Healthcare Construction Market - UK 2009-2013

Abstract

AMA Research will shortly publish the 3rd Edition of its overview of Healthcare Construction Market in the UK, focusing on key market trends, structure and change within the NHS, major healthcare providers and companies, contractors and procurement issues. This report reviews key forms of procurement in healthcare construction including Procure21 and NHS LIFT, with £ 21 billion to be spent in the next 3 years.

Key areas in the report:

• An overall review of both primary and acute healthcare in the public and private setting
• Analysis of public sector funding for NHS acute and primary care facilities - LIFT, Procure 21 etc.
• Review of key procurement processes, key construction consortia etc.
• Detailed analysis of the Government' s targets for capital spending as outlined in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, an update of construction progress and an assessment of contractors output of work in the healthcare market - £ 21 billion in next 3 years.

Areas of particular interest:

• Review of the progress of the new Express LIFT initiative and the Procure21+ framework which is being re-branded from 2010 onwards at a cost of around £ 2.9bn
• Expansion of the private sector in primary care provision and an increase in partnerships with the NHS - the role of corporate providers and healthcare chains, concerns that current reforms will lead to increasing fragmentation of provision in the healthcare sector
• Update of construction progress and an assessment of contractors output - including an analysis of PFI, Procure21 and NHS LIFT. Almost £ 7 billion to be spent in 2009-10.
• Anticipated opportunities for healthcare work over the next few years in the light of the current economic downturn
• More than 100 hospitals have been built under the 2000 NHS Plan. Although the programme is due to end in 2010, substantial funding increases for the healthcare sector are planned, with over £ 21bn being spent on healthcare projects over the next 3 years

Companies and Consortia included:

Balfour Beatty, Consort Healthcare, Bovis, Catalyst Healthcare Consortium, Carillion, Clinicenta, Lodestone Patient Care, Galliford Try,HBG (BAM Construct UK), Interserve Project Services, Pyramid Healthcare Consortium,Summit Healthcare, Kier Health, Prospect Healthcare, John Laing, Morgan Sindall, Willmott Dixon, Building Better Health Consortium, Primary Asset.

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

PUBLIC SECTOR HEALTHCARE IN THE UK

• Overview & Structure of the NHS and healthcare sector in England, Wales and Scotland.
• Legislative Drivers and Policy Issues shaping the way in which care is being delivered.
• Overview of the Primary Care Sector, including primary care trusts, provision of GP surgeries, polyclinics, treatment centres, walk-in centres, dental provision.
• An overview of the Secondary/Acute care sector, including foundation hospitals and plans to increase the provision of community hospitals and in the UK.
• Healthcare spending in the UK, including total spending, NHS budgets and primary care spending.

THE PRIVATE ACUTE HEALTHCARE SECTOR IN THE UK

• Structure and size of the private acute healthcare sector in the UK.
• Increasing partnership of the private sector with the NHS.
• Acute Hospital provision & leading independent providers.

CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR

• Value of construction new work output and construction output by sector in 2008.
• Construction output in 2009 and Beyond - £ 6.8 billion in 2009-10.
• Analysis of contractors output in the public healthcare sector.
• Outlook for Healthcare Construction Work over the next few years in the light of the current economic downturn - £ 21 billion to be spent in next 3 years.
• Capital Expenditure in the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales & N. Ireland.
• Impact of the ' Credit Crunch' on Healthcare Infrastructure - PFI projects.
• Healthcare Work Output - Government Targets & Progress to Date.

PROCUREMENT OF HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTION WORK

• Overview of principal procurement routes used in the NHS.
• The Private Finance Initiative - background, market size, progress to date, leading contractors.
• NHS LIFT - background, investment, scheme update & progress, principal consortia, new framework members, future of NHS LIFT and Express LIFT, LIFT in other regions.
• Procure 21 - background, investment, scheme update & progress, P21 in Wales, Frameworks Scotland, future of P21 and P21+. Restructuring of programme, £ 2.9 billion in next 4 years, new opportunities.

CONTRACTOR PROFILES

• Structure and size of the contracting industry.
• Key construction companies and contractors.
• Private sector consortia in healthcare.
• Contractor profiles - key contractors operating in the healthcare market.
• Healthcare developers - companies specialising in GP and primary care premises investment and development.