Ryhurst Ltd is a specialist provider of health estate management services in England. The firm is based in Sussex.
Ryhurst formerly delivered new NHS facilities via the
Private Finance Initiative
The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects. Initially launched in 1992 ...
. It built
Lymington New Forest Hospital, which opened in 2007 for
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is a former NHS foundation trust which provided community health, mental health and learning disability services across Hampshire. It was one of the largest providers of such services in England. On 1 October ...
but has now developed a strategic estates partnership model. The public sector contributes the land and the assets, and the private sector secures funding to an equivalent amount. Both have a 50-50 share in the resulting company. Stephen Collinson, the managing director of Ryhurst, is a former hospital chief executive.
Partnerships have been formed with
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, and the
Isle of Wight NHS Trust. Collinson claims that the company acts as a 50:50 partner with the trust and tries to help them deliver their clinical service plans and service change strategies by providing the most appropriate estate.
Concerned residents on the Isle of Wight held a meeting about the future of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust and the partnership with Ryhurst, in December 2014. The deal was described by trade unions as a slippery slope towards privatisation.
Isle of Wight Council
Isle of Wight Council, known between 1890 and 1995 as Isle of Wight County Council, is the local authority for the Isle of Wight in England. Since 1995 it has been a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, being a non-metropolitan cou ...
scrutiny committee chairman Cllr Geoff Lumley questioned why health trust bosses failed to mention the deal when they met with councillors in November 2014.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.ryhurst.co.uk
Private providers of NHS services