Estate Strategy Development, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Overview

  • Birmingham Children's hospitalAnnual budget of £100+ million.

  • 2,300 members of staff.

  • 140,000 Children per annum using its services.

  • Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust provides general and specialist paediatric services for Children and Adolescent within the West Midlands area and beyond.

  • The Trust also manages city -wide Child and Adolescents Mental Health Services.

  • In 1998, the Hospital moved sites across Birmingham to its current location in a re-modelled Victorian Hospital in Steelhouse Lane.

CPA Approach (Phase 1)

  • CPA worked with the Trust to provide solutions for aspects of the new hospital plans that were not included in the main development.

  • These included functions such as parent’s accommodation, administration and offices, staff accommodation, catering services and some clinical outpatients.

  • The solutions found were required to be in place to make the completion date for the main hospital contract.

CPA Approach (Phase 2)

  • CPA are currently working closely with Trust managers to update the existing strategy in line with mew and ev olving clinical practices and alternative commissioning models.

  • To date, CPA has provided a range of options for the further development of the hospital site and these have been discussed with local planners and staff groups.

  • The next stage is to confirm the strategic direction for clinical services and to provide “best fit” of the estate to enable effective delivery of Children’s services.

Outcomes

Phase 1

  • Parent’s accommodation provided through a local Trust.
  • Staff accommodation and offices provided by a Housing Association.
  • New catering service contract with Sedhexo.
  • On commission of the new hospital, CPA produced the first estate strategy for the new site – July 2000.
  • The strategy showed the consolidated position of the Trust, its use of space and overall performance and investment needs.
  • The report also contained a mini benchmark exercise across Children’s hospitals.

Phase 2

  • The reconfiguration of the Trusts city centre site is currently being developed to take into account
    - Clinical strategies.
    - Dental strategies and the future of the adjacent dental building.
    - New commissioning models.
    - NHS organisational models of management.

  • The development control plan and associated strategy is to be confirmed early 2006.


“Unlike some other consultancy firms, CPA doesn’t have a “one size fits all” approach or use junior staff to deliver standard “off-the-shelf” solutions. Their tailored support met all our expectations and provided excellent value. I would have no hesitation in calling again upon CPA’s team; in fact I already have.” Les Danks, Director of Facilities.

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