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JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT
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REGULARS
5 Comment: Don’t spread AE and AP expertise too thinly 5 Cover story: Medical gas specialist rewarded for its ‘outstanding response’ 7 Institute News: IHEEM outlines ‘key themes’ for Healthcare Estates 2022 11 Health Sector News: £380 m UCLH proton beam facility completed
FEATURES
16 AEs and APs – Jacks of all trades but masters of none? Andrew Poplett IEng, MIHEEM, an Authorising Engineer (W&V), on ensuring, with growing staff and skills shortages, that Authorising Engineers and Authorised Persons don’t face an unreasonable workload and burden of responsibility.
21 The cost of not doing it right – a Legionella challenge Nick Barsby from T-safe UK, and Chair of the Legionella Control Association, and, Claire Jackson, an Authorising Engineer (Water), discuss work to address protracted Legionella colonisation in the water at a hospital in south-east England.
29 Hospital estates strategy and the climate emergency
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Neither the Institute nor the Publisher is able to take any responsibility for views expressed by contributors. Editorial views are not necessarily shared by the Institute. Readers are expressly advised that while the contents of this publication are believed to be accurate, correct and complete, no reliance should be placed upon its contents as being applicable to any particular circumstances. Any advice, opinion or information contained is published only on the footing that The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management, its servants or agents and all contributors to this publication shall be under no liability whatsoever in respect of its contents.
39 The mobile units bringing cancer care to the patient Tina Seymour, CEO at charity, Hope for Tomorrow, looks at how mobile cancer care units are ‘revolutionising how life-saving treatment is delivered to communities thanks to digital innovation’.
44 Groundworks’ fundamental role on modular builds Declan Armour, managing director of Shanco Contracts, explains the importance of effective groundworks for modular builds, and how to avoid unnecessary costs and delays.
The UK construction sector is set to make Whole Life Carbon calculations integral to design decisions. Senior personnel from architectural practice, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, discuss the considerations faced by an NHS Trust.
36 Innovation means plenty of choice for specifiers Dave Palmer from temperature control specialist, ICS Cool Energy, on some of the key heating and cooling demands on healthcare facilities, and on how these can be met in a sustainable and efficient way.
47 Streamlining stock control in non-acute settings
A sales manager at healthcare business and data automation company, GHX, discusses the use of digital inventory management systems to improve stock control and the procurement of key items used by hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
51 Disposable curtains offer ‘a more sustainable option’ HEJ’s editor talks to Marlux Medical about the growth in demand for disposable privacy curtains during the pandemic, current best practice in curtain changing, and the latest technology helping to make disposable privacy curtains a more sustainable option for NHS Trusts.
55 Sizeable EBME package for £25 m Swansea hospital Avensys demonstrates its expertise in the procurement, purchase, storage, supply, and installation of new medical devices, and the sale of surplus-to-requirements EBME equipment, in a contract for the Healthcare Management Trust at its new £25 m Sancta Maria Hospital in Swansea.
61 Low-contact door solutions for a healthier environment Tim Checketts, head of Specification at dormakaba, discusses how the right door and access control solutions can help minimise the spread of germs, while still achieving the required accessibility, security, and safety.
65 The focus on ‘wellness’ for both staff and patients Alex Solk, Partner and Healthcare lead at Sheppard Robson, argues that the next generation of hospital design should ‘learn from the office’s drive for wellness’.
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