Estates & Facilities

Responsible for keeping the buildings and surrounding environment attractive, well maintained, compliant and safe for staff, patients and visitors.

Management of day to day operations of Estates & Facilities Operational Services and develop these services in accordance with the Trust’s corporate policies, strategies and vision, emphasising the cultural changes and innovations essential to modernising health care and an improved patient experience. To include responsibility for planning and implementing service improvement and modernisation.

We manage and monitor all in house and contracted out services, particularly managing the performance of the Hard and Soft FM Services contracts ensuring compliance with statutory standards and recognised safe practices.

Responsible for interpreting legislative and other requirements on Estates and Facilities Operational issues for the Trust, including HTMs, HBNs and all other associated regulations and guidance.

The Estates department manages, reactive, planned preventative maintenance, Health & Safety, assets management, Fire, space management, minor works, utilities, sustainability, and decontamination

The Facilities department manages services such as domestics, catering, portering, laundry, security, car parking, waste and patient transport.