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<p>NHS Property Services aims to reduce vacant space in its estate by engaging with
tenants to make sure that their accommodation meets their operational needs. NHS Property
Services has introduced more flexible occupancy options; and incentives to more quickly
identify opportunities for the re-let or sale of properties. By March 2019, NHS Property
Services had reduced vacant space across its portfolio to 6.9% from 12% in April 2017.</p><p>NHS
Property Services works closely with local clinical commissioning groups and National
Health Service providers to optimise the estate and where appropriate to release properties
for sale which are surplus to local healthcare requirements. Where properties are
vacant for over six months without a defined future healthcare use, NHS Property Services
will seek to market the property to mitigate ongoing costs locally.</p><p>The current
policy is that capital receipts from the sale of surplus sites are reinvested in backlog
maintenance in the NHS Property Services estate, according to needs and priorities
on a national basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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