Interserve wins major Leeds NHS Trust contract with Equitix

Interserve, the services, maintenance and building group, has been awarded a 19-year contract by Equitix worth over £2.5 million a year to deliver facilities management at seven sites in Leeds providing a range of mental health services. These are owned and operated by Equitix in a Private Finance Initiative project on behalf of the Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust.

Interserve will employ over 150 staff to supply and manage a number of services including:

• Mechanical and electrical maintenance
• Building maintenanceCleaning and window cleaning
• Catering
• Linen and laundry
• Portering
• Waste collection and disposal
• Estates management
• Grounds maintenance
• Equipment maintenance
• Pest control
• Clinical waste transfer.

The seven locations provide a range of mental health services for a variety of service users. They are:

• The Newsam Centre, a 92-bed specialist mental health unit for people between the ages of 16 and 65 including a psychiatric intensive care unit.
• The Mount, a 96-bed facility catering primarily for those over 65.
• The Becklin Centre, a 90-bed facility adjacent to St James’s Hospital providing inpatient and outpatient services for the 18 to 65 age group.
• Asket House, a 16-bed facility providing a continuing treatment and recovery service for people aged 18 to 65.
• Asket Croft, a 20-bed facility providing inpatient and day-treatment services for people over the age of 65, together with community team accommodation.
• Little Woodhouse Hall, a 13-bed unit offering inpatient and day-treatment services for children and adolescents.
• Parkside Lodge, a 12-bed Learning Disability Unit providing inpatient and outpatient services and an associated community team.

Maria Kitching, Managing Director of Interserve’s Health business, commented: “We welcome this excellent opportunity to work with Equitix and to extend our relationship with Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust in delivering services to the local community - we have been providing facilities services at the Trust’s other PFI sites since 1998.”