Panellists in this session are: Steve Lawley, Director of Estates and Facilities, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Martin Clark, Senior Director and UK Head of Healthcare, Currie & Brown Jade Metcalfe, Senior Consultant, Healthcare Advisory Team, Currie & Brown Will Brown, Assistant Director of Strategy and Transformation, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Trust James… Read more »
There is growing awareness of the need to mitigate transmission of infection through the air in healthcare settings. This includes respiratory diseases such as Covid-19, influenza and TB as well as healthcare-associated bacterial and fungal pathogens where there is evidence that dispersion in air forms part of the transmission pathway. Ventilation is well recognised as… Read more »
2022 saw the publication of NHS England’s first ever Estates & Facilities Management (EFM) Workforce Action Plan. The importance of developing a diverse, resilient workforce, building the next generation of EFM staff was highlighted but how prepared are NHS departments to deliver against this ambitious plan and to meet their strategic objectives? Following an ‘inadequate’… Read more »
This presentation summarises the results of a three-year study at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Hospital EFM departments play a critical role in ensuring the safe delivery of care. However, these departments are suffering from numerous challenges, such as limited financial resources, recruitment problems, a widening… Read more »
NHS hospital trusts have very complex and specific utilities requirements with a real emphasis on the need to regulate heat and ventilation to ensure the comfort and care of patients. So, it’s vital that facilities management teams have access to software and systems that can monitor and regulate energy usage. The data these systems produce… Read more »
Innovative and sustainable approaches for the healthcare estate are required to efficiently provide additional capacity within hospitals. Paul Stansfield, Principal Project Manager from University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS), will outline the business case and progress for their innovative strategic expansion plan working with Prime and the multi-disciplinary design team, ONE Creative environments (ONE)…. Read more »
The new MMC toolkit is aligned to the Government MMC framework and has taken this to the next level. The MMC toolkit works alongside the social value charter and with the NHS Net Zero Carbon Building Standard tool aiding Trusts in their thinking and approach. Aides discussion and thinking between Stakeholders and Contractors in the… Read more »
The healthcare sector is a major contributor to the UK’s carbon footprint, with the NHS alone creating around 4-5% of the country’s carbon emissions. As a result, science-based Net Zero targets are informing UK energy policymaking and driving the thinking behind organisational climate target setting. Given public support, political and scientific consensus on the need… Read more »
Health & Social Planning is at the forefront of the public’s mind, brought about by the crisis over December and into the winter months as we continually saw more and more ambulances parked outside the front of A & E. The problem is generally understood, in that we need to unblock circa 15% of beds… Read more »
