BW Healthcare Surveyors LTD

03/12/2025

💥COMING SOON 📢 FREE WEBINAR

Will Ellis will be joining Sarah Cook and Victoria Walker from Porter Dodson Solicitors for a focused lunchtime webinar where they will share practical guidance on: Succession and Retirement Planning - What to do with your premises?

📜 Updating or drafting a Partnership Agreement.
⚖️ Surgery valuations and timing.
🏥 Lease and property considerations,
💷 Refinancing and finance essentials.

With practical insights and time for Q&A, this session is designed to give GP partners and practice managers clarity and confidence when managing partner recruitment.

👥 For: GP Partners/Practice Managers
💻 Where: MS Teams
📅 When: 29TH January 2026 13:00-14:00
💷 Cost: Free
❓ Includes: Live Q&A

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03/12/2025

🚨 Lets take a look back at Episode 1 of our Podcast

In this episode we will talk about how to maximise your finances if you are in an NHS GP Practice.

If you are in an owner occupied surgery we will discuss how to increase your rental income.

If you are in a leasehold premises we advise how you can make savings on the rent and service charges you pay the landlord.

🎧 Listen or watch — your choice:



▶️ On your commute, in the office, or wherever suits you best.

🟢 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eJpmGE9h

🟥 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Yv6yN6N3zyI?si=VlW7aQvxQK_9Q5Yr

🔜 New Episodes coming soon… stay tuned!

In this episode we will talk about how to maximise your finances if you are in an NHS GP Practice. If you are in an owner occupied surgery we will discuss ho...

02/12/2025

🏥 Succession & Retirement Planning – Premises Options

Could a sale & leaseback be the answer to your succession planning challenges? 💷🔑

Check out our article below 👇🏻

https://bwhsurveyors.co.uk/succession-and-retirement-planning-what-to-do-with-your-premises/

Have you ever considered whether a sale and leaseback transaction would resolve your succession planning issue?

01/12/2025

🏥 Why is my Notional Rent reimbursement abated?

Your Notional Rent may be reduced (“abated”) for a few common reasons, such as:

💷 Improvement grants — if NHS funding has contributed to refurbishments or extensions, an abatement is applied for a set period.

🤝 Third-party use — if you rent space to other providers, reimbursement may be adjusted unless approved.

📏 Under-utilised space — if parts of the building aren’t needed for core NHS services, the valuer can reduce the reimbursed area.

In short: abatements usually reflect grant-funded improvements, non-practice use, or surplus space. ✅



Check out our link below 👇🏻

https://bwhsurveyors.co.uk/why-is-my-notional-rent-reimbursement-abated/

There are several reasons why your notional rent could be abated, including the practice receiving an improvement grant, the GP surgery renting out space to alternative healthcare providers or the practice under-utilising their space.

28/11/2025

Quick Tip 🏥💡

A GP surgery Sale & Leaseback means the owners sell the building and lease it back, so they stay put while the buyer becomes the landlord.

https://youtu.be/2-ttCh3qXcg

A “Sale & Leaseback” of a GP Surgery is where the GP owners sell the property and simultaneously take a Lease back from the purchasing party who will then in...

27/11/2025

Since 2017, BW Healthcare Surveyors’ specialist Primary Care Team has been proud to support GP practices and healthcare organisations.

If you’d like to speak with an expert advisor, get in touch via our contact form or the details below — we’d be delighted to help.

BW Healthcare Surveyors' expert GP premises team help and support GP practices and primary care investors with their premises requirements.

26/11/2025

SALE & LEASEBACK 🏥💷

Do you have succession planning or recruitment challenges?

Partners approaching retirement?

If so, you may be considering how to release equity from your practice without disrupting patient care.

Sale & Leaseback can provide capital now, while allowing you to stay in the premises on a secure lease ✅.

https://bwhsurveyors.co.uk/our-services/sale-leaseback/

Our specialist GP surveyors help and support GP practices and primary care investors through sale and leaseback transactions

25/11/2025

Are you maximising the rental income from your pharmacy tenant? 💊🏥

A co-located pharmacy sits attached to, or within the grounds of, a GP surgery. Because the surgery drives a large share of pharmacy trade through prescriptions (“Items”) 📄, operators want to be as close as possible to capture patient footfall 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️.

That proximity has real commercial value 💷—so it’s worth checking your rent and lease terms reflect it ✅.

https://bwhsurveyors.co.uk/are-you-maximising-the-rental-income-you-receive-from-your-pharmacy-tenant/

As the GP Surgery is a significant source of the business for the Pharmacy, it makes commercial sense for operators to position as close to the GP Surgery as possible, to essentially capture the patient footfall.

24/11/2025

What is a CMR1 form? 📝🏥

A CMR1 is an Excel form issued by the NHS/ICB to instigate the triennial Notional Rent Review. NHS England and the District Valuer use it to determine your practice’s Notional Rent reimbursement.

✅ Filling it in accurately is crucial

⚠️ Errors can cause delays or even reduce your Notional Rent

If your review is due and you’d like support completing the CMR1, feel free to get in touch. 🤝

https://bwhsurveyors.co.uk/fact-sheet-2-what-is-a-cmr1-form/

A CMR1 form is an excel spreadsheet issued to Practices by the NHS/CCG in order to instigate the triennial Notional Rent Review process.

13/11/2025

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11/11/2025

💡 TOP TIPS FOR PRIMARY CARE PREMISES 💡

Got a query about primary care premises? We're here to help!

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10/11/2025

🏠 How to Switch from Cost Rent to Notional Rent

All GP practices in the UK that provide NHS medical services are eligible for rent reimbursement, though the terms depend on who owns the premises.

If the partners own the building outright, the payment is known as Notional Rent (or Current Market Rent). If there’s a mortgage, the practice may receive Cost Rent instead.

💡 Understanding the difference — and when to switch — can ensure your practice is receiving the correct level of funding.

https://bwhsurveyors.co.uk/how-to-switch-from-cost-rent-to-notional-rent/

All GP Practices in the UK who provide NHS medical services are eligible for rent reimbursement with different terms depending on whether they own the premises or not; If the Partners own the building outright, it is 'notional rent’ or ‘current market rent'.