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JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT
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5 Comment: Do we know which hospital to build? 5 Cover story: System identifies and measures medical gas system leaks 7 Institute News: Call for papers issued for Healthcare Estates 2022 13 Health Sector News: £250,000 Wolfson Economics Prize 2021 won
FEATURES
18 Are we building the best hospitals for the future? ‘Do we know which hospital to build and why we’re doing it’ was a presentation by Stephen Wright, an independent consultant and Honorary Professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, at October’s Healthcare Estates conference. HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports.
25 Guidance on ventilation revised and updated At the Healthcare Estates conference, consulting engineer, Malcolm Thomas, the main author of the 2021 version of HTM 03-01, Specialist Ventilation for Healthcare Premises, explained the background to, and aims behind, the HTM’s revision.
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31 APPG meeting focused on challenges post-pandemic Meeting ‘virtually’ on 23 November, members of the recently re-formed All-Party Parliamentary Group for Healthcare Infrastructure discussed how to ensure the UK’s healthcare infrastructure is fit for purpose for the future.
39 The multi-faceted role of the electrical AE Bill Reeves BEng, MSc, CEng, MIET, MIHEEM, Electrical Infrastructure and Authorising Engineer (AE) at Eta Projects, explains the value of the electrical AE, and outlines the extensive duties that the role demands in hospitals and other healthcare settings.
45 Complete decontamination strategy for Midlands Trust Decontamination specialist, iM Med, discusses the importance of a strategic approach to continuous best practice – as demonstrated by recent work for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust which implemented a complete decontamination strategy.
49 Need for a professional and discreet approach stressed Julian McCamphill, Operations director at multidisciplinary building and engineering services provider, Dowds Group, gives his standpoint on the
challenges facing M&E companies
working on healthcare construction projects, both now and in the future.
53 The power of data in your digital estate With the Government committing to over £159 billion in core funding, and a further £22.4 bn in COVID-19 investment, in healthcare in 2022, there is now, ‘more than ever’, a need for NHS Trusts to understand the condition of their estates, argues a Partner at RLB UK.
59 Is a review of MGPS guidance now overdue? Dr Scott Brown CEng, CSci, MD and lead consultant at Health Tech Solutions, considers whether the existing HTM guidance on medical gas pipeline systems is due for review given advances in technology, changes in clinical practice, and ‘learnings from the pandemic’.
64 Water purification technologies’ part in Net Zero drive
Paul Haycock, a Business Development manager with SUEZ Water Purification Technologies, discusses the latest water purification technologies for healthcare facilities, and explains how technical solutions for reusing purified
wastewater can
‘increase available resources at a lower cost’. January 2022 Health Estate Journal 3
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