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 199 ...
. It built
Lymington New Forest Hospital
Lymington New Forest Hospital is a community hospital in Lymington, Hampshire. It is managed by the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the old Lymington ...
, which opened in 2007 for
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust 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
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, known as Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust until October 2019, provides a range of services including secondary mental health care, inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perin ...
, 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 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