2gether Support Solutions

26/08/2025

The Housekeeping Department 🎬

Take a look at the latest in our series of videos to help bring you closer to the work of your colleagues. In this film, K&CH Housekeeper Dawne, along with WHH Housekeeping colleagues, gives you an insight into the role of a housekeeper and the how the role is integral to the patient journey.

Huge thanks to our Housekeeping colleagues for being so brilliant with our Comms team during filming.

https://youtu.be/vJqFLxWinUs

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS England nhs.uk East Kent Hospitals Charity

18/08/2025

Thank you to the Friends of William Harvey Hospital for their donation of 15 brand-new portering chairs for use in the hospital costing approximately £12,000.

Charity manager Jill Barringer said: “These chairs are desperately needed at WHH due to the theft and damage of the last ones we purchased a few years ago.

“Thank you to moving and handling senior co-ordinator Sharon Rinsland, the Board of the Friends and 2gether’s Brooke Saxby and Kyle Davies for getting this project over the line.”

Portering chairs are a highly requested item in the hospital, so if you’d like to help fundraise for one, and other projects donated by the Friends, please contact Jill on jill.barringer@nhs.net or 07854 033987, or donate to their JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/charity/fo-williamharvey

If you use a portering chair, please make sure to take good care of them and return to the foyer when finished.

08/08/2025

2gether Support Solutions warmly welcomes Jo Hills as the new Chair of 2gether Support Solutions, following the departure of George Jenkins OBE, who stepped down in the spring. Jo brings over 20 years of board-level and executive leadership experience. She has a strong record of building high-performing, sustainable organisations and improving service delivery with a clear social purpose.

Jo is a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Management Institute. Her professional background includes senior roles at Deloitte, local government, and housing associations. She is particularly experienced in making the best use of estates and facilities, ensuring services run efficiently, meet high standards, and deliver excellent experiences for customers.

We also welcome Robert Musgrove, who joined the Executive Board as a Non-Executive Director in Common with the Trust on 1 May 2025. Robert is a Chartered Civil Engineer and holds an MBA from Henley Business School.
He has 25 years of experience leading transformation programmes in areas such as infrastructure, property, and sustainability—supporting clients including the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office, and the NHS. Robert currently works for IBM Consulting, where he is the UK Lead for Digital Real Estate and Sustainability.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

30/07/2025

Congratulations to the finalists for the BICSc Awards 2025! 🏆

Here at BICSc we wish the best of luck to Joshua Morel (Engie Solutions KSA), Jolanta Cerkauskiene (BirkinGroup) and Zoe Biela (2gether Support Solutions) for this year's Outstanding Candidate of the Year! We can't wait to announce the winner!

Check out the other finalists here https://www.bics.org.uk/the-2025-bicsc-awards-finalists/ and get your tickets here https://www.bics.org.uk/awards-tickets-and-hotel/

30/07/2025

30/07/2025

18/06/2025

Happy National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day! 🥳🙌 🏥

Today provides a meaningful opportunity to recognise the vital contributions made by everyone across the company who plays a part in supporting safe, high-quality patient care across the Trust.

At 2gether we are so proud of the positive difference our frontline colleagues make on a daily basis to both patients and customers, across our hospitals.

Check out this short video of thanks from our East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust colleagues and some of our leaders:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY5QVrzEMX4 🎥



NHS England nhs.uk Ekhuft Staff
@

This year to celebrate National Healthcare and Facilities Day, our EKHUFT colleagues from across the medical teams, and some of our leaders, would like to gi...

04/06/2025

2gether Support Solutions: Meet The Car Parking Team! 🚗

Take a look at the latest in our series of videos that bring you closer to the work of our varied departments across the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Ff-p6L4uzaCBKL-j&v=XeIUAw2LV9E&feature=youtu.be

In this film, our Car Parking colleagues take you through the car park and into the cabin to understand how their roles support a cohesive and friendly environment across our Trust.

To view our latest vacancies, visit: https://2gethersupportsolutions.org/careers

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS England

20/04/2025

Happy Easter Sunday to all those celebrating. 🐰

To all our colleagues who have worked hard over this Easter period, thank you for all your contributions. Your hard work and dedication never goes unnoticed. Thank you.

18/04/2025

Happy Easter Friday to all those celebrating. 🌻

To all our colleagues working hard over this Easter period, thank you for all your contributions. Your dedication is making a difference to so many patients and colleagues.

Easter is a time for renewal, hope and new beginnings, and we hope you can all take a moment to enjoy this time over this upcoming weekend.

15/04/2025

Today is National Laundry Day and we are excited to launch our Laundry Department Video – the first in a series of short films that spotlight the vital and important work of 2gether colleagues across all our service areas in support of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS England nhs.uk NHS Jobs NHS Professionals


https://youtu.be/GmEll3pNRuU

This National Laundry Day we want to thank and celebrate our brilliant laundry department colleagues who process over 130,000 pieces of linen a week, which is the equivalent weight of four double decker buses!

01/04/2025

Last week K&CH and QEQM took part in a 150 mile bike ride to raise money for Endometriosis UK. Endometriosis affects 10% of women in the UK and over 190 million women worldwide.

Candice Mears-Bouisk, Facilities Service Manager at K&CH and Penny Hodgson, Training and Induction Officer at QEQM, shared that collectively their sites raised over £2,400 on the day for Endometriosis UK!

Well done to everyone involved – your collective efforts, support and tenacity in raising this money will help to make such a positive difference.

Pictured: Colleagues collectively at K&CH and QEQM both working hard and with such wonderful team spirit!