Healthcare

Our specialist team has a strong track record of providing high-quality solutions within the healthcare sector, having successfully delivered a wide range of new-build and refurbishment projects throughout Scotland.

Private room at the Royal Hospital for Sick children and Young People, Edinburgh. A boy is in bed with receiving visitors in this bright hospital room. Colour and illustration is used on the floor and walls.

We work with the majority of Scottish NHS Boards and private-sector operators, including special purpose vehicle (SPV) funds and specialist contractors, and are fully conversant with the processes, challenges and strategies needed to deliver the best outcomes for the most complex healthcare projects.

Key Contacts
Ross Lovatt Senior Director
The exterior view of the Emergency Department at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Young People, Edinburgh. A White building with 5 storeys, curved ends and irregularly placed windows. There is a canopy above the door for admissions. Three staff members walk towards the camera.

Specialist market intelligence

We have accumulated extensive market intelligence in the healthcare sector through our experience working on projects across a range of procurement routes. Our comprehensive database of costs, subcontractors and specialists means we can generate substantial financial and programme advantages for our clients without impacting on quality.

We also have an established supply chain of experienced healthcare professionals who provide support across a broad range of healthcare planning, design and delivery.

Orthopaedic operating theatre newly constructed at the National Treatment Centre - Fife Orthopaedics, Kirkcaldy. Lighting and screes are suspended on arms from the ceiling.
During the construction of the Linear Accelerator Unit at the Western General Edinburgh. A concrete lined space to provide radiation shielding.
Constructing the radiation-shielded bunkers at the Linac Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.

Healthcare construction services

We act in numerous management and technical roles – such as lead advisor, NEC supervisor, project management, cost control, and health and safety – on all types of projects. These include capital new-build primary care and major acute hospitals, primary care health centres, refurbishments and extensions, and regular repair and backlog maintenance works.

Our team also regularly instructs and manages specialist contractors in the installation of cutting-edge medical devices and equipment for the delivery of advanced treatments.

In the plant room at the purpose-built Renal Dialysis Unit, Edinburgh. Controls, ducting and machinery lines the walls.

We have considerable experience working in acute healthcare environments. A thorough understanding of NHS procedures allows us to deliver projects successfully on live operational sites. 

Careful planning and coordination mean that new building works, extensions and refurbishments, as well as upgrades to shared infrastructure and services, can go ahead with minimal disruption to ongoing patient care.

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At reception in the Renal Dialysis Unit, Edinburgh - a purpose built healthcare facility at the Western General Hospital. A member of staff receives a visitor at the reception desk in the double height, naturally lit space.

Procurement routes

We help our clients to confidently navigate current procurement initiatives in hospital construction and other healthcare projects. These include Health Facilities Scotland frameworks, the Scottish Procurement Alliance, Scape, the NHS Shared Business Services Framework, Crown Commercial Services, revenue finance initiatives and the Scottish Futures Trust hubCo model.

Preparing the business case

Our team offers specialist consultancy services to support the strategic delivery of business cases, including drafting them on behalf of NHS Boards and Trusts.

We are fully conversant with the business case process following either HM Treasury The Green Book or Scottish Capital Investment Manual (SCIM) guidance, and have assisted Health Boards and Trusts through strategic assessments, initial agreement, outline and the full business cases.

A treatment ward in the Haematology Centre at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. Chairs for patients and visitors are arranged around the room. Bespoke artwork is on the walls and a bespoke installation provides the illusion of a skylight above.
A night view from higher up of the Anne Rowling Clinic in Edinburgh. The single storey, modern building glows with light.
Excellent all-round project management and cost advisor services. The National Treatment Centre – Highland project is in very capable hands.
Kevin Minnock
Project Director, NHS Highland
Inside a small ward at the rural new build hospital at Broadford on Skye. Two beds have a view out over the sea and there are chairs for visitors.