Episode 22: James Weaver & Guy Carson

Community Health Partnerships

Posted on 17 October 2025

James Weaver, Regional Director for Midlands, and Guy Carson, Strategic Estates Productivity Lead at Community Health Partnerships, joined us to talk about their work in supporting the NHS in delivering neighbourhood care in an affordable and deliverable manner, and how strategic decisions directly contribute to better patient experiences.

Episode 21: Rob Sinclair & Stuart Bowman

Dalkia Energy Services

Posted on 16 October 2025

For this episode Rob Sinclair, Business Development Manager & Stuart Bowman, Development Director at Dalkia Energy Services discuss how investing in energy infrastructure and the decarbonisation of hospitals can directly support patient health outcomes, and how such projects can help the NHS in the long-term.

Episode 20: Arun Sebastian

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Posted on 15 October 2025

Arun Sebastian, Capital Programme Manager at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, joins us to talk about the importance of preventing risks before they escalate in healthcare capital projects, and how a governance-focused risk and flags dashboard compares to traditional risk management methods.

Episode 19: Matt de Frece

Power Control Ltd

Posted on 10 October 2025

Matt de Frece, Head of Sales at Power Control, talks about the HTM 06-01 document - the importance of estate managers referring to it, the relevance of it in the context of UPS systems, and how the advice on maintaining UPS systems contributes to prevention over cure.

Episode 18: Richard Beckett

Global Water Solutions

Posted on 9 October 2025

Richard Beckett, Global OEM Relationship Director at Global Water Solutions, discusses the challenges faced in engineering of healthcare water supply systems, particularly in terms of preventing Legionella in a compliant manner.

Episode 17: Pete Sellars

IHEEM

Posted on 8 October 2025

Pete Sellars, CEO of IHEEM, joins us to discuss the value to be gained and lessons to be taken away from attending Healthcare Estates 2025. He talks about the features of the Conference and Exhibition and how the value for attendees has been increased this year, as well as the benefits of being an IHEEM member.

Episode 16: Dr Manjula Meda

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Posted on 8 October 2025

Dr Manjula Meda, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of the Healthcare Infection Society, discusses the role that the built environment plays in preventing infections, especially in combatting antimicrobial resistance.

Episode 15: John Dorward

Honeywell Building Automation

Posted on 7 October 2025

John Dorward, Strategic Sales Lead for Healthcare UK & Ireland at Honeywell Building Automation, talks about the biggest trends in healthcare currently, what the buzzword "smart hospitals" means, and how the management of technology and data will impact the delivery of the New Hospital Programme.

Episode 14: Dr John Tynan

Akrivis

Posted on 1 October 2025

In this episode, Dr John Tynan, Technical Director at Akrivis, talks about the relevance of specific fan power (SFP) of Air Handling Units and wider healthcare systems, and what this means for energy efficiency.

Episode 13: David Bevan & Bevan Boyle

KPMG

Posted on 2 October 2025

David Bevan, Partner in the Social Infrastructure Team, and Bevan Boyle, Associate Director in the Social Infrastructure Team at KPMG join us to discuss how AI and predictive analytics can change how we plan the future of NHS estates and also how they can make the estate safer, sustainable and more resilient.

Episode 12: Gareth Twynam

AirisQ

Posted on 15 September 2025

Gareth Twynam, Managing Director at AirisQ, talks about the importance of ventilation in healthcare estates, in terms of maintaining and validating ventilation systems so that they can help in contributing to the important idea of prevention is better than cure.

Episode 11: Peter Eckersley

North Manchester General Hospital

Posted on 11 September 2025

Peter Eckersley, Acting Operational Lead for In-patient Physiotherapy at North Manchester General Hospital, joins us to discuss building better recovery spaces, looking at improving and implementing inpatient mobilisation spaces and the benefits that these facilities would have on healthcare environments.

Episode 10: NextGen Healthcare Network

Posted on 8 September 2025

For this episode we invited Sam Venn, Senior Project Manager at Turner & Townsend; Josephine Neill, Design Lead for Healthcare at McLaughlin & Harvey; and Simon Rowland, Sustainability Manager at NHS London Procurement Partnership to the podcast.

They discuss each of their roles within the healthcare estates industry, and how being involved in the NextGen Healthcare Network helps it's members work towards a brighter future in the healthcare sector.

Episode 9: Gareth Longley

Chair of the IHEEM Diversity & Inclusion Group

Posted on 3 September 2025

For episode 9 Gareth Longley, Chair of the IHEEM Diversity & Inclusion Group, joins us to discuss the work that the group does, the importance of this work within healthcare environments, and how people can get involved.

Episode 8: Fiona Daly

National Deputy Director of Estates for NHS England

Posted on 2 September 2025

In this episode we are joined by Fiona Daly, Director of Sustainability and Workforce and National Deputy Director of Estates at NHS England. Fiona talks about what NHS England Estates & Facilities have achieved so far this year, as well as discussing their involvement in the Conference and Exhibition at the upcoming event, including her own Keynote presentation on 22 October.

Episode 7: Harry Evans

Chair of the IHEEM Water Technical Platform

Posted on 1 September 2025

In this episode Harry Evans, Chair of the IHEEM Water Technical Platform, joins us to discuss changes to the design of healthcare water systems, and what can impact this such as the new NTM guidance.

Episode 6: Steven Heape

Chair of the IHEEM Sustainability Panel & Programme Manager at the Carbon and Energy Fund

Posted on 29 August 2025

For episode 6 Steven Heape, Chair of the IHEEM Sustainability Panel & Programme Manager at the Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF), joins us to talk about how the CEF work with the NHS in their mission to decarbonise estates.

Episode 5: Mike Soroka

Head of Estates at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust & Member of the IHEEM Conference Committee

Posted on 28 August 2025

In this episode Mike Soroka, Head of Estates at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, gives an insight into his role and the challenges faced, and how attending Healthcare Estates helps.

Episode 4: Simon Adamson

Director of Estates, Facilities & Capital at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and also a member of the IHEEM Conference Committee

Posted on 27 August 2025

Looking ahead to the event, Simon Adamson, Director of Estates, Facilities & Capital at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, joins us to discuss the biggest challenges facing NHS Estates and Facilities and what could be implemented to help ease them.

Episode 3: Professor John Sandham & Iain Threlkeld

Chair and Vice Chair of the IHEEM Medical Device Engineering Technical Platform

Posted on 26 August 2025

In this 2025 event preview we invited Professor John Sandham and Iain Threlkeld, Chair and Vice Chair of the IHEEM Medical Device Engineering Technical Platform, to discuss the role of an Authorising Engineer within NHS Trusts, particularly as a form of strategic investment for the organisation.

Episode 2: Jemma Tennant

Chair, Water Management Society

Posted on 25 June 2025

An exclusive early look at the Water Safety and Infection Control programme at Healthcare Estates 2025!

Ahead of the official programme launch, we bring you an interview with WMSoc Chair, Jemma Tennant, where she gives an exclusive preview of what's on the agenda in the Water Safety and Infection Control programme and who will be speaking.

Episode 1: Jaime Bishop

Chair, Architects for Health

Posted on 18 June 2025

In advance of the release of the full programme for Healthcare Estates 2025, Conference Director Victoria Emerton sat down with Jaime Bishop, Chair of Architects for Health (AfH), for an exclusive preview of the AfH-curated Design & Construction programme.

In this exclusive preview, Jamie reveals an exciting 2-day programme that is grounded in case studies of real projects, that focuses on making better use of what we have in the existing estate, and that explores how spaces support wellbeing and long-term resilience.