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The UK’s Dedicated Conference on Soft Facilities Management in Hospitals

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2025 Conference Replay

Healthcare Facilities Management 2025 – Highlights

Healthcare Facilities Management 2025 – Testimonials

Progress so Far and Current Waste Priorities

Liam Hogg – Head of Net Zero Waste & Resource – NHS England

National Standards for Healthcare Cleaning, The Past, Present and Future

Emma Brookes MSc – Head of Soft FM Strategy & Operations – NHS England

Towards Sustainable and Efficient Healthcare Facilities: The Role of Automation and Intelligent Control Systems

Prof. Michael Short – Professor (Research) & Associate Dean (Research & Knowledge Exchange – Teesside University

Net Zero Food Programme Report – What Does Good Look Like?

Max Kindred – Estates Net Zero Senior Insight Manager – NHS England

Collaborative Leadership and Culture Change in Delivering a Clean, Safe Environment

Sian Langford – Facilities Compliance and Sustainability Manager – The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust
Anna Morris – Lead IPC Nurse – The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Robotics for Health and Care, Towards a National Health Robotarium

Lisa Farrell – Lead for Robotics in Health and Care – The National Robotarium

Driving Sustainable Change in NHS Catering: The Royal Marsden Journey

Samantha Flanagan – Catering Manager – The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Tackling the Risks from Water, Wastewater and Antimicrobial Resistance

Dr. Michael Weinbren – Specialist Advisor Microbiology – New Hospitals Programme – NHS England

Innovative Cleaning Robots: Enhancing Hygiene, Boosting Productivity & Enabling Zero-Waste Automation

Dhr Peter Kwestro – Global Strategic Marketing & Business Development Director – Gausium Robotics Europe

Morning Q&A – Waste & Net Zero Stream

Morning Q&A – Cleaning and Hygiene Stream

Morning Q&A – Task Management & Automation Stream

From Food Waste to Value: Powering Hospitals with Circular Solutions

Roberto Bertelli – Sales Director – The Waste Transformers

Innovation in Hospital Cleaning & Disinfection

Jędrzej Gromadecki – Marketing Director – Arxada

Innovation in Hospital Automation

Maria Medyanik – Regional Sales Manager – Polytex
Kerry Dellar – UK Sales Manager – Polytex

The Design for Life Programme – Embedding Circularity in the NHS

Rachel McLean – SusQI Programme Lead (Competitions and Specialty Challenges) – The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Mr Michael Hopkinson – Head of Supply Resilience and Sustainability – Medical Technologies Directorate – Department of Health and Social Care

Innovation in Hospital Cleaning: Decontaminating Air, A Case Study in Hypochlorous Acid Decontamination

Anna Hallas MBE – Healthcare Projects Specialist – Medirest
Kate Stone – Senior Patient Services Manager – Medirest
Sally Palmer – Infection Prevention and Control Nurse – Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Autonomous Logistics at a Hospital in the Nordics

Alexander De Lima Lindqvist – Business Segment Manager – AFRY Sweden with Support from OMRON

Waste Management in the Healthcare Environment

Dean Harrison – Waste and Sustainability Manager – ISS Facilities C/O University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire

Healthcare-Associated Fungal Infections: Why Should We Care About Mould?

Dr. Rebecca A Drummond – Associate Professor – University of Birmingham

Artificial Intelligence in ‘soft’ Facilities Management – Making it happen!

Judith Stuart – Director of Economic, Commercial and Business Development – Health Innovation West Midlands 

Round & Round We Go: The Circular Economy and Packaging – Problems & Opportunities

Dr. Alaster Yoxhall – Principal Research Fellow in Human Centred Engineering – Sheffield Hallam University

The Dirty Truth: Microbiome Build-Up on Bed Linen and Domestic Washing Machines

Prof. Katie Laird – Professor of Microbiology / Head of the Infectious Disease Research Group – De Montfort University

Human Factors in Facility Management: Optimising Staff in a Tech-Driven World

Fran Ives – Human Factors Specialist – Health Innovation West Midlands

Panel Debate – What will Facilities Services Look Like by 2030?

Liam Hogg – Head of Net Zero Carbon Waste and Resources – NHS England
Sian Langford – Facilities Compliance and Sustainability Manager – Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust
Emma Brookes MSc – Head of Soft FM Strategy and Operations – NHS England
Lisa Farrell – Lead for Robotics in Health and Care – The National Robotarium
Dr. Darar Apiri CMILT. MAPM – Senior Sustainable Procurement Specialist – WRAP

Take a look at our sponsors

AFRY Sweden AB
Arxada
Autonomy Cubed
Burlodge
Diversey
Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions
Garran Lockers
Gausim
Grosvenor Contracts
ICT Reverse
Medirest
Metis Health
Nestle Professional
PHS Group
Polytex
Purcell Radio Systems
Ramon Hygiene
Shoes for Crews
SWL Healthcare
Synbiotix
The Waste Transformers