Mr. Cole, the Northern Ireland Deputy Secretary and Chief Estates officer in the Dept. of Health, Northern Ireland, spoke as an expert witness for the applicant (NPHDB)\u00a0 on the topic of hospital co-location\u00a0 at the recent Oral Hearing of ABP. He is Chairman of the European Health Property Network (EuHPN)<\/span>,\u00a0 the organisation which recommended the team that conducted the Part One, Financial Analysis, NPH Independent Review commissioned by\u00a0 Minister Reilly\u00a0 in June 2011.<\/p>\n He showed slides of the Royal Hospital Group of Belfast hospitals and the new\u00a0 Southern Glasgow Hospitals campuses\u00a0 as examples of co-location. Site size was not mentioned.<\/p>\n Later, no answer was obtained from the applicant during the\u00a0 ‘ Questioning of Applicant ‘ sessions( Mr. Cole not present) when the size of UK sites was requested by an observer.<\/p>\n We have since found the following information on the Belfast and Glasgow hospitals websites:-<\/p>\n Size of Royal Belfast Hospitals Campus<\/strong>\u00a0 is 28.3ha \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>(70 acres) with 4 hospitals – Adult, Maternity, Children’s (107 beds) and Dental hospitals. There are 2300 car parking spaces of which 740 are for patient\/visitors and 1560 are for staff.<\/p>\n Size of New South Glasgow Hospitals Campus is\u00a0 28.9ha.<\/strong><\/span> – Adult, Maternity, Children’s(256 beds) hospitals, research,laboratory and facilities management building (includes genetics)<\/p>\n Plots on the campus for a\u00a0 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow(postgrad) building, Medical undergraduate and Nursing education buildings have been identified and buildings planned.<\/p>\n Compare these sites to\u00a0 the Size of the Mater, Dublin, Site – 6.8ha<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 – Adult, Maternity and Children’s( 445 beds) hospitals.<\/p>\n Enough said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0CO-LOCATION Mr. Cole, the Northern Ireland Deputy Secretary and Chief Estates officer in the Dept. of Health, Northern Ireland, spoke as an expert witness for the applicant (NPHDB)\u00a0 on the topic of hospital co-location\u00a0 at the recent Oral Hearing of ABP. He is Chairman of the European Health Property Network (EuHPN),\u00a0 the organisation which recommended … Continue reading Update, Nov 20th 2011<\/span>