Last month, health minister Ed Argar told a conference of NHS estates directors that the creation of the NHS Property Board was part of the “critical first step in ensuring the estate receives the attention it deserves as an enabler of care”.
It’s a little awkward, then, that the government’s outgoing adviser on NHS estates has told
In a candid and wide-ranging interview with
HSJ, Sir Robert Naylor said the board lacks influence and the ability to make important decisions, and that its membership is too diluted with junior people.
Sir Robert said the board, which was set up following his landmark review of the NHS estate, was being “reconstituted” at the time of his departure from his government role.
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A return to central control and a focus on system working is stifling the ‘commercial’ approach needed for the NHS to maximise the value of its land and buildings, Sir Robert Naylor has told HSJ.
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Introduction and thanks
Thank you also to everyone in
NHSE/I and the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management for organising today. Organising events like this are always a challenge, even more so in the current circumstances. So thank you very much.
It is an important event, and I’m absolutely delighted to be here as the minister with direct responsibility for both the NHS estate and all of the work you all do with it.
In normal times, I would have of course given multiple speeches in my 18 months in the role, but the challenges of organising such events as this during the pandemic, and the pressure of work we have all faced, have meant that I have generally politely declined invitations that have been extended.
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