INSTITUTE NEWS
New CPD-accredited course is deemed a great success
IHEEM has partnered with TAHPI as one of the Institute’s knowledge partners to deliver its first certified CPD course around ‘Health Facility Planning’. The new course aims to introduce the specialised aspects of health facility planning and design to candidates keen to develop their skills to take on public and private healthcare sector infrastructure projects. Between 26 September and 4 October, 11 students on this first course successfully completed 35 hours of training around a variety of subjects, including: ‘An introduction to Health Facility Planning’, ‘Design standards and guidelines’, ‘Functional relationships’, ‘Blocking and stacking’, ‘Functional planning units and special requirements’, ‘Capturing special requirements of rooms’ (including room data sheets and room layout sheets), and ‘An introduction to masterplanning’.
Aladin Niazmand, Director of TAHPI, and course leader, said: “On 4 October 2020, we successfully completed yet another Health Facility Planning Course for a group of 11 extremely happy graduates. The response from the students was amazing, and the group performed exceptionally well in the exam.”
IHEEM said: “Healthcare planning is one of the many essential responsibilities that our individual and affiliate members actively lead or engage with within their roles as healthcare professionals. The current need for all healthcare organisations to identify future healthcare requirements at a strategic level – both nationally and locally – as part of future capital investment plans, has never been more important. James Chadwick, Head of Estates at the University Hospitals of
Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust’s Burton Site, who participated, said: “This course was excellent. It was well delivered, the wealth of knowledge meant the presenter was able to adapt and respond to questions with ease, and it really gave food for thought on how we should be approaching shaping healthcare going forward.”
Feedback from other IHEEM members has been actively taken on board, and all future courses will now run between a Monday-Friday working week, leaving weekends free for members to fulfil their personal and family commitments. The Institute added: “With the recent announcement of £3.7 billion for the HIP programme, and new standards being developed to help standardise the design of new hospitals and make use of modern methods of construction, it has never been more important to develop skills further.”
David Sanderson, Director of Estates, Fleet and Facilities, at Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, also recently undertook the course, and said, “I thoroughly enjoyed it; the presenter, Aladin, was excellent – very knowledgeable, and the hours of study passed very quickly, with a mix of theory and practical information with real-life plans to bring the subject to life. The course had a mix of international students, and it was good to hear about best practice from across the world. I certainly have a good understanding of the subject now, and would feel confident leading on healthcare planning and facilities in the future. I would certainly recommend the course to anyone with a passion for healthcare design and planning, and it’s a
James Chadwick.
must for project teams dealing with moves and changes within existing facilities or new-builds.”
The final healthcare facility planning course of 2020 will take place between Monday and Friday, starting on Monday 23 November. IHEEM members can access this course for £995+VAT, and non-members for £1295+VAT. To book, complete the booking sheet on the back of the October HEJ carrier sheet, and return it to IHEEM, or scan and send it in to:
training@iheem.org.uk. For questions, please contact IHEEM Head Office, either by email, at
training@iheem.org.uk, or telephone, on 02392 823 186. Forthcoming course dates are:
n Monday 23 November – Friday 4 December 2020.
n Monday 25 January – Friday 5 February 2021.
n Monday 19 April – Friday 30 April 2021. n Monday 20 September – Friday 1 October 2021.
n Monday 1 November – Friday 12 November 2021.
Accredited national healthcare engineering apprenticeship programme set for launch
IHEEM has announced that, in collaboration with the Northern & Yorkshire NHS Assessment Centre, it is creating a national healthcare engineering apprentice programme which will be delivered through a national procurement to be developed and managed in partnership by the NHS Salisbury Procurement Hub. The accredited programme, which also has the full support of Hefma, will be based on the successful apprenticeship scheme that has been running in the North East for over 40 years. In a joint statement, Pete Sellars, CEO of IHEEM,
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Wayne Carr, Chairman of the Northern & Yorkshire NHS Assessment Centre, and Simon Dennis, Commercial Manager, Salisbury Procurement Hub, said: “We are all delighted to be working together in partnership to develop this important and much-needed national healthcare engineering apprenticeship programme. The plan to support the national roll-out of the programme run by the Northern & Yorkshire NHS Assessment Centre is undoubtedly the most effective way to support NHS Trusts and NHS Providers to meet their local workforce needs.”
Pete Sellars added: “The partnership brings together IHEEM as the leading healthcare professional institute, and the Northern & Yorkshire NHS Assessment Centre, with over 43 years’ experience delivering apprentice programmes to the North East, alongside the Salisbury Procurement Hub’s extensive knowledge and skills in bringing apprenticeship schemes to the NHS.
“We look forward to keeping you updated on our progress, and expect the programme to be in place next year.”
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