This year, the UK’s largest healthcare estates event asks the question: ‘Mind the Gap: Are We Heading Towards a Two-Tier Estate?’. Across five Conference streams, in-depth sessions are exploring the policies, technologies, engineering solutions, and operational strategies shaping the future of healthcare estates. Complementing the Conference are six Exhibition Theatres, extending the learning into practical

Capacity pressures, changing patient pathways, workforce challenges, and uncertain future demand all call for more than extra space delivered faster. Healthcare environments have to work for the patients who are treated in them and the staff who run them every day. Hear from a physician and an architect who have devoted their careers to creating

The works form part of a £130m investment to modernise healthcare facilities across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. As part of the redevelopment, Tilbury Douglas was tasked with refurbishing the hospital’s endoscope decontamination department. The work could not begin until the Health Board had vacated the building, but taking the department out of service

The report also looks at how the government’s neighbourhood health centre plans can be delivered at pace. In summer 2026, the Neighbourhood Health Forum and Bevan Brittan hosted a roundtable discussion to consider the government’s neighbourhood health plans. Drawing on members’ collective experience in delivering public sector infrastructure over the last 20 years, the new

The project for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has seen more than 100 permanent solar street lighting columns and solar bollards installed to replace ageing mains-powered lighting across the hospital’s car parks, walkways, and external areas. Chris Williams, group facilities manager at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Selecting the right

The installation – funded through a national clean energy grant awarded to Devon Partnership NHS Trust by the Department for Energy Security, Net Zero and Great British Energy – is set to save the hospital nearly £185,000 a year, meeting over 60 per cent of its electricity needs. Following its official switch on by Martin

By taking data from multiple sources, the BIS Lens system created by BIS Consult provides the Trust’s Fire Safety Group with a new strategic tool designed to bring together and analyse fire risk assessment information centrally in a digital format. The new structured digital approach supports NHS guidance for managing fire safety, including HTM 05-03,

The £38m redevelopment programme by Robertson Construction North West is transforming maternity facilities while removing RAAC identified within parts of the building in 2023. Once complete, the unit will deliver modern facilities designed to support women, babies, and families in Bolton and beyond. One of the most significant developments is the redevelopment of one of

The difficulty is rarely one of intent. More often, it is the gap between what estates teams want to provide and what has historically been practical to deliver across complex clinical estates. A healthcare estate may include acute wards, outpatient areas, staff spaces, visitor environments, administrative buildings, and lower-use areas, each with different patterns of

The images showcase the proposed Lingen Davies Cancer Centre – a purpose-built facility designed around the needs of patients, creating a calm, welcoming, and therapeutic environment where people can receive treatment closer to home. Delivered through a partnership between the region’s primary cancer charity Lingen Davies Cancer Support and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS

NHS Kent and Medway ICB’s primary care team rolled out Enlivio’s Contract Manager software in July 2022. It is now in use across 185 practices. Before the software was installed, teams ran searches manually, exported data to Excel, and created PDFs for the ICB to approve. This increased the risk of missed payments and provided

Once completed, the new purpose-built centre – which will provide improved facilities and a better environment and experience for patients with non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries – will replace the RUH’s current UTC, which is currently based within its Emergency Department. By providing a clear separation between patients needing life-saving care and those needing urgent but

The project for NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group comprised a complex Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) roof replacement scheme and refurbishment carried out Aintree Hospital’s main entrance and ambulance drop-off bays. Kabir Salihi, regional director – North West at Tilbury Douglas, said: “Successfully delivering another project at the Aintree Hospital site reflects the strength

Funded through a combination of national, Trust, and charitable funding, the programme includes: £80m for priority maintenance across our facilities; £128m for new equipment and technology, including an advanced surgical robot; £215m for four major improvement schemes – one at each of our sites; and £20m to purchase a building next to the St Mary’s

Hospitals, NHS trusts, GP practices, and ICBs across England, Wales, and Scotland will now have a new compliant route to source HVO, kerosene, gas oil, and diesel for buildings, machinery, and vehicles. The place on the framework, which runs to August 2028, comes as hospitals, NHS trusts, and GP practices re-establish call-off arrangements following the