New joint ministerial taskforce announced in response to the launch of the NHS Homes Alliance White Paper.
A joint ministerial taskforce has been announced in response to the new NHS Homes Alliance White Paper ‘A People Driven Approach; Delivering NHS Homes’, that launched yesterday, 26th June, to help deliver homes for health and social care workers to support staff retention and recruitment.
Lord Markham CBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, welcomed the paper from the NHS Homes Alliance and committed to leading a joint taskforce with the housing minister, Rachel Maclean to work through the barriers identified in the paper and support the NHS to streamline delivery of this much needed accommodation to support its vital and valuable workforce.
The White Paper was introduced yesterday evening to a broad cross section of senior representatives from NHS, property, finance, and government organisations at an event hosted by Perkins & Will, chaired by Peter Murray OBE Hon FRIBA, Co-Founder of NLA and Founder of the London Festival of Architecture.
Peter was joined by a panel of sector experts comprising of: Victoria Cave, Deputy Director Infrastructure Strategy and Capital Funding, Department of Health and Social Care; Caroline Cozens, Director of Capital Developments, Torbay and South Devon NHS FT; Alexandra Notay, Placemaking and Investment Director, PfP Capital; Roli Martin, Managing Director and Head of Finance & Partnerships, Global City Futures and Sarah Hordern, Non-Executive Director, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, CEO of regeneration consultancy Perspicio.
Sarah Hordern who spearheaded the development of the White Paper, provided an overview of the challenges and the recommendations detailed within the document. Sarah welcomed the announcement of the joint ministerial taskforce which will take the White Paper's recommendations forward and help find solutions to the urgent need for decent, affordable housing for our talented NHS and social care workforce.
Sarah commented:
“We have convened an important conversation around the provision of NHS homes. By capitalising on the collaborative strength already building through the NHS Homes Alliance, we look forward to supporting the taskforce and driving forward our mission of ensuring that talented people working in the NHS and social care have housing that supports their needs and can be recruited without the barrier of a lack of decent, affordable places to live close to where they work.”
Join us in our mission.
Join the conversation via the NHS Homes Alliance LinkedIn group: www.linkedin.com/groups/12856147/
Download the White Paper here: www.nhshomesalliance.co.uk
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