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WE ARE PROUD TO BE ON THE FOLLOWING PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORKS:

Utilising our front-line NHS Estates and Facilities experience, we provide cost effective and professional NHS Premises Assurance Model (PAM) consultancy, guidance and support to NHS Trusts wishing to develop and utilise the Department of Health Premises Assurance Model.

To support fulfilment of Trust duties under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and the NHS Constitution pledge to provide services from a clean, safe and fit for purpose environment, we are firmly of the opinion that the NHS Premises Assurance Model is an appropriate tool to aid Trusts on a self assessment basis in gaining an holistic understanding of compliance and proactively action planning deficiencies in relation to compliance, premises safety and efficient use of their estate.

It is of paramount importance in terms of patient experience, safety and public purse efficiency that the NHS Estate is appropriately maintained, safe and fit for purpose with assurances around compliance readily available to evidence such assertion both internally and to regulatory bodies such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Without robust, relevant and demonstrable evidence of assurance and governance it is extremely difficult to prove compliance and target investment where it is required to address deficiencies.

How We Can Help:

With practical front-line experience within NHS Estates and Facilities and having supported a number of Trusts through the PAM process, we are very well positioned to provide you with scaleable training, consultancy and support to encompass the following NHS PAM elements:

• An overview session in plain English to advise you and your team on the nature of the PAM and the requisite steps to successfully develop your Model;

• Close support in relation to the planning, preparation for and running of your PAM workshops with further advice in relation to Action Planning and “closing identified gaps”;

• Support and advice in relation to the collation, titling, storage and accessibility of your PAM assurance documentation in the five domains to provide assurance against your responses to the self assessment questions.; or

• A full PAM support package to include all of the above and / or ongoing consultative advice.

If you are a Micad Internet Property Register User we are very well positioned to assist in the integration of  the IPR to your PAM programme in relation to the storage and management of assurance documentation.

We can also advise and support you in relation to a range of Estates and Facilities related issues. Contact us for further information regarding this or any of our other services.

“. . . to provide services from a clean and safe environment that is fit for purpose based on national best practice”

NHS Constitution Pledge

Malcolm is a former NHS Senior Estates Manager with a broad Engineering background across NHS Acute Trusts built up from over 30 years practical experience.

Through the years he has been an Authorised Person for most Healthcare engineering disciplines.  He has been an Incorporated Engineer since 2003 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estates Management, as well as a qualified Authorising Engineer.

Since the inception of the Department of Health Premises Assurance Model (NHS PAM), Malcolm has been actively involved in the preparation and collation of the requisite information with a number of Trusts and has assisted in the presentation of the information in the required format to allow gap analysis and strategic planning and is trained to ISO 9001:2015 standard for internal auditing.

Malcolm leads on our Premises Assurance Model and other strategic and estates compliance related services.

Read the NHS PAM Guidance on the Department of Health Website

NHS Premises Assurance Model

NHS PAM SAQ’s