Scotland’s Healthcare Estate – Resilience, Renewal, Retrofit
Hannah Lewis-Jones
Mott MacDonald | Business Development Lead - Health
Chair
Hannah Lewis‑Jones is a recognised leader in shaping high‑quality, people‑centred healthcare environments across the UK. With a career grounded in commercial insight, strategic clarity and a commitment to genuine collaboration, Hannah brings a distinctive blend of technical expertise and inclusive leadership.
Throughout her career, Hannah has played a pivotal role in guiding clients through complex health-sector challenges, from masterplanning and strategic financial development to digital transformation and net‑zero pathways. She is known for building trusted relationships, aligning diverse teams around shared goals, and ensuring that good ideas translate into meaningful outcomes for patients, staff and communities.
Gill Bratt-McManus
Buchan + Associates | Healthcare Planner
Designing the Mindset, Not Just the Infrastructure
This presentation explores the mindset shift required to plan, prioritise and invest in Scotland’s healthcare estate within a context of constrained capital, national sustainability goals and new SCIM guidance. It highlights the move toward optimisation, refurbishment and reuse, the importance of aligning infrastructure, digital transformation and service redesign, and the need to plan at the right scale across Scotland East and West. The session also raises emerging challenges around applying existing technical and net‑zero standards to legacy estate, encouraging a system‑wide discussion on how Scotland can deliver resilient, proportionate and future‑focused healthcare infrastructure.
Alan Morrison
Scottish Government | Health Infrastructure & Sustainablity
Karen Hedge
Scottish Care | Deputy CEO
Lianne Knotts
Medical Architecture | Director
Breathing new life into an ageing hospital estate with quality and consistency
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NuTH) was facing a similar challenge to many NHS Boards. Its existing ageing building stock was operating with inefficiencies, impacting patient and staff experience.
Medical Architecture assisted NuTH in forming a vision for their estate, moving away from ad-hoc and opportunistic development, creating a guided framework for investment. A vital element was a comprehensive internal improvement programme and interior design standard to ensure a consistent quality of outcome that could be easily replicated. Particular attention was given to design for patients with dementia and frailty, as well as technical standards and guidance compliance, working within the constraints of existing structure.
David Morrison
Keppie Design | Associate Director
Lochaber Hospital: NHS Highland’s vision for a new build rural general hospital in the outdoor capital of the UK
The Lochaber Hospital Project is NHS Highland’s positive vision for a new build rural general hospital to replace the existing Belford Hospital in Fort William which is no longer fit for purpose.This presentation will discuss the development of a design for a welcoming, sustainable, and resilient healthcare facility that:
• Enhances patient experience and wellbeing
• Supports efficient and adaptable clinical delivery
• Reflects the unique landscape and identity of Lochaber
• Embeds low-carbon and sustainable design principles
Martin Rooney
Archus | Regional Director - North
Delivering Scotland’s New Generation of Community Health Centres: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Next Phase of Public Private Partnership Delivery