New joint venture announced to improve health estate planning

We’re delighted to bring you the news that our client, award-winning UK architects and masterplanners, Stephen George + Partners (SGP) have come together in a joint venture with international specialist health planners, architects and clinical interior designers, TAHPI to deliver a powerful new methodology to improve healthcare estate planning across the UK.

According to Hefma Pulse, the announcement comes at a time when our healthcare environment has changed dramatically and questions are being asked about the future of healthcare provision in our communities. The TAHPI+SGP partnership will respond by offering macro and micro solutions that can deliver an affordable and sustainable integrated population health and care system.

Steve Batson, Studio Director at SGP, explains: “The NHS and private healthcare provision in the UK is facing an unprecedented challenge that will impact services for many years to come. This TAHPI+SGP joint venture will offer providers the ability to deliver necessary facilities exactly where they are needed, through an efficient, flexible and budget-conscious strategic tool around the patient journey: Right Space, Right Place, Right Time.”

The new joint venture will combine decades of experience and an established reputation in quality healthcare design with cutting edge health planning methodology and software to support the future planning of a holistic, integrated, healthcare economy, focusing on patient needs and affordable delivery.

As reported in the Leicester Mercury, the new joint venture will see them look at the kind of facilities that are needed, from doctors' surgeries to specialist neurosurgery units, as well as where they might be best located to fit demand.