National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day is back. The 2025 celebration day will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, showcasing and recognising the essential work done by all estates and facilities professions in the delivery of health and social care to people across all four nations of the UK.
This E&F awareness day is owned and organised by the Joint Associations Group, which comprises seven professional bodies* that support and represent staff working across the occupational groups providing those services within the NHS, wider health and social care and the wide range of commercial partners contracted to deliver services.
Participation in E&F Day has grown steadily since its launch four years ago. In 2024, the campaign achieved 633 registrations on its dedicated website from healthcare organisations, commercial partners and social care teams keen to take part. This gave an amazing potential reach of over 294,000 staff across the four nations of the UK. Activities were shared on social media throughout the day, as organisations celebrated the wide knowledge and skills of their E&F teams – from porters to cleaners, reception staff to caterers, project teams to maintenance teams and more – who keep healthcare buildings operational, day-in day-out, and able to provide the very best patient care.
Bigger and better
The Joint Associations Group hopes to continue to increase involvement this year and achieve even greater recognition for staff and colleagues across the NHS and healthcare. It also hopes that the occasion will raise awareness of the many rewarding career opportunities that exist within E&F services, including apprenticeships, and help with retention of every valuable member of staff currently working in those services.
To help organisations to plan activities for the day, a download kit is available via the website. Head to the E&F website to register to take part in the day and grab your kit.
* Members of the Joint Associations Group are:
Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (ahcp)
Health Estates and Facilities Management Association (HEFMA)
Hospital Caterers Association (HCA)
Institute of Decontamination Sciences (IDSC)
Institute of Healthcare Engineering & Estate Management (IHEEM)
National Association of Healthcare Fire Officers (NAHFO)
Society of Hospital Linen Services and Laundry Managers (SHLSLM)
