Healthcare Facilities Mangement 2026
Transforming Delivery Today
Bringing together healthcare facilities leaders to drive innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence across the NHS.
Free for NHS
CPD Accredited
Expert Insight
Panel Debates
Free Lunch
Why this event matters
The Future of Healthcare Soft FM
Healthcare Soft Facilities Management teams are under increasing pressure to deliver safer, smarter, and more sustainable services across the NHS. From infection prevention and waste management to digital transformation, portering, and operational efficiency, the demands on facilities teams continue to grow.
Healthcare Facilities Management Conference 2026 exists to bring together NHS leaders, operational teams, innovators, and solution providers to share practical strategies, real-world case studies, and emerging technologies that are transforming healthcare support services today.
As the UK’s only dedicated conference focused on Soft Facilities Management in healthcare, the event creates a unique platform for collaboration, education, networking, and innovation across the sector.
What makes Healthcare Facilities Management different
A practical, NHS-focused day built around real challenges — not theory.
The UK’s Only Dedicated Healthcare Soft FM Event
A focused conference created specifically for healthcare Soft Facilities Management professionals — bringing together NHS operational leaders, sustainability experts, and industry innovators.
NHS-Led Case Studies & Operational Insight
Hear directly from NHS Trusts and national healthcare leaders sharing practical experiences in cleaning, waste, sustainability, digital transformation, logistics, and operational delivery.
Real-World Solutions to Everyday Pressures
Discover practical innovations, technologies, and strategies designed to improve efficiency, support compliance, reduce waste, and ease operational pressures across healthcare environments.
Focused, High-Value Learning & Networking
One focused day of CPD-accredited education, meaningful peer exchange, supplier engagement, and networking — designed for professionals shaping the future of healthcare facilities management.
A growing community of healthcare leaders
From Our 2025 Event
Healthcare Facilities Management has become a leading annual event for NHS Soft FM professionals — bringing together estates and facilities leaders, operational teams, sustainability specialists, and industry innovators from across the UK.
Designed for NHS decision-makers
Built for the professionals transforming healthcare support services every day.
Estates & Facilities Managers
For leaders responsible for operational performance, compliance, sustainability, patient environments, and the effective delivery of healthcare facilities services across NHS organisations.
Portering & Operational Services Teams
For professionals overseeing logistics, patient movement, task management, workforce coordination, and frontline operational services that support efficient hospital operations.
Waste, Sustainability & Digital Transformation Leads
For teams driving smarter healthcare operations through sustainable waste management, digital compliance, automation, workflow optimisation, and operational innovation.
Speakers
Adam Tewksbury
Head of Sustainability - Hampshire Hospitals
[Proposed]
Deborah Jackson-Howarth
Associate Business Lead - NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
[Proposed]
Emma Brookes
Head of Soft FM Strategy and Operations - NHS England
[Proposed]
Jedrzej Gromadecki
Associate Director - Market Field - Hygiene EIMEA - Arxada
[Proposed]
Jenni West
Associate Director of Digital Change - Health Innovation North West Coast
[Proposed]
Kerry Dellar
UK Sales Manager - Polytex
[Proposed]
Liam Hogg
Head of Waste and Resources - NHS England
[Proposed]
Lisa Farrel
Business Development Manager - National Robotarium - Scottish Enterprise
[Proposed]
Mark Vipond
Portering Supervisor - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
[Proposed]
Neil Allen
Head of Waste and Environment - Barts Health NHS Trust
[Proposed]
Nicola Wilson
Head of Sustainable Education and Implementation Manager - Born Green Generation Project - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
[Proposed]
Phil Shelley
Operational Manager and National Lead for Food - NHS England
[Proposed]
Rachel Hutchinson
Deputy Head of Facilities - City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
[Proposed]
Tony Hopkins
Portering Supervisor - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
[Proposed]
Sponsors
