Make Better Estate Decisions.
Improve utilisation. Release clinical capacity. Plan with confidence.
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OpenSensors helps NHS organisations make better estate and workplace decisions using real utilisation data, scenario modelling and proven methodologies developed through more than a decade of workplace transformation projects.
NHS estates are under increasing pressure
The NHS estate faces unprecedented demands.
Growing patient numbers, constrained capital budgets, ageing buildings and changing ways of working mean estate teams are expected to achieve more with the space they already have.
At the same time:
- £13.8bn+ maintenance backlog across the NHS estate
- Increasing pressure to release space for clinical services
- Rising expectations around sustainability and operational efficiency
- Hybrid working changing demand for administrative space
- Every investment decision competing for limited capital
The challenge is no longer simply understanding utilisation.
Typical NHS Challenges
Which of these are you trying to solve?
🏥 Optimise administrative office space
📅 Improve meeting room availability
🏢 Consolidate buildings
👥 Plan workplaces for hybrid working
📈 Improve utilisation across multiple sites
💷 Prioritise capital investment
🩺 Release estate for clinical services
📍 Co-locate teams more effectively
Executive Resource Centre
Practical guidance for today’s estate and workplace challenges.
Making Better Workplace Decisions
A practical framework for balancing operational efficiency, employee experience, financial constraints and long-term estate strategy.
Best for
- Directors of Estates
- Strategic Planning
- Transformation Programmes
Estate Optimisation
Learn how leading organisations evaluate utilisation, identify underperforming space and prioritise estate improvements.
Topics include
- Portfolio optimisation
- Estate utilisation
- Office rationalisation
- Future demand
- Risk assessment
Planning Workplaces for Hybrid Working
Understand how hybrid working is changing workplace demand and how organisations are redesigning workplaces around actual work patterns rather than attendance alone.
Topics include
- Hybrid strategy
- Team neighbourhoods
- Collaboration
- Focus work
- Space allocation
Meeting Room Strategy
Meeting room complaints rarely have a single cause. Learn how organisations distinguish between genuine shortages, room mix problems, booking behaviour and workplace design.
Topics include
- Room mix
- Peak demand
- Booking behaviour
- Right-sizing
- Investment priorities
Estate Consolidation
A structured approach to evaluating consolidation scenarios while balancing operational, financial and organisational risks.
Topics include
- Scenario modelling
- Capacity planning
- Future demand
- Estate risk
- Investment planning
Workplace Transformation
How organisations are prioritising workplace investment and delivering continuous improvement using workplace evidence.
Read Guide →Workplace Intelligence Resources
Practical guidance and benchmarking tools for better estate decision-making.
Decision Playbooks
Designed for busy estate leaders who need practical answers rather than theory.
- Should we consolidate administrative offices?
- Do we actually need more meeting rooms?
- Is our person-to-desk ratio still appropriate?
- Which workplace investments should we prioritise first?
- How should we phase workplace transformation?
- Which teams should be co-located?
- How can we release space for clinical use?
- What should we measure before making estate decisions?
NHS Benchmark Reports
- Office utilisation
- Meeting room utilisation
- Workplace density
- Hybrid attendance
- Person-to-desk ratios
- Peak occupancy
- Collaboration space
- Portfolio utilisation
The Workplace Decision Methodology
Every workplace decision follows the same challenge.
Understand today’s workplace.
Evaluate multiple options.
Implement with confidence.
Our Measure • Model • Transform methodology has been refined over more than a decade of helping organisations make better workplace decisions.
Learn how we approach workplace transformation
The OpenSensors 10-Year Review
Making Better Workplace Decisions
Observations from a Decade of Workplace Transformation
What has ten years of workplace transformation taught us?
Discover the biggest changes we’ve observed—from the evolution of workplace technology through to the growing complexity of workplace decision making.
Includes:
- Why occupancy isn’t enough anymore
- The five workplace decisions defining the next decade
- Lessons from NHS and enterprise organisations
- The future of workplace decision support
Download the Review
Webinar
Making Better Workplace Decisions
Lessons from a Decade of Workplace Transformation
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Join us as we share the biggest observations from ten years working alongside estate, workplace and facilities teams.
Topics include:
- Estate optimisation
- Meeting room strategy
- Planning workplaces for hybrid working
- Estate consolidation
- Scenario modelling
- Real customer examples
- Live Q&A
Register
Why OpenSensors?
For more than ten years we’ve helped organisations understand how workplaces are used.
Today, we combine workplace evidence, structured methodologies and decision support to help organisations move beyond reporting and make better estate decisions.
Whether you’re optimising office space, planning future investment or releasing estate for patient care, OpenSensors provides the evidence and guidance needed to move forward with confidence.
Ready to discuss your estate strategy?
Book a 30-minute NHS Estate Review with one of our workplace specialists.
Together we’ll discuss:
- Your current challenges
- Opportunities for improvement
- Similar projects we’ve supported
- Recommended next steps
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