Healthcare

Contact:
John Hearle FRICS MCIArb
Director – Healthcare Division
Tel: 01727 844555

Aitchison Raffety have provided specialist advice in connection with healthcare property for over 25 years.

We have adjusted to meet increased and changing requirements during this time and the healthcare team has expanded to include specialist surveyors covering the whole of the UK. We act for GP’s, Primary Care Trusts, Housing Associations, Specialist Developers, Nursing Home Operators, Freeholders, Investors and Pharmacists, in addition to major funds. We offer the following services:-

Doctors, Dentists, Pharmacists & other Healthcare Providers

• Partnership and company valuations
• "Notional rent" and CMR assessments and appeals
• Rating assessments and appeals
• Loan security reports
• Full condition surveys for acquisition or refurbishment
• Schedule of Condition or Dilapidations

Primary Care Trusts & Local Health Boards

• Review of rating assessments and appeals
• Rent review/lease renewal negotiations
• Full condition surveys for acquisition or refurbishment
• Service charge management
• General management including rent collection
• Full development viability appraisals under CMR or Cost of Borrowing Scheme
• Design services for extensions or new buildings to ensure NHS compliance
• Project Monitoring
• Full project co-ordination

Developers

• Site funding and acquisition
• Planning applications and appeals
• Full design services for extensions or new buildings
• Project monitoring. Pre-contract to include investment advice on design and specification, future maintenance
• Heads of Terms for proposed leases/agreements for lease, defects liability etc.
• Project Monitoring, post contract
• Rent & Heads of Terms negotiations for Landlord/Developer or Tenant to include full NHS Estates and DV approval
• Specification and tendering services
• Contract supervision and certification
• Full project co-ordination, to combine all the above roles