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At Prime we pride ourselves on having both our eyes on the future and our spades in the ground. Committed to building a better future, one that rejects the change paralysis of the past and cultivates collaborative progress – we hope that this dedicated space for knowledge sharing can help us in creating the future we all want to see together.
Article Accommodating a brighter future
The recruitment and retention of health and care professionals is one of the most acute and urgent challenges facing the NHS today. Amid a worsening understaffing crisis, it is estimated that the total price of inaction would cost the NHS a staggering £21.7bn.
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Article Ending change paralysis
In an uncertain world, there are two options for NHS estates. Option one is to hold on and hope. The other option? Forge ahead. Find out how to turn uncertainty into opportunity and create change to be proud of.
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Our first podcast series, Space for Change in Health and Care, is a monthly podcast series bringing together thought leaders from across property, health, care, and community, to discuss the most pressing issues facing the future of our physical environment and its relationship to the health and wellbeing of society.
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Our best deserve better
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is a welcome commitment to begin rebuilding the healthcare workforce. In it, the stark reality of the retention and recruitment challenge facing the NHS is laid bare: NHS trusts are reporting a staff shortfall of 150,000 that will rise to 360,000 by 2036 unless steps are taken to solve the issue.
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Condition critical: Why a lack of quality key worker accommodation is constraining health and care services
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, the quality and viability of vital NHS and care services are directly linked to declining housing affordability. How can key worker accommodation provide a vital mechanism to solve this health and care crisis?
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A future worth building
Prime’s reputation as a trusted partner is built on the understanding that if we say we can deliver something, we will. So when we set out to create our Sustainability Strategy, it wasn’t to pay lip service to the climate change agenda. Making empty promises just isn’t in Prime’s DNA. We’re a business that is driven by our values. It’s why our commercial success never comes at the expense of community and compassion. It’s also why, as the climate emergency has risen up the global agenda, we’ve become increasingly aware of our social responsibility in regards to the environment.
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Bob Smaylen
Development Director
The benefits of bringing housing for older people into urban renewal plans
The shifting sands of the UK’s demographics mean that our population is both growing and ageing. From the changing way older generations want to live their lives to the appropriateness, affordability and quality of accommodation for all, the social implications of this shift are a multifaceted and multigenerational pressure cooker; creating an issue of national importance.
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Kim Barnes
Associate Director
How to develop an estates masterplan that creates the momentum to change everything
How can the health and care sector can overcome change paralysis in their estates? In this article, Prime’s Associate Director Kim Barnes uses her experience to reveal how to develop a successful long-term estates masterplan which remains relevant to your ever-evolving business and clinical needs.
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Will Bilbrough
Technical Development Director
Why investing in adaptable spaces today can help us prepare for tomorrow’s unknowns
Warnings from experts suggest that we are likely to be living with the COVID-19 virus for many years to come. So, as we look to the future of health and care buildings, could adaptable spaces that flex to changing clinical needs be the solution to managing uncertainty?
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