INSTITUTE NEWS
Speaking at May’s IHEEM Wales Regional Conference, Judith Paget CBE, Director General of Health and Social Services, and CEO, NHS Wales, discussed ‘what Wales’s future healthcare estate needs to look like’.
IHEEM President, Alison Ryan, and Past-President, Paul Fenton MBE, travelled to the IHEEM Hong Kong Branch’s 25th Anniversary Symposium in November. They are pictured with members of the IHEEM Hong Kong Branch at the Hong Kong Institute of Engineering, together with Alice Chow, Vice- President of HKIE.
(MTP), which will provide an overview of mechanical engineering aspects not covered by the other Technical Platforms, such as low-carbon electric heating services, geothermal, and air source heat pumps. Alison Ryan added that with the drive towards Net Zero, good practice guidance was needed on low-carbon technologies for healthcare applications. In addition, steam systems, pressure systems, controls, pneumatic systems, drainage, and other specialist services, will be covered.
Five-year Business Plan The President went on to explain that IHEEM’s 5-year Business Plan is due to be updated during 2024, a process begun last November. The existing plan includes: n Serving our membership. n Developing future leaders. n Engaging with new partner organisations.
n Supporting existing partner organisations.
n Strengthening our national and international profile.
Pete Sellars, and IHEEM Past-President,
Paul Fenton, had, Alison Ryan explained, presented at the IFHE World Conference in Toronto in 2022, Alison Ryan and COO, Tania Davies, had attended the IFHE Europe Conference in Paris in June 2023, and the President and Paul Fenton would be attending the IHEEM Hong Kong Branch 25th Anniversary Technical Symposium in November, where the former discussed hospital environments and energy conservation / alternative energy sources, and Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050 (see pages 45-50 of this issue). The President also mentioned the new
digital ‘app’ that will help NHS Trusts manage their PAM submissions, and contains a number of tools to assist in EFM governance and compliance.
Looking to the rest of 2023, she said further events planned included Healthcare Facility Planning and Health Facility Briefing System courses in November, and a number of other Branch events. IHEEM, in partnership with NHS England, would also be delivering further webinars on the new NHS Net Zero Building Standard, while during 2024, the Mechanical Technical Platform would be holding further events, and a series of STEM events would be staged. The Institute will also be offering support with professional registration, with Estates Team workshops and Professional Registration ‘drop-in’ sessions to be arranged. Posters were being developed for professional registration, while each month’s HEJ now incorporates a new Training and Development section.
CEO’s update Next, IHEEM CEO, Pete Sellars, updated attendees on the Institute’s future, focusing on the following points: n The need to build on the support offered to apprentices and tradespeople throughout their careers. The CEO said one hospital had recognised that its tradespeople held no professional registration, but has committed to register them, with the Trust in question agreeing to pay their fees in recognition of the importance of career development and retention.
n The need to secure new members, and the optimal way to attract them – a key priority for IHEEM’s next event in Dublin in 2024.
n Continuing to develop partnerships, with IHEEM working with its training partners, and encouraging members to book training via its website, as this brings a contribution which is then reinvested back into member benefits.
n An update on the governance software IHEEM has been developing over the past year in partnership with others – its
‘paper to digital’ programme for PAM.
n The Institute will be looking to modernise its Head Office to reflect its status as a professional body.
Agenda item four was to receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for year ended December 2022, which had been published in the September 2023 HEJ, and are available online. Although he could not attend the 2023 AGM, Graham Hardman asked the only question on the 2022 accounts – on the increased level of creditors. Tania Davies explained, as regards ‘trade debtors’, that – of the £409,910 in the accounts, £394 reflected the contribution from the Healthcare Estates Conference 2022, and is paid on the last day of the year. On ‘trade creditors’, of the £469,163 shown in the accounts, £68,000 is the VAT and PAYE due at year end to be paid to HMRC, while £371,000 represents deferred income. Tania Davies explained: “This is the invoicing for membership fees for 2023, sent out in December 2022. This sits on the balance sheet, and is released monthly into the 2023 accounts, based on the live membership at the end of the period.”
Need for sufficient operational reserves It was also explained that IHEEM’s income is ‘lumpy’ in the way it is received. Tania Davies elaborated: “Our bank balance in the accounts at year end looks healthy, but £467,000 is received into our accounts in the last two weeks of the year. Following this, over the year our standard monthly outgoings are around £40,000, against our regular monthly income of £4,000. We need to ensure that we have enough operational reserves to meet our regular expenditure throughout the year.” The President moved that the Report and Financial Statements be accepted, and the motion was carried unanimously.
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