INSTITUTE NEWS ‘Delivering Sustainable Healthcare Estates’
The joint Conference, Exhibition and Awards Dinner to be staged by the IHEEM Northern Irish and Republic of Ireland branches at Croke Park, Dublin, originally scheduled for 4-5 May 2020, and deferred due to the pandemic, has again been deferred, until Monday 16 May and Tuesday 17 May 2022. IHEEM CEO, Peter Sellars, said: “Working closely with our Republic of Ireland and Northern Irish colleagues, we have been keeping an eye on the ongoing situation, as well as the vaccination roll-out, and have concluded that deferring the event until 2022 will allow it to proceed in its full format, and we are optimistic that all exhibitors, speakers, and delegates, will then be able to safely meet, network, and have an enjoyable time at the event.” This two-day event, themed around ‘Delivering a Sustainable Healthcare Estate’, will discuss topics including
sustainable healthcare capital, workforce, planning, and the
management of strategic risk. Both branches are also working towards organising prizes for a charitable auction in aid of Habitat for Humanity; if any companies are interested in donating a prize, please email
dublin2022@iheem.org.uk. Melissa Glass, Marketing and Events Manager at IHEEM, said: “Throughout this uncertain time the events management team at Croke Park have been
extremely professional and cooperative in their approach and support, for which the Institute is very grateful. The Doyle Collection Hotel have also been
Adopting Asset Management in the NHS
A legacy of aged and unsuitable assets, limited capital investment with a large backlog of maintenance, ever greater demands on services, with ever-increasing cost pressures, combined with ever- reducing funding. Sound familiar? It should, although this description is taken from the utility and rail sectors from some years ago, but could so aptly apply to the NHS of today. So, what did those sectors do about it, and why is this description no longer relevant for them today?
In part the answer lies in Asset Management. What is asset management? Asset management is about maximising value to an organisation (such as an NHS Trust) from its assets, i.e. the estate. It starts with understanding and articulating what stakeholders need – the assurance that asset risks are identified and managed, that compliance requirements are satisfied, and that the environment the assets support is safe and fit for purpose, enabling and supporting the delivery of effective patient care, all within available funding limits. This is translated into asset-related targets, decisions, plans, and activities, delivered systematically and efficiently. Why adopt Asset Management? To do this we need a common language, the right tools and information, and, essentially, good knowledge and understanding of good practice in asset management. Modern asset management incorporates good use of asset
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information, integrated risk management, and consideration of whole-life costing, resulting in sustainable control of performance, but above all it aligns the way that organisations work towards common goals – it involves people. Why now? There is a unique opportunity for the NHS as we emerge from the most demanding circumstances in the history of the service posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to learn lessons, and to ensure that the much- promised investment in the estate in the form of the Health Infrastructure Plan, the backlog investment programme, and the extended capital programme, is spent
effectively and efficiently.
IHEEM has established a Working Group to raise awareness of Asset Management and develop a framework for deployment across the NHS, to be endorsed by the Institute of Asset Management. As part of this, we have joined forces with Asset Wisdom to provide access to learning platforms (see
https://www.iheem.org.uk/ training_tags/asset-management), and, as a first step, we will soon be issuing a survey to members to establish the understanding and desire for Asset Management.
Want to know more? See the information and short video at:
https://theiam.org/knowledge/the-big- picture, and please take part in the survey when the opportunity comes.
understanding and helpful in moving
people’s bookings, which have again been confirmed for the new deferred dates.” To keep up to date with the latest news and information for the Dublin 2022 conference, please check
www.iheem.org.uk for updates.
Every day in 70 countries, global not- for-profit housing organisation, Habitat for Humanity, works beside families to build, renovate, or repair, their
home. Habitat advocates improving access to affordable shelter, and supports funding models that enable families with limited resources to make vital improvements to their homes. In Ireland, it brings people together from across the community to serve the most vulnerable, ‘mobilising hundreds of volunteers as the hearts, hands, and voices for its work’. Through ReStore Habitat it provides access to low-cost home improvement materials, delivers skills-based employability and learning programmes, and diverts tonnes of material from landfill. It raises funds to support long- term partner programmes in some of the world’s poorest communities.
Congratulations IHEEM wishes to congratulate the
following, who had Institute grades awarded recently:
FELLOW
Edith Blennerhassett MEMBER
James Barnes Pete Biggs Simon Brinkley Scott Corkin
Stephen Coupland Raymond Dwyer Hui Chi Fai Craig Hinson Ibtisam Khalid Gordan Millar Marcus Nicholson Iain Tinniswood
Syed Riaz Haider Zaidi Anthony Webster
ASSOCIATE MEMBER Mike Holmes Paul Jackson
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