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Blue Support Services is celebrating 15 years of working in partnership with Community 1st Oldham Over the past 15 years, Blue Support Services has been working in partnership with Community 1st Oldham, a joint venture partnership company with the NHS, established to develop and maintain the local health estate to meet the changing health needs of the local community.  Blue Support services support around 250,000 sq. ft of primary care facilities for Community 1st and the NHS in Oldham, providing a full property and facilities management service and 24/7 reactive support.  Our local skilled team of property managers, building services engineers and our local construction team support wider NHS estate improvement projects and backlog maintenance works. Zoe Openshaw miwfm, Business Manager at Blue Support Services, said, “As a local employer, Blue Support Services is committed to maintaining the Community 1st NHS Health facilities to the highest standards. These facilities are valuable assets for our communities, providing essential healthcare services to many. Blue Support delivers facilities management, statutory compliance services, and supports backlog maintenance projects across the broader NHS network. We are proud to assist our front line NHS colleagues by ensuring their facilities are safe, compliant and well maintained at all times.” Blue Support Services have built a successful long-term partnership with Community 1st, which is a testament to the responsive high quality facilities management service we provide.  https://lnkd.in/eJinzR7d #facilitiesmanagement #NHSestates #FM 

Shopping centres and vacant office spaces are becoming community health hubs – more services are provided outside of hospitals with spin-off benefits for town centre regeneration and NHS carbon footprint reduction. But how do you make Health on the High Street happen? A showcase page owned by Health Spaces celebrating a variety of Health on the High Street innovations, initiatives, articles and events from across the UK. 👏 We also host webinars and workshops that feature teams from across the NHS sharing their journey and learnings. ➡️Head to our Learning Hub to access more Health on the High Street focussed webinars: https://bit.ly/44YKMAz 📢While this page is managed and owned by Health Spaces, the Health on the High Street projects and case studies featured may not be ours. If it is a Health Spaces project we will make this clear. ➡ About Health Spaces work: An extension of our re-purposing services, Health Spaces support NHS Trusts across the UK to create clinical spaces in vacant retail and light industrial buildings. Find out more about how we are supporting Health on the High Street through our own model: https://lnkd.in/dXjPJknj #healthonthehighstreet #communityhealth #NHS #highstreets

Health on the High Street - making it happen. 🤝 “There’s a need to be able to quickly assess if a building is suitable for conversion for health or NHS use – and because of the sheer numbers and different styles of properties available, we don’t have the capacity to evaluate every single one,” explains Jaime. “To use healthcare language, we need to be able to rapidly ‘triage’ a building to assess its capacity, and we have developed a system for that, where we can assess details like floor to ceiling heights, the suitability of the structure and the availability of drainage, but also how it might deliver on the more strategic outcomes, such as if the location is good for the population it is going to serve. “We also map indices of deprivation because we know poverty and health run in parallel and healthcare should be delivered to the areas with the highest need. “So, we have a checklist where we can assess suitability quickly and identify the best opportunities.” - Jaime Bishop, Director at Fleet Architects Ltd and Lead Architect at Health Spaces. Jaime Bishop discusses ‘triage’ assessment techniques to asses the suitability of buildings. ➡️New blog post: https://ow.ly/8ybP50QOFYo #NHS #healthonthehighstreet #health #community

Shopping centres are becoming community health hubs – more services are provided outside of hospitals with spin-off benefits for town centre regeneration and NHS carbon footprint reduction. 📈🤝 The Health on the High Street model – where town centre buildings, such as empty retail units and leisure centres, or even former industrial buildings, are repurposed at convenient locations close to public transport links and/or a walkable distance from homes – is becoming increasingly popular. Utilising our expertise in healthcare, we support NHS Trusts looking at Health on the High Street initiatives, exploring innovative ways of increasing accessibility to healthcare while providing exceptional spaces for patients and staff. ➡️Find out more: https://ow.ly/KWe750Rl78Q Health Spaces | Healthcare Excellence - Seamlessly Delivered #NHS #healthonthehighstreet #healthystreets #design

