A new way to understand and manage your estate
As your local population and workforce needs change, your NHS estate needs to become more flexible. And you need data and insight about your buildings to help you make the right decisions for your local community.
NHS Open Space is an all-in-one estate management service, giving you the tools you need to get the most from your estate. Whether that’s giving you a single view of your estate, understanding how your space is being used, helping you stay on top of room bookings or opening up options to generate revenue for underused space.
NHS Open Space can help you keep health services in the community by supporting you to create flexible spaces for patient clinics, office work and more.
1,300+
rooms
7,000+
unique users
550,000+
bookings made
NHS Open Space can help you by:
- giving you the opportunity to undertake a one-off utilisation study or ongoing monitoring
- providing you with a single consolidated view of your estate booking, utilisation and performance data
- giving your team access to our self-service booking platform, for internal and external use
- providing analytics tools to support decision making for your estate
- working with you to identify rooms or buildings that are underused and could be repurposed
- supporting you to develop new revenue streams by offering your bookable rooms to a community of 7,000+ users
Why NHS Open Space?
A data-led approach
NHS Open Space has found that many NHS organisations over-estimate their utilisation by up to 40% (based on utilisation studies done). Most of the NHS relies on anecdotal evidence, NHS Open Space gathers data using sensors strategically placed across your estate.
We practice what we preach
We use NHS Open Space across our property portfolio, managing 215 sites and over 1,200 bookable rooms. Since 2019, NHS Open Space has helped us improve our utilisation rates by nearly 20% and reduce void space by 10%.
Specially developed by the NHS for the whole healthcare sector
NHS Open Space was created by and for the NHS. Over 165 NHS Trusts and Providers, GPs, charities, and private sector organisations across England currently use the system to manage and book space easily. To date, NHS Open Space has helped to deliver over 3.5 million consultation hours and £5 million in additional revenue back into the NHS.
An end-to-end service
Regardless of wherever you are in the lifecycle of your estate, we can help you make better use of your space. We offer a range of services from estate strategy to town planning, capital project management and property development. Making sure your estate is set up in the right way to deliver the services your local communities need.
Find the right space for you
Our self-service booking platform is the core of the NHS Open Space system. It helps you use all your spaces easily and saves you time and effort.
Health, wellbeing, and community services can book flexible, affordable rooms across England by the hour, day, or session. It’s pay-as-you-go, so you only pay for what you use.
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