The first National Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day yesterday (June 15) was a huge success. Registrations to participate continued even throughout the day as other teams and Trusts launched their celebrations and twitter lit up with the hashtag #HealthEFMDay. The final tally of registrations was 538, with a reach of just over 250,000 staff. Thank you to everyone who took part and helped to make the day so memorable.
Activities included:
• Personal messages of thanks from Trust CEOs and Chairs to their E&F workforce
• Sharing infographics and posters to highlight the many ways E&F staff keep healthcare services running smoothly and safely
• Spotlights on individual team members sharing their career stories, what their roles involve and what they enjoy
• Sharing posters and other personal messages of thank you and appreciation
• Visits to E&F teams and individuals from CEOs, COOs and other senior managers to show their support and express their thanks
• Demonstrations and displays to explain the roles of E&F
• Delivering decorated cupcakes, thank you cards and badges
• Sharing photos of E&F teams and individuals in their work environments
• Schools visits
• Cinema shows
• Energy centre tours
• Staff team breakfasts
• Prize draws and competitions
• Sending senior management teams ‘back to the floor’ to work side-by-side with E&F staff
• Food tastings and service demonstrations
• Videos of E&F team members explaining their work
• Cooking and baking competitions
• Lighting up the outside of the hospital building
• Delivering baskets of fruit and sweets
Please share your stories from the day on the website: www.healthcareefmday.org. This will give others inspiration for ways in which they can celebrate next year and we will also share them in the July/August issue of Pulse. Finally, it’s never too soon to start planning for next year. The 2023 National Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day will be held on June 21. Let’s make it even bigger and better.