Are you contending with Health Impact Assessments as part of the planning process? The recent adoption of the Places for Everyone plan across nine Greater Manchester districts (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan) has placed a renewed emphasis on the need for Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) and the greater consideration of the health and wellbeing effects of development. A HIA is a practical tool that brings together existing information to demonstrate to local authorities that health, as a material planning consideration, has been addressed. It generates a set of evidence-based recommendations to inform decision-making, maximising positive health impacts and minimising the negative health impacts. Within the context of Greater Manchester, this also includes a particular consideration of disadvantaged sections of communities. But what does this mean for developers? First and foremost, HIAs are increasingly a planning requirement, and undertaking one ensures compliance with the planning process. As noted in Places for Everyone Policy JP-P6, the remit for requiring an HIA is broad, and can include “proposals which, due to their location, nature or proximity to sensitive receptors, are likely to have a notable impact on health and wellbeing”. Aside from this, HIAs can improve scheme design, generate buy-in from local communities, and support overall sustainable development. Finally, HIAs can also provide robust evidence when discussing developer contributions. Here at Iceni, our dedicated socio-economic team have produced over 150 HIAs for residential, care, student, renewables and commercial development schemes. As an experienced planning consultancy, we get your needs – we make sure that HIAs are proportionate to the development, and comply with each of the specific planning authority’s requirements, saving you unnecessary time and expense. To find out more about HIAs and how we can support your development, please contact @katyhgfield #HealthImpactAssessments #PlacesforEveryone #SocioEconomicTeam #SustainableDevelopment #PlanningConsultancy #IceniProjects

Discover how mixed-use developments are transforming healthcare access and community living. Our latest blog explores the benefits of integrating residential, commercial, and healthcare spaces into one vibrant hub. Read now to see how this approach impacts patients, providers, and communities: https://loom.ly/-gGzVIY #MixedUseDevelopments #HealthcareInnovation #CommunityPlanning

Shopping centres are becoming community health hubs – more services are provided outside of hospitals with spin-off benefits for town centre regeneration and NHS carbon footprint reduction. 📈🤝 The Health on the High Street model – where town centre buildings, such as empty retail units and leisure centres, or even former industrial buildings, are repurposed at convenient locations close to public transport links and/or a walkable distance from homes – is becoming increasingly popular. Utilising our expertise in healthcare design and construction, Health Spaces is able to support NHS Trusts looking at Health on the High Street initiatives, delivering innovative ways of increasing accessibility to healthcare while providing exceptional spaces for patients and staff. ➡️Find out more: https://ow.ly/KWe750Rl78Q Health Spaces | Healthcare Excellence - Seamlessly Delivered #healthonthehighstreet #healthcare #community #NHS #healthycommunities

🚀 Exciting launch: new guidance empowers councils to integrate health and wellbeing into planning. We're pleased to announce the release of our new guidance, designed to help local planning authorities seamlessly incorporate health and wellbeing into their planning efforts. We developed ‘Creating health and wellbeing: A partnership approach to evidence-led planning and design in our cities, towns and villages’ with our friends at Prior + Partners. 📘 Why this guide matters:  This comprehensive resource aims to bridge the gap between planning and public health, providing councillors and council officers with actionable insights to foster healthier, more sustainable communities. 🛠️ Key features: - Evidence-based approaches: Practical tools and strategies to inform decision-making. - Collaborative framework: A useful diagram showcasing the network of organisations and partners involved in holistic health and wellbeing delivery. - Real-world applications: Inspiring case studies demonstrating successful integration of health principles into planning. 🌟 Endorsements: Councillor David Fothergill, chair of the Local Government Association Community Wellbeing Board said: “This publication is incredibly useful as it provides clear guidance and evidence-based tools for councils to shape healthier, more equitable communities. The innovative case studies throughout the publication highlight the vital role of planning in addressing health inequalities and cultivating healthier environments.” Darrell Gale, Chair of the The Association Of Directors of Public Health (UK) Healthy Places Advisory Group said:  “Public health teams across the country are working with their colleagues in planning, and other departments, as well as the local community, to create environments that promote good health and wellbeing. This helpful guide has brought together evidence-based tools and real-life examples to showcase the very best of what can be achieved by working in partnership like this at a local level.” Join us in leveraging this essential guide to enhance the quality of life for communities and create thriving, healthy environments: https://lnkd.in/eey7uUi5 #UrbanPlanning #PublicHealth #LocalGovernment #HealthAndWellbeing #SustainableCommunities #CommunityHealth #EvidenceBasedPlanning #QualityOfLife #PlanningStrategy #HealthyCities #LocalAuthorities #UrbanDevelopment #Wellbeing #BuiltEnvironment Matthew Morgan Shaun Andrews Jordan Whitewood-Neal Becky Mumford Emma Cooke

