TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Ventilation TP Technical Platform
Chair: Andrew Poppet (Outgoing); Joe Hughes (Incoming)
• Membership The IHEEM Ventilation Technical Platform
(VTP) currently has a total of 13 formally registered full members on the AE(V) Register an increase of five from last year. The platform is also supported by around a further 30 technical members, who provide a forum for discussion and peer review of ventilation related topics. We have held an election for our new incoming Chair for the next three years, with Joe Hughes unanimously elected to the role.
• Meetings
Since the initial re-launch during 2020, regular committee meetings of the VTP have taken place, with the next meeting scheduled to take place during the IHEEM annual conference, where we would welcome anyone to attend who has an interest in healthcare ventilation issues. It is intended at this next meeting
to review the current specific topics identified within a planned programme and this is expected to assist in the identification and agreement of areas for research or supplementary guidance documents which small working sub- groups from each area of specialist interest will take forward.
• Current progress & achievements The VTP has continued to provide
comments and feedback on both the development of the new and revised HTM & HBN guidance documents. It has also continued to identify and respond
Ventilation Technical Platform Chair Andrew Poplett at the AE Conference in 2022.
to clarifications or queries raised through IHEEM members to develop and publish a range of both Briefing Notes and Supplementary Guidance Notes on healthcare ventilation issues and existing standards. For full details please see the VTP page on the IHEEM website.
• Key objectives for 2027 and beyond
We look forward to developing an additional technical membership of the VTP, and expanding the knowledge base and resource sharing within the VTP and beyond to raise awareness of the role of ventilation in healthcare. To this end, current AE(V)s are all supportive and promote mentoring of new potential
AE(V)s through the VTP platform. We will continue to build the AE(V)
Register to ensure improved access to reliable and professional advice and support for all those with responsibilities for healthcare ventilation, as well as the promotion and development of best practice in the field of healthcare ventilation.
Technical Platform
Chair: Harry Evans Vice Chair: Nick Hill
The Water Technical Platform’s work this year has centred on developing high-quality technical guidance, expanding professional development opportunities, and improving communication pathways across the wider IHEEM community
16 Health Estate Journal October 2026
The Water Technical Platform (WTP) has continued to strengthen its role as a national focal point for water safety governance, technical leadership, and crossdisciplinary collaboration throughout 2026. Our work this year has centred on developing high-quality technical guidance, expanding professional development opportunities, and improving communication pathways across the wider IHEEM community.
• Professional development & CPD delivery
A major focus for 2026 has been the expansion of CPD opportunities for
Water Ventilation
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