The NHS estate is changing – are we ready for what comes next?
This year's National NHS Estates Conference and Exhibition will explore how NHS estates can respond to the growing demands of modern healthcare, with a focus on decarbonisation, ageing infrastructure, backlog maintenance, estate optimisation, resilience, compliance and the growing role of technology and AI.
Bringing together estates, facilities, property, sustainability and infrastructure professionals from across the NHS, the event will showcase practical strategies, innovations and real-world approaches to creating more efficient, sustainable and resilient healthcare environments.
Sessions include:
Closing the Decarbonisation knowledge gap and embedding sustainability into the Day to Day
Cameron Hawkins, Head of Energy and Environment
Closing the Decarbonisation knowledge gap and embedding sustainability into the Day to Day
- Why closing the sustainability knowledge gap is critical to achieving NHS net zero ambitions
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Creating a culture where sustainability becomes part of business as usual, not an additional task
- Practical ways to embed sustainability into maintenance, operational planning and capital investment decisions
- Real-world examples of how NHS organisations can deliver measurable carbon, cost and operational benefits
From Understanding to Optimisation: How Can the NHS Get More Value from Its Estate?
Rajiv Tyagi, Business Management Partner, NHS Open Space
- Understand the importance of accurate estate utilisation data in supporting better decision-making
- Explore how technology can help NHS organisations understand how their estate is currently being used
- Consider practical approaches to managing and optimising existing space and resources
- Examine how better utilisation of the NHS estate can support the wider ambitions of the NHS 10-Year Plan and 3-shift approach
Compliance is Cultural: Building a Stronger Culture of Governance and Compliance
Helen Showler, Hard FM Compliance Lead
- Explore why effective compliance is driven by organisational culture, behaviours and leadership, rather than policies and processes alone.
- Understand the journey NHS Property Services has taken to strengthen its culture of governance and compliance across its people and organisation.
- Examine practical approaches to engaging staff and embedding greater ownership and accountability for compliance.
- Identify the challenges organisations can face when driving cultural change around governance, risk and compliance.
