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Shared infrastructure: Unlocking the true potential of healthcare estates

The way public sector organisations use their buildings is under growing scrutiny. Hybrid working has changed daily patterns of occupancy, while financial pressure has sharpened the focus on whether estates are genuinely supporting service delivery. Nowhere is this tension more apparent than across the healthcare estate.

Hospitals, GP surgeries, and community health centres form one of the largest and most complex property portfolios in the UK. They are costly to maintain, energy-intensive, and increasingly, unevenly used. At the same time, demand for joined-up, accessible care continues to rise. As Matt Etherington, Public Sector Workplace Specialist at Matrix Booking observes, hybrid working has forced a difficult but necessary question: are healthcare estates being used in ways that reflect how services and staff actually operate today?

A hospital corridor scene with healthcare staff walking and talking, including a doctor and a nurse discussing notes in the centre. In the foreground, another staff member in scrubs reads a yellow folder. The image includes a FORTIS banner and the article title: “Shared infrastructure: Unlocking the true potential of healthcare estates” by Matt Etherington, Public Sector Workplace Specialist at Matrix Booking.

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