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Project Stages and Options

Business people going through the project stages

9 Project Stages

  • Stakeholder Workshop 1: Case for Change
  • Stakeholder Workshop 2: Identifying and assessing the long list of options
  • Stakeholder Workshop 3: Benefits of Risks of Options
  • Independent panel: Economic Approval Review
  • SSP Committee: Review first draft of OBC
  • Stakeholder Workshop 4: Risk assessment
  • Stakeholder Workshop 5: Management Arrangements
  • SSP Committee: Approved OBC
  • Welsh Government: OBC Feedback

 

Shortlist of Options

  • Option 1 – 5 LPUs: Continue to deliver laundry services from 5 existing NHS Wales LPUs under centralised management arrangement
  • Option 2 – 4 LPUs: Reconfigure to deliver laundry services from 4 NHS Wales LPUs under centralised management arrangements
  • Option 3 – 3 LPUs: Reconfigure to deliver laundry services from 3 NHS Wales LPUs under centralised management arrangements
  • Option 4 – 2 LPUs: Reconfigure to deliver laundry services from 2 NHS Wales LPUs under centralised management arrangements
  • Option 5 – 1LPU: 1 LPU: Reconfigure to deliver laundry services from 1 NHS Wales LPU under centralised management arrangements

 

Preferred Emerging Options

  • 3 Laundry Production Units managed centrally
  • Predicted circa £2m per annum cash releasing benefits
  • £0.248 average cost per item (industry best practice £0.25)
  • 164 items per operator hour (industry best practice 160-180)

 

Delivers Key Benefits

  • Improved facilities
  • Better working conditions
  • Improved productivity
  • Reduced costs

 

Minimise risks

  • Redefined risk of system failure
  • Robust contingency arrangements
  • Minimal logistics risks
  • Low impact on local economics