Vanguard Healthcare Solutions offers a range of services to healthcare providers, including additional capacity, emergency response, refurbishment replacement capacity, disaster relief, turnkey packages, project management and community healthcare services, whether as part of planned activity or as a relief effort following a crisis. The company’s mobile facilities can meet the need for operating theatres – including laminar flow theatres – endoscopy suites, day surgery units, outpatient clinics, endoscope decontamination units, ITU facilities and ward space. These purpose-built facilities help to ensure the highest level of patient care is delivered within the hospital’s own estate, reducing the inconvenience and risks associated with traditional outsourcing. Vanguard facilities have delivered a seamless integration of clinical expertise and technological advances in challenging situations across the UK, including in the immediate aftermath of hospital fires and flooding. They are also frequently utilised to maintain patient flow during the refurbishment of existing buildings, retaining the patient pathway and its associated revenue flow within the hospital. The company’s focus is to provide ongoing support while local capacity is restored or developed, facilitating continued patient access to top quality care. It is vital that the company works in partnership with host to develop the right solutions at the right time. As each situation is unique, early inclusion of Vanguard representatives during contingency or refurbishment planning can help to ensure an appropriate and responsive solution is developed. Vanguard mobile facilities can be deployed and installed within a matter of hours, and can be operational as early as 24 hours from the completed installation in some cases. They offer high-quality, additional clinical capacity on which host hospitals can rely, even during times of crisis.