UHSussex Masterplan

The estate strategy is driven by clinical, operational and compliance priorities, aiming to enhance patient experience, optimise space utilisation and support innovation, whilst carefully considering affordability and capital funding constraints. 

The main drivers of the project include:

• Enhanced facilitation of the trust strategies – clinical green plan, agile working, research & innovation.
• Optimising clinical adjacencies and space utilisation
• Maximising opportunities presented by the 3Ts project.
• Maximising the efficient use of existing hospital buildings (Lord Carter Report).
• Enabling disinvestment from satellite sites and reducing backlog maintenance.
• Enhancing patient experience across the estate.

Our healthcare experts undertook a detailed analysis of the existing estate, identifying opportunities and constraints, and developed phased proposals aligned with clinical and strategic goals.

As a result of the data capture exercise and a series of stakeholder engagement workshops, a masterplan priorities matrix was created scoring items based on clinical, estate and strategic benefits, alongside site specific reports containing phasing timelines and high-level cost plans. 

For each key site, the shortlisted priorities were organised into phases determined not only by the scores in the matrix but also by considering factors such as interdependencies across the specific site, clinical strategy, building lifespan, and the impact on the capital development plan.