Wednesday 21 June 2023 marks the second National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day. This is a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of thousands of staff working in our Estates and Facilities (E&F) teams across Morecambe Bay, and recognise the critical importance of E&F services in the delivery of care to our patients.
Estates and Facilities services are estimated to make up 8% of the NHS workforce, that’s a huge 250,000 people but their work is sometimes overlooked. Understandably, the public perception of the NHS is often focused on medical staff but patient care would be impossible without the army of E&F professionals working alongside them.
We'll be sharing stories, videos and fun facts to celebrate our estates and facilities colleagues across Morecambe Bay.
Use the following hashtag #HealthEFMDay and the Trust Twitter handle @UHMBT to share your stories and photos.
Our Estates and Facilities colleagues play an integral part in everything we do. Here some of our Estates and Facilities give an insight into their roles:
- A Day in the Life of Emma Simpson and Nicola Dewhurst, Domestics on Wards 35 and 36 at the RLI. Click here to read Emma and Nicola's Q&A.
- A Day in the Life of Russell Stephenson Fire Safety Manager for the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH) and the Trust’s community hubs in North Lancashire. Click here to read Russell's Q&A.
A Day in the Life of videos...