UME have been an essential part of the planning and design team that have translated our vision for primary care
and community services into Health and Well-Being Centres that will be fit for purpose for the future.
Andrew Ridley
Director of Primary Care
Tower Hamlets PCT
Director of Primary Care
Tower Hamlets PCT
Princess Royal University HospitalBromley
Healthsource Bromley is an equipment only health related PFI project and is the only one of its kind to date. The project is a self funded business, with its own set of PFI documentation and a self contained performance regime.Description
Healthsource Bromley covers a range of medical equipment for imaging, biomedical, laboratory and sterilisation areas and other equipment in virtually all departments within the hospital. In addition, the service provides the ongoing maintenance and life cycle replacement of this equipment, together with the provision of an in-house electro biomedical engineering team.The project comprises
- Purchase of new medical equipment: £8.1M;
- Responsibility for Trust transfer assets: £0.8M to be replaced when life expired;
- The ability to purchase additional £1M assets, total £9.9M capital;
- Life cycle replacement of all assets over a 30 year concession period;
- Full managed equipment service, including on the Trust’s retained estate of medical equipment worth £7M. comprising planned preventative and reactive maintenance of equipment against an agreed performance regime.
- The provision of equipment related services, principally replacement of spare parts, the performance of statutory testing of equipment, such as HTM testing and radiological protection activities and other equipment related services.
Project Status:
Operational
Project Type:
PFI Managed Equipment contract
Contract Value:
£11m
Equity Held:
100%
Financial Close:
22/03/2002
Concession Length:
31 years
Date Completed:
24/03/2003
HIGHLY COMMENDED BY THE NHS DESIGN REVIEW PANEL.
