hub

hub establishes a public-private partnership company - a hubCo - which works with local organisations to provide bespoke, tailor-made facilities in Scotland.

The hubCo is formed from three groups:

• local public sector health and care organisations (including PCTs and Local Authorities);
• the selected private sector organisation;
• and the Scottish Futures Trust.

A hub Partnering Board, including all key local health and social care organisations, is established to collate the service requirements of all local providers. The Board plans and then delivers an integrated service strategy.

The hub model allows a range of buildings to be procured, from small GP practices to one stop centres to community hospitals and multi-million pound, multiple agencies, health and social care centres. In addition, the hub model has been developed so that it can provide the full range of public sector buildings, such as schools and emergency services buildings.

hub assets are owned by the public-private partnerships, run by the hubCo and leased/rented to service providers. This frees up the public sector to concentrate on service strategy and commissioning. The public sector, however, still has a 40 per cent stake in the ownership of the assets through its shareholding in hubCo. So the assets are therefore NOT exclusively owned by the private sector.