title: NHS performance: the step change challenge.
abstract: Conor Ellis, head of health sector at international built asset consultancy EC Harris, argues that steps to "drive further value" from the existing healthcare estate, coupled with an approach to investment that mirrors best practice in the commercial sector, will be needed to meet patients' rising healthcare expectations in an ever more competitive market.
authors.affiliation: EC Harris.
authors.forename: Conor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000592:standards; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom