Healthcare Strategy Consultants

A truly future-ready estate is only possible when the estates strategy is seamlessly aligned with the organisation’s broader ambitions – clinical, sustainability, workforce, and beyond. By coordinating these strategic elements, we ensure that every investment in the built environment supports outstanding care, empowers staff, advances sustainability, and adapts to emerging trends. Without this alignment, there’s a risk of building in silos – missing opportunities, duplicating effort, or even undermining other vital objectives. At Health Spaces, we believe that integrated, joined-up thinking is essential to create estates that are not just fit for today, but resilient and adaptable for tomorrow.

Estate Master Planning is about shaping a vision that stands the test of time – anchored in clear, long-term principles, yet agile enough to flex with the evolving needs of your organisation. At Health Spaces, we create masterplans that not only anticipate future clinical and operational demands, but also ensure alignment with national health strategies and the wider healthcare ecosystem, minimizing conflicts and maximizing opportunities for success. We rigorously assess infrastructure capabilities and utilities, so every design is grounded in what can be supported and sustained. By working closely with local and regional planning authorities, we make sure your estate is not just future-ready, but fully integrated with the communities and systems around it – delivering value, resilience, and opportunity for generations to come.

Effective Development Control Planning is about more than just scheduling projects – it’s about crafting a clear, phased roadmap that prioritizes the right developments at the right time to maximize value across the estate. At Health Spaces, we rigorously assess the feasibility of each scheme, considering budget, construction timelines, and operational realities to ensure every project is deliverable and aligned with organizational goals. Our high-level construction phase planning anticipates challenges and minimizes disruption, while comprehensive impact assessments ensure that every proposed development enhances, rather than hinders, the functionality of your organization. This disciplined, forward-thinking approach turns complex estates ambitions into achievable, sustainable progress.

A credible Net Zero estates strategy demands more than ambition – it requires action. At Health Spaces, we turn sustainability goals into reality with a delivery-first approach: every plan is underpinned by clear, actionable steps, fully costed models that demonstrate payback and long-term running cost savings, and robust business cases that stand up to scrutiny. We proactively identify and pursue grants and external funding to maximise investment and minimize the financial burden on your organisation. By combining technical rigor with financial acumen, we ensure your journey to Net Zero is practical, affordable, and delivers lasting value for your estate and community.

Unlocking the full value of your NHS estate requires more than just identifying underused spaces – it demands a strategic, evidence-based approach. The “core, flex, tail” framework helps you focus investment on essential buildings, adapt flex spaces to meet changing needs, and release or repurpose tail properties that no longer serve your goals. When you partner with Health Spaces, you gain a team with deep healthcare estates expertise, robust data analytics, and a collaborative mindset. We guide you through every step, from categorising your estate and gathering the right data to engaging stakeholders and implementing sustainable solutions. Our goal is to help you create an agile, future-ready estate that supports better care, operational efficiency, and long-term value for your organization and community.

Capital program management is about orchestrating complex programs across multiple projects, ensuring every initiative is coordinated, benchmarked, and sequenced for maximum value. Health Spaces’ integrated methodology brings all the moving parts together: we rigorously benchmark each project for budget clarity, program timelines to avoid conflicts, and ensure deliverability without disrupting critical infrastructure or clinical activity. Our holistic approach means construction phases are carefully planned for buildability, and every project is aligned to support your organization’s goals. By partnering with Health Spaces, you gain a team that sees the bigger picture – delivering seamless, efficient capital programs that drive lasting value and minimize risk at every stage.

Understanding the health needs of your population is the foundation of any credible estates strategy. At Health Spaces, we use advanced modelling techniques to forecast demographic trends, disease prevalence, and service demand – ensuring your estate is designed to meet the realities of tomorrow, not just today. By integrating local health data with national priorities, we help you anticipate future pressures, allocate resources effectively, and create spaces that truly serve your community. This evidence-based approach transforms planning from guesswork into strategic foresight, enabling estates that are resilient, responsive, and aligned with population health goals.

Strategic Health Planning is about connecting clinical ambitions with the physical environment – making sure your estate enables the models of care you want to deliver. At Health Spaces, we work closely with clinical leaders to translate service strategies into practical estates solutions, ensuring every square metre supports better outcomes. From integrated care pathways to digital transformation, we align estates planning with operational priorities and workforce needs, so your strategy isn’t just visionary – it’s actionable. The result? A future-ready estate that empowers clinicians, enhances patient experience, and drives efficiency across the system.

Without accurate demand and capacity planning, even the best-designed estate can fall short. At Health Spaces, we combine robust data analysis with clinical insight to model patient flows, bed occupancy, and service utilisation – helping you understand where pressure points will emerge and how to mitigate them. Our approach ensures that every investment is sized and sequenced correctly, avoiding costly overbuilds or under-provision. By aligning estates capacity with projected demand, we create environments that are efficient, adaptable, and capable of meeting the needs of a growing and changing population.

A strong commercial estates strategy turns property from a cost centre into a value driver. At Health Spaces, we help organisations unlock financial opportunities across their estate – whether through lease optimisation, surplus asset disposal, or innovative partnerships. Our approach balances commercial ambition with public sector accountability, ensuring every decision supports organisational goals while delivering maximum return on investment. By combining market insight with strategic planning, we enable you to reduce overheads, generate income, and reinvest savings into patient care – creating a sustainable financial foundation for your future estate.