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AN Integrated Care Systems INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY
DATE: 2023/2024 | LOCATION: YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER | PROJECT AREA: STRATEGIC ADVICE | PROJECT STATUS: ONGOING
The NHS is a significant estate and infrastructure owner, occupying over 29 million m2 at a cost of more than £10 billion a year. Healthcare infrastructure is critical to the delivery of safe, high-quality clinical services and a key enabler for transformational change and quality improvement.
Our team was commissioned to support NHS Property Services on the infrastructure strategy response for Humber and North Yorkshire ICS. We had previously been responsible for co-producing the forerunner to this in the Humber Coast and Vale STP Estate Strategy in 2018/19, widely regarded as an exemplar at the time, so we were a natural choice to support the system with this refreshed document.
The challenge
NHS England is working to produce a nationally agreed set of infrastructure priorities, informed and shaped by local needs and requirements, which will set out the scale in terms of how and where capital investment is required to underpin clinical service provision.
Accordingly, all Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) were tasked with producing their own clear and well planned strategy for the regional infrastructure and NHSE have now published guidance on the proposed content of these strategies as well as key areas of focus.
The solution
A review of the current strategies and policies at a local, regional and national level to inform the strategic context section of the strategy and identify gaps. Baseline estates data was collated for providers across the region from the PCN toolkit work, the SHAPE tool and ERIC information, as well our own intelligence from working with partners.
Extensive stakeholder engagement was undertaken to identify priorities and challenges faced by providers and commissioners across all sectors, as well as to agree objectives for the strategy to deliver. All the information was brought together into the strategy document, with detailed place-based analysis setting out where we are now, where we want to be, how to get there and the summarised regional version.
Final workshops and one-to-ones were held to review the data and content produced for each place to ensure accuracy and alignment with local needs and priorities.
The result
We worked alongside the NHS PS team, drawing on each party’s specific skills, experience and knowledge to co-produce the strategy in the approved template created during the pilot phase. The strategy document summarises the key contextual information for the system, and each component place, as well as identifying a prioritised future pipeline of investment required to meet future service models and level of demand.
Find out more about how we put together an infrastructure strategy for NHS Greater Manchester.
