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Specialist property advice
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Last modified date:18 February 2008
DH Estates and Facilities provides specialist property advice and guidance to ministers and the Department of Health. In addition, it supplies best-practice guidance to NHS organisations in England on all aspects of managing their land and property.
Health Building Note 00-08 - Estatecode
Estatecode has been revised and updated with effect from 1 May 2007. Changes have been made to this publication to reflect the organisational changes in the National Health Service and the Department of Health’s arm’s length bodies. Using Estatecode, all NHS organisations should be able to secure efficient and effective property solutions through the use of property resources in order to deliver better health and social care.
It should be noted that previous references to land and property appraisal and asset maintenance have been omitted from this edition of Estatecode. These archived sections are available in Health Building Note 00-08 - Estatecode - Land and Property appraisal. It is envisaged that the six-facet survey will be included in a revised ‘Developing an estate strategy’ to be read in conjunction with ‘A risk-based methodology for establishing and managing backlog’ (DH Estates and Facilities Division).
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Register of surplus public sector land
HM Treasury and the Department for Communities and Local Government have set up a Register of Surplus Public Sector Land (the register) managed by English Partnerships.
Once land has been placed on the register, public bodies, including the NHS, have forty working days in which to express an interest in purchasing it. Any subsequent transfer is at open market value. If no interest is expressed within this period, the property can be sold on the open market.
Directions have been issued whereby NHS organisations (except NHS foundation trusts) must place their surplus land and/or property on the register. NHS foundation trusts are encouraged to use and benefit from the register.
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