Facilities management has always played a critical – if often understated – role in shaping how people experience the built environment. In healthcare especially, FM professionals are central to safety, wellbeing, productivity and dignity, both for patients and for the ...

With the NHS Contract 2026/27 introducing stricter compliance and performance requirements, Samsic UK is highlighting the need for stronger operational visibility and governance across healthcare estates. The call comes from John Norris, Commercial & Innovation Director at Samsic UK, which ...

ISS UK & Ireland has announced the appointments of incumbent leaders Donna Brown (formerly Managing Director (MD) Healthcare) and Nicola Morris (formerly MD, Banking) as MD, Public Sector Strategic Partnerships and MD, Healthcare, respectively. Brown and Morris will report to ...

Infection prevention and control is a critical responsibility for facilities management teams across healthcare estates. From acute NHS trusts to community and primary care settings, the built environment plays a vital role in reducing risk, ensuring compliance, and protecting patient ...

Healthcare foodservice providers and Trusts must move beyond a cost-first mindset and recognise the role food plays in patient recovery and wellbeing, according to NHS England’s national food lead Phil Shelley. Speaking at an Arena Networking breakfast event in London, ...

To celebrate exceptional individuals and teams that stand out in Healthcare Estates and Facilities (E&F) departments across the UK, meals provider, apetito has launched its nationwide competition for 2026 that allows hospitals to nominate their unsung E&F heroes. Whether it’s ...

NHS estates teams are navigating an increasingly precarious position as compounded building maintenance decisions that were once purely operational now directly impact patient care and safety, says SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance. Across the National Health Service, trusts ...

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has released a report outlining practical and cost-effective advice for local NHS providers to deliver many of the proposed Neighbourhood Health Centres (NHCs) across England, part of the Government’s NHS Neighbourhood Rebuild Programme. The paper, ‘Making ...

Jason Fass, VP of Marketing at Canopy believes more should be done to protect frontline healthcare staff by reducing safety threats within the healthcare sector Healthcare is among the most hazardous and risk-prone working environments. According to the British Medical ...

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has gone live with a digital twin of six hospitals as part of its strategy to create a smart estate. Designed to provide a single source of estates data to support new workflows and better decision ...