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19 A KEY ROLE IN KEEPING MEDICAL GAS SUPPLIES SAFE
Our third article on the role and remit of Authorising Engineers focuses on the key responsibilities of the AE (MGPS), some of the challenges for such personnel in healthcare settings, the need for competence and suitable experience, and the process for registration.
27 HOW NHS ESTATES ARE DEVELOPING BIM, THE NEC3 CONTRACTS, AND THE ‘IOT’
How NHS estates teams are developing, and can benefit from, BIM, and how NEC3 contracts, and the new ProCure 22 Framework, enable the collaboration required for BIM to succeed.
33 A FLEXIBLE SOLUTION TO CAPACITY CHALLENGES
A leading provider of mobile healthcare facilities explains how, with the NHS facing major under-capacity issues, such units can help to ease bed and clinical pressures.
43 TAKE NO CHANCES WITH VENTILATION SYSTEMS The Institute of Occupational Medicine highlights the integral role that hospital ventilation plays in maintaining high standards of patient care, and discusses some of the key steps to take to ensure that such systems are efficiently maintained.
47 BRIGHTON HOSPITAL’S EXCITING £485 M
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HEJ reports on the ongoing £485 m scheme to redevelop and replace key buildings at Brighton’s historic Royal Sussex County Hospital – one of the largest Treasury-funded NHS projects in recent years.
53 DEVELOPING COMPETENCE, BOOSTING EXPERTISE The chief executive at Eastwood Park discusses ‘the real value of training’, and sets out the key elements that he believes separate the Gloucestershire training centre from its competitors.
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