• How the NHS estate can respond to the Government's Missions, NHS shifts and enable the delivery of a Neighbourhood Health Service
• Strategic alignment to ICS Infrastructure Strategies and implementation
• Improvement and innovation in NHS estate management to support optimised healthcare delivery
• Key considerations for Sustainable healthcare facilities
• Repurposing and adaptations: delivery at pace in the current capital constrained environment

• Identify key opportunities for hospitals to utilize their building fabric, improve energy efficiency, and decarbonize energy to achieve net zero
• Explore the potential of hospital land as natural capital to support sustainability goals
• Understand the potential impact of future legislative changes on hospitals' paths to achieving net zero and how to proactively address these risks

Discussing the IWFM 2024 Sustainability Survey results & brand new IWFM guidance on how to build the business case for sustainability

• How to leverage technology to achieve sustainable, long-term outcomes for NHS estates
• How a lack of capital needn’t be a barrier to action, outlining the options available in terms of cost-effective, compliant off-balance funding to kick start your net zero journey at no upfront cost
• The importance of avoiding delay in your net zero journey, where to start, and how to identify the right partner to successfully deliver your decarbonisation strategy

• Lessons learnt from partnership working between public and private sectors via the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trusts (LIFT) and benefits from the targeted investment in community-based infrastructure
• Making the most of the estate you already have and driving value for money in financially constrained times
• The mutual benefits and challenges of public and private sector collaborations in estate projects to drive innovation and efficiency

• Provide detailed advice on the design, installation, and operation of specialized building and engineering technology in healthcare
• Addresses discrepancies between HTM guidelines and commercially available products, highlighting differences with BS EN ISO Standards that may not consider recent legislative changes or market-driven product evolution
• Discussion on common specification clarifications sought by WB and the adoption of derogations in generator installations

• Understanding the UK water supply and reduction targets
• The water carbon link
• Reducing cost, carbon and using less water
• Working with Telex

Trisha Barrett, Director of Public Sector Services, Telex UK

Jen Armes, Senior Public Sector Account Manager, Telex UK

• Understand the limited evidence available on how healthcare facilities are adapting to the physical impacts of climate change, such as increased heatwaves and flooding
• Recognize that while the health sector, particularly the NHS, focuses on sustainability and climate change, the primary emphasis is on carbon reduction and climate mitigation
• Identify the challenges healthcare organisations face in implementing adaptation interventions and explore examples of healthcare infrastructure adaptation
• Learn how NHS organisations can enhance resilience and support sustainability by embedding Adaptation Principles into existing practices and processes

• Evaluating existing sustainability capabilities and gaps
• Developing a workforce transformation plan
• Bridging the skills gap across different roles and functions
• Embedding sustainability skills into recruitment & retention plans

• Learn how wayfinding technology reduces patient stress by helping them easily find appointments
• Explore how this technology minimizes Do Not Attends (DNAs) and long waits, improving operational flow
• Understand the financial benefits of using wayfinding tools to better utilise hospital resources

• challenge, change and champion current assumptions and ways of working
• stimulate more innovative thinking and practices, sharing ideas and case studies
• identify opportunities to secure sustainable services through collaboration and cooperation in the future

• Update from the new hospital programme’s priority for investment in the workforce to deliver quality patient care
• Look at the importance of building a skilled workforce to meet the demand of the new hospital programme