We want to explore how we can work together to get more value from our land and buildings, and bring all our sites up to modern standards.

In 2018 we were allocated STP funding to invest in the redevelopment of Hinchingbrooke, additional capacity on the Addenbrookes site and a brand new East of England Children’s hospital that integrates mental and physical health services.  More detailed plans will be developed over the coming years to allow this money to be drawn down.

We have been working hard to ensure that the community estate is used efficiently, which has allowed us to dispose of some of the older estate.   We continue to look for opportunities to develop new primary and community care facilities on the larger sites.

We have already started to work in a more coordinated way, not only across health and care but also with partner agencies including the fire and police services.

We want to promote co-location and shared working spaces which can bring teams together and foster integrated care delivery across health and social care agencies.

We want to use our estates to support new models of care. This could be through the creation of larger, modern, family and frailty-friendly hubs, where GPs can work side by side with community and social care staff, have direct access to diagnostics and specialist advice, and are enabled to diagnose and care for more patients without the need to refer to hospital. Over time we expect these hubs to replace much of outpatient care.

The Health and care system has longer term aspirations NHS and local health and care resources together under one roof where this is beneficial, this will support providing proactive care closer to home. The sites at Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely and North Cambridgeshire Hospital in Wisbech could be locations for these new neighbourhood hubs. Outline plans, which will help us respond to a growing population, local health needs, and poor current infrastructure, are in development.