The phrase “single hander” is often bandied about within primary care; it refers to GPs who run their own practice without any partners and may typically have a patient list in the range of 1,500 – 3,000 patients. Historically there have been many single handers, but following notable cases of clinical negligence, and even criminal […]
With the NHS now being 70 years old, there has been much recent publicity as to the excellent healthcare it provides and how it has changed since its formation in 1948. The NHS is clearly held in high regard by the public at large, as well as being a key topic for politicians. With healthcare being […]
Over the weekend of 12-13th May 2018, Adam Thompson of Primary Care Surveyors, and his 9 teammates, joined over 2,500 riders to complete the 185-mile Dulux Trade London Revolution cycle ride in order to raise money for charity. After cycling nearly 300km around London (and spending a night in a tent!), Adam and the team […]
Adam Thompson, Director of Primary Care Surveyors, is donning lycra at the weekend and joining his 9 teammates to complete the arduous 300km route around London over 2 days to raise £4,500 for charity. Day 1 of the event will see London Revolution participants cycle just over 100 miles through Central London and out of […]
Adam Thompson, Director at Primary Care Surveyors, specialist in the healthcare property market, investigates and explains the issues with which the NHS and GPs have to contend. Article first published in the March 2018 issue of Health Estate Journal, the monthly magazine of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM: www.iheem.org.uk) With the […]
The new year has started well, with the initiative to deliver new medical centres finally gathering momentum. CCGs are demonstrating a tendency to be more receptive towards considering proposals for new medical centres, where the proposals are deliverable, which is most encouraging. The main scheme for funding is the Estates and Technology Transformation Fund (ETTF), […]
Top Ten Tips and Tricks for GP premises For all premises 1 – Partnership agreement. Is there a Partnership Agreement in place and how is the property treated within that? Is the basis of valuation still relevant? e.g. If the property is likely to cease to be used as a surgery in the foreseeable future, […]
It is that time of year when we tend to look back at what has happened over the preceding 12 months. I have found that the highlights (or lowlights!) in the healthcare property sector for 2017 have been as follows: The revised NHS Premises Directions that govern the payment of notional rent and rent […]
Sale and leaseback transactions are much discussed and often promoted by surveyors and solicitors, unsurprisingly given that the yield often makes this a lucrative area of work for professional advisors. However, it is in nobody’s interest to promote a strategy where it is not suitable, so it is important to establish that sale and leaseback […]
Many Practices have now received proposed Heads of Terms from a firm of surveyors, Montagu Evans, acting on behalf of NHS Property Services. These Heads of Terms outline a lease which in most instances is for 25 years, although the landlord has the right to break the lease upon six months’ notice. However, fortunately, the […]
The recruitment and retention of GPs has long been a challenge for practices, and in recent years this has been compounded by the baby boomer generation nearing retirement. This has put many practices at risk of having an insufficient number of partners, and left them potentially vulnerable. Furthermore, there has been a shift in the […]
With 360,000 new houses planned on green belt land as part of a new housing boom, Adam Thompson, Director at Primary Care Surveyors – specialists in the primary care property sector – warns that little regard or attention is being paid to the required social infrastructure to support those new housing developments, regardless of Section […]
