HEALTHCARE VENTILATION Costs vary, but a ‘ballpark figure’


for an external contractor carrying out a verification on a general operating theatre is in the order of £1,000- £1,500, and the work would take about one working day, depending upon the complexity of the system. The majority of CP(V)s working in the NHS will be on the Band 5 or 6 pay scale, depending on their organisation and other duties. Pay scales – including the usual 16% on-costs – are given in Table 2, which indicates the daily rate of an Estates technician appointed as a CP(V) at the mid-point in the scale. Table 2 shows that the daily rate for a Band 5 Estates technician is £153.86, and for a Band 6, £187.35, including on-costs at mid- point on the pay scale.


Pathology and mortuary


Endoscopy, clinical imaging, critical care unit


Operating theatres


Work undertaken outside normal working hours Even if the work is carried outside of normal working hours, which is often a requirement to gain access to the plant, at an enhanced rate (normally 1.5 times the standard rate), we get a daily rate of £238.79 for Band 5 or £281.03 for Band 6. This compares with the outsourcing cost of £1,000 to £1,500. Aggregate this to the 50 systems or


BAND 5 6


MID-POINT 29,180.00 35,532.00


more in an acute hospital Trust, and the savings really can stack up. In year one alone, taking into account the purchase of the test equipment, the savings to the Trust are still in excess of £50,000. In subsequent years there are additional savings, as the initial outlay for test equipment has already been made, so the requirement would be for annual calibration only. So far, we have identified that the CP(V) trained staff


16% ON-COSTS 4,668.80 5,685.12


TOTAL COST P.A. 33,848.80 41,217.12


DAILY RATE 153.86 187.35


Figure 1: A ‘stepwise’ approach to in-house verification.


Table 2: NHS Band 5 and 6 Pay scales.


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