Professor Passman is the Director of 3ts, Estates and Facilities, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Originally an Astrophysicist, Duane has worked on major investment programmes and projects in the NHS for over 20 years utilising public funding and PFI. He has worked on some of the largest projects in the NHS, being directly involved in well over £1 billion of investment to date.
These projects included the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, various developments at St. Thomas Hospital in London, the redevelopment of Chapel Allerton Hospital in Leeds, the Jubilee Wing at Leeds General Infirmary, the award-winning £238m Queen's Hospital in Romford and the redevelopment of the North Middlesex Hospital. He was a contributor to the 1994 Capital Investment Manual and has worked on the development of a significant number of large investment business cases, including developments in Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Birmingham and the island of Malta.
Duane was also Head of Capital Investment for the NHS in London from 2001 to 2007 and provided advice, guidance and support to all elements of the NHS capital investment portfolio across the capital. The Unit was confirmed by the Office of Government Commerce as a Centre of Excellence in Programme and Project Management.
Following this, he spent some time at Community Health Partnerships, a company formed by the Department of Health to manage investment in the LIFT Programme.
He joined Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust in August 2008 as the Programme Director for the development of teaching, trauma and tertiary services (3Ts) which will result in a £300m+ redevelopment. In September 2009 he assumed responsibility for the Estates and Facilities Management portfolios across the Trust.
He is a Visiting Professor in the School of the Built Environment at the University of Salford, which is a top rated research school and has recently been made the Chair of the Steering Committee of the Salford Centre for Research and Innovation.
He has published and presented widely on healthcare planning and capital investment in the UK and internationally. His particular interests are innovation in procurement, design and construction, ways in which the NHS can contribute to wider sustainable development and the development of programme and project management disciplines.
