The future of the NHS Estates and Facilities: Interview with Simon Corben

Having led EFM for the NHS since 2017, across both primary and secondary care sectors, Simon Corben - Head of Profession and Director of NHS Estates and Facilities at NHS England, discusses the critical role EFM teams play in the short and long term in our latest Expert Series video.
Enhancing clinical service delivery to free up patient flow can only be achieved with the right infrastructure and support of an effective Estates and Facilities function. Compliance, safety and age are real challenges for the Acute estate, especially with significant recent increases in the NHS maintenance backlog and high-risk backlog of 11% and 14% respectively.
Identifying where estates and infrastructure failure disrupts clinical practice and investing capital wisely can create short-term fixes. In the latest ERIC data return, clinical service incidents because of infrastructure failure fell by 22%. However, long-term solutions will require greater levels of sustained investment in the estate and the teams who manage it.
00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - How Estates & Facilities Management (EFM) helps the NHS overcome its challenges
02:16 - The core challenges facing EFM teams today
03:34 - EFM Workforce Action Plan update and the next steps
05:25 - The important role of the supply chain in EFM
07:09 - The future role of data in EFM
09:40 - The future for EFM in Healthcare