Health Estates provides a dedicated service to all of the Department of Health's arm’s length bodies (ALBs), including the six Health and Social Care Trusts and the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS), facilitating the strategic capital development of the healthcare estate through long-established partnerships with key stakeholders.
It delivers a comprehensive construction procurement service for capital projects from inception to completion. The capital portfolio has a value of approximately £2 billion.
It comprises six subdivisions:
- Estates Development 1 (ED1): headed by David Porter, it serves the Northern and Western Trusts.
- Estates Development 2 (ED2): headed by Katherine Hanratty, it serves the Belfast Trust.
- Estates Development 3 (ED3): headed by Joseph Smyth, it serves the Southern and South Eastern Trusts, the NIAS and the NIFRS.
- Procurement Standards and Cost Advisory (PSCA): headed by Philip McClay, it is primarily a QS branch; responsible for preparing budget costs at any and all business case stages, and for preparing monthly cost profiles.
...based in Annexe 2, Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate, Belfast, BT4 3SQ.
- Sustainability, Engineering and Estates Safety (SEES): headed by David Wilson, its responsibilities include Sustainability, Decontamination of Reusable Surgical Instruments, and Medical Device and Estates Safety.
- Property Management Branch (PMB): headed by Paula Jones, it provides timely and accurate property management advice to DoH and Trust/ALB colleagues.
...based in Block C and Annexe 4 of Castle Buildings, respectively.