Local NHS Trusts have signed a ground-breaking new contract to improve estates and facilities management services across the city and counties.

It is the first time that the Trusts have joined together to manage facilities and estates services across all local NHS services, including health centres, hospitals and community services.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the Leicester City, Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust Cluster have signed a seven-year agreement with Interserve, the international support services and construction group.

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The contract, which is worth around £300 million, will provide investment to improve the buildings and facilities used to deliver NHS services to thousands of patients every day, as well as significant savings for the NHS.

Interserve will be responsible for delivering comprehensive facilities management services to the Trusts, including the delivery of catering, cleaning, maintenance and security across more than 550 NHS buildings and properties, totaling 490,000m2 and nearly 3,100 beds. The contract also includes a new partnership with Interserve to make the best use of the NHS buildings and estate and, using Interserve's supply-chain provider Capita Symonds, will support the NHS in delivering major modernisation projects.

The signing of this contract follows a two-year procurement process which has seen the NHS organisations come together to develop and then secure the multi-million pound agreement, having selected Interserve as their preferred provider in September.

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