IFHE NEWS Article ideas wanted for the 2025 IFHE Digest


Invitations to provide articles for the 2025 edition of the IFHE Digest have been circulated, with synopses required by 24 May 2024, and full articles by 26 July. Commissioning editor, Andy Wavell, said: “There is a suggested list of topics below, but we will welcome articles relevant to the healthcare organisation readers work in.” The IFHE Digest 2025 will examine a wide range of topics covering the optimal running of healthcare facilities. Authors considering contributing an article should, in the first instance, email a synopsis, in English, of about 200 words, to the editor at Step Communications via editorial@ifhedigest.com, by no later than Friday 24 May 2024. When the go- ahead for contributing has been given, the author must confirm they can meet can the article deadline, Friday 26 July 2024. Confirmation should be sent to editorial@ifhedigest.com The full article must be in English, and


between 1,500 and 2,500 words long. Brand/company names should not be mentioned repeatedly. Article text should be typed using double line spacing with wide margins on each side of the page, and with a space between each paragraph. The completed article, saved as a Microsoft Word document, should


publication (in full and italicised), the volume number, the part number (in brackets), and the page numbers. For example: Tennant R., Marsh P.L., Smitherson T.A. 2008 New approaches to hospital ventilation International Journal of Hospital Ventilation 19 (4) 145-148.


Subject list Andy Wavell said: “Health Services around the world continue to struggle. Coming out of the pandemic and striving for Net Zero present challenges. I am sure many of you have interesting experiences colleagues would like to hear about. We would be pleased to receive articles related to the following:


be sent to editorial@ifhedigest.com with relevant illustrations – these should be high-resolution jpeg images (minimum of 300 dpi and at least 75 mm wide) or contained within a Microsoft PowerPoint file.


A biographical note of about 100


words, and hi-res photo, should be submitted for each author. References must be listed in sequential order. If a published article is the subject of a reference, the surname and initials of each author must be included, along, as applicable, with the year of publication, the article title, the name of the


IHEEM CEO’s role on IFHE ‘ExCo’


Andy Wavell adds: “Missing from the 2024 edition of the IFHE Digest was the inclusion of Pete Sellars (pictured) to the IFHE Executive Committee. Pete is well- known to members of IHEEM here in the UK, and by many in other parts of the world.” With over 40 years’


experience managing and delivering professional healthcare estates and facilities services, Pete Sellars has held senior management roles at national, strategic, and operational levels within the Department of Health and the NHS. He was Head of Profession England for NHS Estates & Facilities Policy at the Department of Health, where his principal role was to ensure the delivery of the NHS Constitution’s right for a clean, safe, and fit-for-purpose patient care environment, in addition to the production of healthcare engineering and EFM technical guidance and best practice material for the NHS. He also


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led the successful development and introduction of a number of high-profile national programmes – including the NHS Premises Assurance Model, the ProCure21+ Construction Framework, Strategic Healthcare Asset Planning & Evaluation, Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment, and the Lord Carter NHS Estates & Facilities Productivity and Efficiency Programme. Pete was appointed


President of IHEEM in 2016, and since 2018 has been the Institute’s CEO. He is also a past President of the IFHE-EU. A Chartered Engineer, and professionally qualified in Healthcare Facilities Management, Programme and Project leadership, he is an accredited Government & NHS Gateway Reviewer, Chairman of the Carbon and Energy Fund Trustee Board, and an Honorary Professor at both University College London and Loughborough University.


n COVID: How healthcare organisations have coped post-COVID.


n Electric vehicles, including battery- powered micro-mobility devices, and how healthcare is managing the growth of EVs.


n Acoustics: Noise reduction in healthcare settings.


n Artificial Intelligence: How is AI making advances in healthcare?


n Asset management: How do you know where all your assets are located?


n Authorised Engineers: Experience of providing appropriately trained individuals to ensure Medical Gas, Ventilation, Decontamination and Water Systems comply with regulations and are operated correctly.


n Building Management Systems. n Carbon zero: Strategies being adopted by healthcare to help reduce carbon to zero.


n Construction: Offsite modular construction.


n Care for the elderly: How modern technology and design can assist the elderly, and particularly those with dementia, to still live at home.


n Green energy: The use of alternative sources of energy – such as solar, wind, and heat pumps.


n Information technology: How is IT helping the Estates function control its plant and equipment?


n Lighting: Advances in the use of LED lighting, with particular emphasis on colour rendering.


n Nurse call: Advances in nurse call services to the patient.


n Training: Bringing the next generation of maintenance staff and managers into an ever-changing healthcare environment.


n Any other subject matter authors feel will be of interest to the worldwide healthcare community.”


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