South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest trust in the Tees Valley, providing acute and community services. The NHS is experiencing increasing challenges and considerable change; our integrated team have provided innovative solutions and resources over the past 12 years to deal with many challenges, including:
– Funding issues, £15.9m of savings required in order for the Trust to achieve its financial plan last year, and income remains reliant on achieving quality KPI’s
– Providing a safe working environment for over 9000 employees over 6 sites
– Upgrading a diverse ageing estate that requires ongoing maintenance to ensure compliancy
– Ensuring high levels of care for a Trust that has over 1.5 million patient contacts a year and is a Major Trauma, Regional Cancer and a Tertiary Centre
– Delivering a diverse mixture of projects from minor to major works, new build to works on listed buildings, with projects ranging from £100 to £20m
– Providing the best patient experience, maintaining critical services 24/7 and access to bed space
– Delivering works within a live acute health environment
– Finding solutions for decanting, poor access on complex landlocked sites with restricted parking
– Dealing with multiple and diverse stakeholders and specialist suppliers
– Responding quickly when funding streams become available
– Working within residential areas with noise restrictions
– Addressing Care Quality Commission findings and Francis Report recommendations
– Dealing with the unknown, including mitigating the threat of asbestos
Integration& Collaboration: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
