The Future of NHS Estates

How NHS and healthcare leaders can create the estate capacity needed for transformation, productivity and improved patient outcomes in an environment of financial constraint

 

As the NHS seeks to reduce waiting lists, improve patient flow, expand diagnostic and elective capacity and support the shift towards neighbourhood-based models of care, the demands placed on the healthcare estate continue to grow.

 

For many organisations, this is creating a significant challenge. Capital budgets remain under pressure, backlog maintenance liabilities continue to increase and traditional funding routes can struggle to keep pace with changing service requirements. At the same time, NHS leaders are expected to improve productivity, support workforce efficiency and deliver better outcomes for patients and communities.

 

As a result, senior leaders across the NHS, DHSC and the wider healthcare community are re-evaluating how estate strategies are planned, funded and delivered – exploring more agile approaches that can provide greater flexibility, accelerate delivery and support long-term value.

 

Join us to network with your peers and gain practical insights into how organisations are creating additional capacity, supporting service transformation and addressing estate challenges in a financially constrained environment. This is an exclusive event and seat numbers are very limited, so apply for your place now.

 

The topics we will explore

 

During the meeting, we will focus on questions such as:

• How can the NHS create additional capacity when capital budgets remain under pressure?
• How should systems balance estate investment, backlog maintenance and service transformation priorities?
• What options exist when urgent estate requirements fall outside traditional capital programmes?
• How can organisations accelerate estate delivery without compromising long-term objectives?
• What role can alternative financing and delivery models play in supporting NHS transformation?
• How can the NHS build a more flexible and future-ready estate?

 

Who is invited?

 

This discussion over dinner is designed for senior NHS and healthcare leaders responsible for estates, finance, infrastructure and transformation, including Chief Finance Officers, Directors of Estates, NHS England representatives, DHSC stakeholders and other senior decision-makers across the healthcare sector.

 

Be one of 12 senior finance professionals attending this event at the Royal College of Physicians. For any enquiries, please contact Mergim Begolli on 020 8349 6458 or email m.begolli@business-reporter.co.uk.

 

This sponsored dinner is brought to you by Darwin Group and is only for senior executives, as described above. Registrations of consultants, solution providers or other sellers to this market won’t be accepted. To be eligible, you must be employed by a healthcare organisation, public sector body or other qualifying end-user organisation.

 

This event is free of charge to attend.

 

When you register, we will ask you for your corporate email address, which we will share only with the event sponsor(s). See our privacy policy.