National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day 2025

Our staff are integral to supporting better care and provide essential services for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust that help keep the hospitals running and the staff and patients safe and comfortable.

From keeping the wards sparkling clean, keeping the buildings safe and maintained, sorting patient meals, managing the phone lines, fixing mechanical systems and much, much more, our teams are a huge part of keeping hospitals and community spaces running.

Take a peek behind the scenes at what we do to keep our sites in tip top condition. Learn more about our incredible teams and their great work below

Hot Drinks Served in our Cafes

Chilling with Central Catering

Tracey Sopp, our Managing Director, joined Andrew Short, Head of Facilities, on a visit behind the scenes with our Central Catering Team

Carleton Clinic's Wildflower Meadow

A mix of wildflower seeds and bulbs are being planted at Carleton Clinic in Carlisle which will provide a biodiversity boost to the site.

Estates Planned Maintenance Jobs Completed

Calls made to Switchboard

A Day in the Life with Switchboard

A central function of the switchboard is to answer calls, and they answer hundreds of thousands of calls a year, with a target of answering them within 15 seconds, which the service almost always meets.

Going Underground with Estates

Most people walking around Saint Nicholas Hospital will have absolutely no idea that beneath their feet there are a series of underground corridors linking all the main buildings together

Medical Devices Inspected

A huge thank you to all of our Estates and Facilities teams for the hard work they do, day in day out, to provide vital services.