Space for Change in Health and Care with Prime PLC

We can’t develop a future of outstanding care, without caring about how we get there.At Prime, we have consistently recognised that our work has the ability to impact the health and wellbeing of people and planet and we believe passionately that the spaces we develop should contribute to the health and wellbeing of the environment and the communities who use them. In our fourth episode, we explore how the wider construction sector can and should approach the much-needed development of new environments while also protecting people and the planet. Our panel of guests includes:Will  Billbrough, Development Director at PrimeDuncan Baker-Brown, Architect Claire Bradbury, Senior Consultant at  Carbon Intelligence Richard Harper, Head of Sustainability, Energy and Carbon at Somerset NHS TrustTune in to hear them discuss the roles, responsibilities and challenges of sustainability in the design and construction of our physical environment.  They also share the innovative solutions and creative, conscientious thinking required to build a future that prioritises health, wellbeing and the environment. 

In this episode, Prime's Development Director, Ewan Forsyth, travels to the Southampton Science Park to interview Peter Baker, who is the Managing Director of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Saliva Testing Programme. In this conversation, they discuss Peter's innovative early work in PPE at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as Peter's involvement in the development of the Adanac Health and Innovation Campus.

Could designing our high streets around the health and care of our communities create a future that is not only economically viable, but sustainable? Can bringing a bit of kindness to urban planning help make us all well?In our second episode, we explore the latest thinking around urban renewal from a health and care perspective. Our guests, Leighton Chumbley (Prime PLC), Dr Sarb Basi (Director of Primary Care, Black Country and West Birmingham CCG), and Nancy Hey (Executive Director) at the What Works Centre for Wellbeing) will share their experience of town centre regeneration and bringing health into the high street, as we strive to fathom a future with tangible, long-term economic and social and wellbeing benefits.  This episode is hosted by Natalie Burns, Partner and Strategy Director at UnitedUs.

Featuring Leighton Chumbley, the Chief Executive of Prime, and his colleague Emma Sargent, Associate Director for Construction. They are joined by Paul Sherriff, Director of Partnerships at the NHS, Birmingham and Solihull CCG, Doctor Christina Walding Management Consultant for Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare at KPMG, and Matt Tebbatt, MD of One Creative Environments. This expert panel will be discussing the extraordinary rate of change that COVID-19 has caused and the knock on effect on NHS estates, particularly focussing on the importance of leadership and partnership to ensure they are fit for purpose for the future.