How we work
A trusted health and care ally
Expertise
The UK’s leading health and care property developer, investment manager and operator.
Prime enables health and care providers to make the most of their spaces. Together, we can overcome commercial, clinical and financial barriers, collaborate to deliver your projects without compromise and ensure everyone experiences better care.
Development and design
Clinical needs and aspirations are at the heart of everything we deliver. We combine our experience in partnership with our creative problem-solving to develop health and care facilities fit for the 21st Century.
From refurbishment projects and new GP premises to integrated primary care centres, elderly care schemes and hospital facilities, we deliver outcomes that transform patient and staff experiences.
Funding and investment
When your project needs flexible, affordable, and value-for-money solutions, our expertise in property funding can help transform your vision into reality.
Our funding team is responsible for sourcing, structuring and managing funding and investments – so whatever your project requirements, we’ll deliver a bespoke solution.
Property management
When it comes to property management, Prime is a pioneer, challenging established ways of thinking and rewriting the rulebook.
Our Asset Management team is raising industry standards to ensure the delivery and operation of high-performing, exceptional-quality buildings, improving outcomes for investors and operators alike.
With our flexible approach and ability to deliver a tailored response, we provide the precise service level you need when it comes to Facilities Management (FM).
Capital and accounting
Making change possible: property funding and investment
We are the seamless link between health and care providers and investors, delivering long-term value for communities and creating meaningful investment opportunities for funders. When your project needs flexible, affordable and value-for-money solutions, our expertise in property funding helps transform your vision into a reality. Alternatively, if you are an investor looking to invest in the health and care sector, Prime can connect you to opportunities that match your investment goals.
Looking for viable health and care funding solutions?
In a challenging health and care environment, health and care leaders need access to flexible, affordable and value-for-money funding to achieve transformational outcomes.
That’s where we can help.
With over two decades of experience, our dedicated funding team has built a strong network of trusted investors and responsible funders who can help turn your vision into reality.
We can deliver project funding from early-stage development to operational phases with tailored solutions for health and care property projects.
Looking for secure, long-term investment opportunities?
Investors are increasingly looking for opportunities to invest in social impact projects that support their ESG commitments. Yet, accessing health and care projects, particularly NHS ones, requires specialist knowledge, experience and a trusted partner.
That’s where Prime comes in.
We offer a unique platform for investors to access health and care projects that make a positive impact.
Whether you are a property investor looking to secure and forward-fund healthcare assets or an international investor seeking to build a diverse portfolio of healthcare investments, Prime’s experience and trusted partnerships connect to impactful health and care projects.
Our services
When it comes to health and care property development, we’re the experts.
We unlock complex estate management challenges with leading industry-specific investment management, legal, financial and property planning solutions, and work with our partners to see the projects through masterplanning to delivery.
Healthcare planning
Our experienced team acts as advisors and advocates to help you plan ahead and get more from your assets. By defining exactly what you want from a new scheme, they ensure that new developments meet both current and future needs. Their unique insights help facilitate service improvements, deliver commercial stability and drive efficiencies.
Development
Our property development specialties are the constant, supportive thread running from the initial project ideas through to the development, design, funding and construction processes into operation. Providing you with a single point of contact, they are skilled at finding dynamic value-for-money solutions to unlock projects — from complex land assembly to innovative design solutions.
Design
As our diverse work shows, every Prime building is original and designed to answer a specific set of challenges. From modest refurbishments to new developments for the integration of services, each project has one thing in common: we only work with design teams with the experience necessary to realise your vision.
Legal
Our specialist lawyers are reassuring guides when it comes to simplifying or speeding up all contractual aspects of a project. From leases and land transactions to best-value procurement, our in-house professionals are deft at avoiding costly delays and ensuring your brief remains central to all decision-making.
Investment management
Our in-house team of finance experts are the seamless link between health and care providers and investors, delivering long-term value for communities and creating meaningful investment opportunities for funders.
Construction
When it comes to construction quality and sustainability, Prime is driving up standards within the industry. We understand that the quality of construction can greatly influence the experience of building managers and users for years to come. That’s why we select the best contractors and work closely with them to monitor progress and deliver high-performing, exceptional-quality buildings.
Property management
With our flexible approach and ability to deliver a tailored response, we provide the precise service level you need when it comes to Facilities Management.
Stakeholder communication
Prime excels at engaging communities and garnering support for new developments. Our experienced Communications and Community Engagement team helps promote positive dialogue via multiple platforms to keep stakeholders well-informed throughout the development process.
Who we work with
Partnerships built on trust
Partnerships
Strategic estate partnerships and frameworks help organisations to realise the potential of their estates.
Our experience in partnering, combined with our creative problem-solving, enables us to deliver innovative solutions and commercial benefits to partners and clients alike.
Strategic Estates Partnerships (SEPs)
Offering a proven path to transform your estate, SEPs are joint ventures between NHS trusts and private sector organisations.
Combining NHS expertise with private sector innovation, Prime’s partnerships provide an efficient and affordable way to accelerate development, improve patient experiences and uncover new ways to generate income for NHS trusts.
Prime’s understanding of health economies, service modelling, operational requirements and public sector accounting means it brings a complete range of skills and solutions to a partnership.
Sustainable Transport and Infrastructure Framework
Prime is an approved NHS partner, helping the NHS lower its carbon output and achieve its 2040 ambition of carbon net zero emissions.
Prime is proud to be part of the NHS SBS Sustainable Transport and Infrastructure Framework. Through this procurement framework, we provide development expertise and value-for-money private funding for new car park projects, which supports sustainable and efficient development solutions.
For more information on the framework operator, visit:
https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/fas-sustainable-transport-infrastructure
Pagabo Developer Led Framework
The Pagabo Framework enables Prime to deliver a variety of different projects including those in the public sector, strategic development services for Integrated Care Systems and key worker accommodation.
The framework features nine lots covering three contract structures:
- Property Development via Joint Venture and Special Purpose Vehicle.
- Long Income Lease and Lease Back.
- Property Development Single Site by Development Agreement.
It is available to all public sector bodies including schools, universities, local authorities, police and emergency services, NHS organisations, health and social care providers and housing associations, as well as central government departments and the Ministry of Defence.
Partnerships
