practice elements, innovation and sustainability.
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