With NHS deficits making the news almost daily, and FM and estates being the second largest cost of any business after people, EC Harris is expecting HEFMA delegates to be looking for ways of making sure that best value is achieved in supporting healthcare outcomes.
Help with clinical service planning
"Modernisation is the only way forward" said Howard Forster, Head of the health sector at EC Harris. "Our expertise in clinical service planning combined with our cost and risk management experience in the construction of healthcare facilities, provides a unique insight into healthcare development options." Sue Howson, EC Harris primary care team leader added: "Merging PCTs, creating larger organisations is bound to mean estates rationalisation, and for the first time PCTs will have the critical mass to contract for FM services in a cost-effective way, rather than being tacked on to a nearby Acute Trust. We can help PCTs face that challenge and we're expecting to talk to HEFMA delegates about those very problems."