Through its industrialisation strategy and Hospital 2.0 approach, the New Hospital Programme is demonstrating how decisions shaping hospital delivery can also shape how hospitals are maintained, adapted and operated for decades to come. Here, Dr Abbie Romano, head of industrialisation for the NHP at NHS England, explains how, by reducing unwanted variability and strengthening the

The Healthcare Estates Awards celebrate 
excellence and innovation in the fields of healthcare engineering and estates & facilities management, recognising outstanding individuals, teams, projects, products, and initiatives in these critical sectors. 
The winners of this year’s awards will be unveiled 
at IHEEM’s Awards Dinner on Tuesday 13 October 2026. Apprentice of the Year This award

The SECURITHERM EP mixer has been designed with hygiene in mind. The body and spout have smooth interiors, reducing the niches where bacteria can adhere and proliferate. The tubes and mechanism are designed to hold very low water volumes and reduce the number of components in contact with water. When the mixer is shut off,

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 government’s 10 Year Capital Plan marks a significant milestone for the NHS estate; the plan creates a major opportunity to modernise healthcare infrastructure and strengthen the environments in which care is delivered. Healthcare Estates will bring the sector together to turn that ambition into safer, smarter, more sustainable and resilient facilities — across both

As energy costs rise, government Net Zero deadlines approach, and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) expectations tighten, the gap between what healthcare buildings can achieve and how they currently perform is becoming more apparent. Addressing this gap is increasingly shaping both operational priorities and longer-term strategic decision making. Darryl Gregory, VP of Sales for EMEA at

Despite significant investment in AI across the healthcare sector, a substantial proportion of AI initiatives remain confined to pilot programs, failing to deliver measurable return on investment at scale. Sathiyan Kutty, chief AI officer at Emids, examines the structural and operational factors that have widened this ‘ROI gap’, explores where genuine value creation is beginning

When it comes to decarbonisation, the NHS does not have a technology problem – it has a funding problem. At a time of geopolitical instability, pressure on public finances, and persistent energy price volatility, NHS organisations need a credible, fundable route to deploy proven technologies such as LED lighting, solar PV, battery storage, and EV

Despite decades of advances in cleaning, sterilisation, and clinical protocols, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a persistent challenge. While significant progress has been made in controlling surface and instrument-related risks, increasing attention is now being given to the role of the built environment itself, where infrastructure systems such as water, air, and drainage operate continuously and

The NHS estate is one of the largest and most complex public sector property portfolios in Europe, encompassing acute hospitals, laboratories, community facilities, and administrative buildings. While estates teams have delivered numerous efficiency improvements in recent years, achieving Net Zero will require much deeper transformation. Ian Johnson, public sector lead at Ortus Energy, examines the

NHS estates are under pressure from ageing infrastructure, a rising maintenance backlog, and constrained capital investment, leaving organisations operating in a cycle of reactive interventions and growing risk. While these risks are often well understood at an operational level, they are not consistently translated into structured, deliverable investment programmes. Blanca Beato Arribas, associate, Ryan Elliott,

Amy Norman, senior civil engineer, Charles Rothnie, senior structural engineer, and Ben Gillham, graduate structural engineer, from civil and structural engineering consultancy Perega, discuss the challenges that the 10 per cent Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) mandate has had when it comes to operationalising ecological thinking within the constraints of developing existing healthcare estates. The 10

Corridor care is increasingly being used across the NHS as hospitals manage sustained capacity pressures, raising important questions about environmental and airborne infection risk in non-clinical spaces. Here, Barry Paterson, Chartered Engineer and founder of Germicidal UV Ltd (GUV), draws on ventilation standards, outbreak evidence, and practical healthcare experience to explore how clean air delivery

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are among the most demanding consumers of power, requiring reliable continuous power especially for life support systems, theatre lighting, medical IT equipment, HVAC, sterilisation, and diagnostics, along with other mission critical infrastructure. A failure of mains supply is not simply inconvenient — it threatens life and can be catastrophic. Standby

The acceptable lead limit in water is being halved – a regulatory change that risks becoming a major liability for healthcare property owners. While the deadline for full compliance is still a decade away, the reality of managing live, ageing healthcare assets means that every refurbishment or mismatched fitting installed today could be a non-compliance