NHS real estate is a complex business, particularly when you’re dealing with a sharp increase and influx of new staff, alongside a mass return to on-site working. In the next instalment of our monthly Practice Index / Ockham Healthcare series, residents Nicola Davies and Dr Hussain Gandhi, offer their thoughts on all things estates; from session planning, to support and management of the newly formed Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) teams, creation of hybrid working spaces, the benefits to both clinical and non-clinical staff of remote working. We try to pick apart the challenges and look at ways to maximise square footage, and maintain efficiency, whilst space is at a premium.

 

Introduction (40 secs)

 

The current situation in Nicola’s practice (1 min)

 

…and in Gandhi’s (1 min 36 secs)

 

Covid, the shift towards remote working, and the resulting impact on space (2 mins 17 secs)

 

The new version of remote working in a ‘post Covid’ era (2 mins 57 secs)

 

Nicola’s own experiences of remote working (3 mins 49 secs)

 

Have attitudes changed where remote working is concerned? (4 mins 53 secs)

 

Gandhi’s thoughts (6 mins 39 secs)

 

Remote session planning (7 mins 46 secs)

 

The resulting benefits in creating a more flexible working space (8 mins 22 secs)

 

Clinical working patterns within Nicola’s surgery (9 mins 10 secs)

 

Maintaining team spirit where multi-site working exists (10 mins 8 secs)

 

Considering the ARRS staff setup (11 mins 32 secs)

 

A sense of belonging and management of wellbeing needs (13 mins 32 secs)

 

Challenges for leaders (14 mins 59 secs)

 

Identifying with practice or PCN (16 mins 28 secs)

 

Meeting the estates needs of both clinical and non-clinical staff (17 mins 54 secs)

 

Hybrid working, digitisation of medical records and an IGPM update (20 mins 44 secs)

 

The Practice Index website is here

For all enquiries, please contact James Dillon here or Ben Gowland here