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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS Royal opening for impressive training facility
Over a decade of hard work, and challenges including difficulties obtaining building materials during the pandemic, complex planning issues, and getting the building comprehensively equipped, were all successfully overcome in the construction and fitting out of Eastwood Park’s impressive new 3,000 m2
Training
Centre in Falfield, Gloucestershire, which was officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal on 4 April. The opening was attended by around
50 staff and over 80 guests, including supplier and customer representatives, the design and construction supply chain for the multi-million pound facility, and Eastwood Park’s senior management team and Board. Other attendees included Simon Corben, director and Head of Profession for NHS Estates and Facilities at NHS England, and IHEEM’s CEO and COO, Pete Sellars and Tania Davies. On arriving, the Princess Royal enjoyed a 60-minute tour of the building and its impressive practical and classroom training facilities, before unveiling a plaque to mark the opening. Addressing those assembled, she
praised the dedication of the estates and facilities and healthcare engineering workforce who keep healthcare facilities running seamlessly, and emphasised the importance of facilities like the new
Training Centre in passing on the vital knowledge, skills, and expertise they need. Eastwood
Park CEO, John Thatcher, said it was ‘a very proud day’ to see the Centre officially opened, plans for it having been first mooted well over a decade ago. He said: “Factors including funding, planning and conservation issues, the pandemic’s impact on construction, and getting the centre equipped with the high-quality equipment we need to deliver our courses, have seen it take considerably longer than we first anticipated to get it built and fitted out. I would like to thank APG Architects, the main contractor, CTS, HSBC bank, and the many others who have contributed to bringing the facility from the early planning stage to where we are today – a stunning new training building.”
In addition to 10 classrooms and offices
across two floors, facilities include a fully equipped decontamination suite – with its large porous load sterilisers served by
Community celebrates rebuild of war memorial hospital
Representatives from NHS Property Services recently joined members of a local community in the New Forest to celebrate the official opening of the new Hythe and Dibden War Memorial Hospital in Southampton. The new site includes a new diagnostics suite, with X-ray and ultrasound services. Sir Julian Lewis, MP for New Forest East, formally opened the new building at a community celebration attended by local residents. A plaque was also presented to John Carr, Chair of the hospital’s League of Friends, naming the new imaging suite after him following his many years of support. Susan Swaffer, Relationship director for NHSPS, said: “After working collaboratively with our NHS partners to deliver this fantastic project, we are genuinely thrilled to be able to celebrate with them the official opening of the new Hythe and Dibden War Memorial Hospital. We are proud to have delivered
a specially-developed Spirax Sarco steam battery system, HV and LV electrical equipment plant rooms, a ‘live’ medical gas training area, a ventilation lab, a fully HBN and HTM-compliant UCV operating theatre, a two-bedded simulated HDU, a biomedical equipment training suite, a hospital corridor with AVSUs etc, and a lift training facility incorporating three working lifts and a number of lift models. John Thatcher added: “The generosity of our suppliers in helping us equip the new facility to an exceptionally high standard means we now have what we believe is the UK’s leading technical training centre for healthcare engineers. It has taken a long time to get to this point, but the journey has been well worthwhile.”
Best practice on waste updated
a welcoming, inclusive, state-of-the-art facility, and are confident it will help create a positive experience for patients, visitors, and the staff who care for them here.”
Simon Godfree, Project manager at Kier, added: “The building will provide a welcoming and positive experience for patients, visitors, and staff. The original hospital was opened as a memorial to those who lost their lives in World War One, and this has been taken forward into the new design, with an etched concrete and glass memorial, and images of the former hospital displayed in key areas.”
NHS England has published its updated Health Technical Memorandum, HTM 07-01: Safe and Sustainable Management of Healthcare Waste. Authored in collaboration with Mott MacDonald, it has been revised to reflect both environmental legislation and regulation, and innovation within the sector, and align to the NHS’s Net Zero commitment. The HTM will apply to all healthcare organisations in England, and reflects key principles in sustainable healthcare waste management. “This is a step-change in waste management policy for healthcare waste services,” said Dan Jacobs, Waste and Resource Management team leader at Mott MacDonald. “Since the last revision in 2013, we have seen a real shift in thinking on Net Zero and sustainability. The sector has a huge role to play in creating a more sustainable and greener society by minimising waste and reducing consumption.”
May 2023 Health Estate Journal 11
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