Prior + Partners is proud to announce publication of ‘Empowering Healthy Places: Unveiling the powers and practices of local councils in fostering healthy neighbourhoods’ for the Local Government Association. The guide, which Prior + Partners developed alongside the Quality of Life Foundation, explores powers spanning planning, public health and environmental health, and sets out a series of recommendations for both local government and national government on how to improve local health and wellbeing outcomes. This includes four case studies, exploring how councils are currently working to create healthy neighbourhoods in different ways. It seeks to build upon work such as the LGA and Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)’s Developing Healthy Places report from 2018 which sets out how councils can work with developers to deliver healthy places. Shaun Andrews, Director at Prior + Partners, comments: "As we seek to realign planning with public health, restoring its original purpose, this guide seeks to unlock the power of planning to create health and wellbeing through excellent place shaping. Healthy places can in turn unlock productivity and boost economic growth so I hope that the guide will prove valuable for local authorities seeking to empower healthy and prosperous places. It provides clarity on the mechanisms available to councils and the case studies included demonstrate real-world applications of these principles, making the guide both practical and inspirational." Our work for the LGA is Prior + Partners latest commission where health, and how it’s influenced by where we live, is brought to the fore. As a placemaking practice comprising urban designers, planners, economists and data scientists, we continue to deepen our understanding of shaping healthy places through evidence gathering and its spatialisation, developing locally specific principles and, fundamentally, successful application, with our portfolio spanning from research to practice, both in the UK and internationally. To access the guide as well as find out more about how Prior + Partners is creating health through planning and design across the UK and internationally, visit our article - Applied Healthy Placemaking - on our website: https://lnkd.in/eEFGthER #AppliedHealthyPlaces #HealthyPlaces #CommunityWellbeing #PublicHealth #LocalGovernment

🎯 CONFERENCE FOCUS - Strategic Health & Social Care Planning Strategic Health & Social Care Planning is one of five key themes at this year’s Conference. This stream of the programme explores how the estates and facilities profession can effectively support and influence the delivery of the Integrated Care Systems’ future strategic planning requirements. 🎤 Topics covered under this theme include: > Health Investment Plans, Working with Local Authorities, Securing Sec106 and CIL Funding and Project Delivery - presented by Karina Dare. > Delivering Vital New Health Infrastructure With Local Authority Partners - presented by Caroline Couzens and Hugh Robinson. > Unlocking Value in the NHS Estate Through Master Planning and Collaborative Working - presented by Dr Jane Fitch. > Making the Most Out of Capital Funding: Multi-Agency Strategic Infrastructure Planning, Accessing CHP Capital and Effective Project Delivery at Pace - presented by Eugene Prinsloo and Philippa Robinson. > Reducing Emergency Admissions: a Person-focused, Preventative Approach to Community Health - presented by Erica Daley and Paul Yeomans RIBA FRSA. > Case study: Re-imagining the Whalley site: 100+ Acres to Create a Unique Community For Health and Wellbeing - presented by Joanna Stark and Emma Ingham. > Case study: North Manchester General Hospital: a Healthcare-led Approach To Civic Regeneration - presented by Michelle Humphreys and Emma Tanti. > PLUS: an update from IHEEM’s Strategic Estates Management (SEM) Advisory Platform, with Suzanne MacCormick, Paul Fenton MBE and Paul Holt MBA MCIOB >> View the Conference programme: https://lnkd.in/gy6Qhbyj << 🎟 Access the full Conference Programme with a Delegate Pass, which features a range of on-site benefits such as inclusive parking and catering. Book your Pass at: https://lnkd.in/eryjkDqf 🎤 In addition to the Conference content, the Keynote programme (open to all event visitors and free of charge to attend) features a session on Strategic Health & Social Care Planning (Day 1 – 2.00pm). This Keynote features talks and live Q&A with Matthew Ward (National Estates Strategy Lead - NHS England), Michael Wood (Head of Health Economic Partnerships at NHS Confederation) and Richard Lennard (Executive Commercial Director, New Hospital Programme). The session will be chaired by Claire Hennessy. IHEEM (The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management) NHS Estates and Facilities NHS England New Hospital Programme NHS Confederation Pozzoni Architecture Limited Loxie Medical Architecture NHS Property Services Ltd gbpartnerships Community Health Partnerships #SocialCare #NHS #StrategicEstates #CapitalFunding #CILFunding #InfrastructurePlanning #CHPCapital #CommunityHealth #CivicRegeneration