RKW are retained as Trust healthcare planning advisers to this development and are providing expertise and support to ensure that, on completion clinical functionality and hospital sizing are not unduly compromised compared to an optimum configuration achievable in a single phase new build development.

RKW have worked with this world renowned children's Trust for many years, initially in developing their strategic service and estates vision as part of the GOS2000 project. RKW undertook the service and financial modelling for the SOC in 2000 which envisaged a capital investment in excess of £300m.

RKW assisted the LHB in the production of the first Integrated Service and Estates Strategy (ISES) for investment in the primary infrastructure in Torfaen.

RKW are currently working on two major hospital schemes in Bologna. Our role is two-fold; we are developing future capacity requirements based on reconfiguration of whole health systems; and developing a clinical brief for each site to underpin Development Control Plan preparation, working closely with the Italian architects Studio Zingaretti.

RKW are working with the Acute Trust and the 5 Local Health Boards in and around Newport, South Wales on a SOC for major reconfiguration of Primary and Acute services which, it is envisaged, will see a capital investment in excess of £750m.

RKW were commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government to undertake the Pathology Modernisation Study. This was a review of the existing pathology services across South Wales in order to ensure that any future developments would meet future service user requirements as identified in 'Designed for Life' and the 'Diagnostic Services Strategy'.

RKW are healthcare planning advisers to this Mental Health Trust. This role includes working with User Groups to develop output based specifications and high level avtivity modelling for the re-provision of mental health services across the North Merseyside health economy.

RKW are currently supporting the Trust in preparation for its short, medium and long-term planning process as part of the Trust's PHSI project. Specific workstreams include service and activity planning including developing the Trust's model of care within the locality.

RKW completed this framework brief in October 2007, which builds upon the decision to secondary services based in Dublin along with national tertiary services in a new children's hospital - potentially co-located with a maternity hospital. As part of our work we engaged clinical advisers from Canada, the USA and the UK and contacted more than 20 children's hospitals internationally.