A Sky News investigation has discovered that the Department of health is wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers money each year on renting buildings which are no longer used.

It has been estimated by one property expert that the total wasted floor space across the NHS is equivalent to that of Waitrose and Sainsbury's combined.

The problem is that very long leases were taken out historically and circumstances have now changed. In one expample a health centre in Christchurch has a lease that began in 1972, has been empty for 22 years and still has 50 years remaining on the lease.

There are 25 empty Department of Health buildings which are combining to cost the taxpayer approximately £2.8 m per year.

MOS, via a managed office solutions strategy offers a potential answer to this dilemma. This would provide an alternative route to market, with the potential of revenue streams from a more flexible approach to office space disposal and a reduced level of capital expendituire versus more conventional markleting methods.

MOS is offering to carry out a feasibility study to assess the suitability of each of the empty buildings for a managed office solutions disposal strategy.  

The original Sky News article is linked below:

http://bit.ly/k4d0FL