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Adapting medical gas training under the ‘new normal’
Eastwood Park – which has recently welcomed back learners for a range of engineering and estates-related courses, says that, unsurprisingly – given the crucial role that oxygen has played in treating patients with COVID-19 – medical gas training has proven especially popular since the return to activity at the Gloucestershire training facility. Michael Ell, Medical Gas Portfolio manager (pictured), explained: “In line with the social distancing policies in place around the site, we have created additional workstations for activities such as brazing to allow learners extra room to carry out their practical activities in smaller groups. We are also making PPE available to all learners.
“As always, we continue to ensure that our courses reflect the latest standards and guidance, including COVID-19 guidance. For example, the Design note: ‘COVID-19 ward for intubated patients (Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) standard operating procedure)’ is now covered in
A new approach to estate planning
the course materials for our Authorised Person MGPS (HTM 02) course.” Last November, Eastwood Park welcomed highly experienced Authorised Person (MGPS), Mark Williams, to its ‘in- house’ training team as a Medical Gas trainer. He added: “While the perception might be that COVID-19 will mean a reduction in the time spent available for practical training, two trainers means Eastwood Park can split learners into smaller groups within the class for practical exercises, which is safer, and means that all learners have much greater opportunity to get involved and utilise equipment.”
The key to your building’s security
Locking systems manufacturer, CES, says its Masterkey system is ‘engineered specifically for use in demanding facilities’ – including hospitals and mental healthcare facilities – with complex needs. The company said: “It’s a familiar problem for Estates and Facilities managers – the security of your healthcare facility is vital, and you need complete control of your locking system, but you also have to stay within budget. Perhaps you’ve been dealing with multiple suppliers and are at the mercy of long lead times, or you’ve realised you have far too many keys in circulation, and are even finding keys being copied, making it harder to control security. Alternatively, your current system may have reached the end of its lifespan, and you are now left dealing with failing locks and bent or snapped keys.”
With ‘a rich heritage’ stretching back
to 1840, CES designs and manufactures high quality mechanical locking systems. The company said: “Assembled in the UK, CES products are globally recognised for their durability and security. A CES Masterkey system is engineered specifically for use in demanding facilities.” Key features include:
n Extreme durability – with 3.5 mm solid nickel-silver keys.
n Anti-wear locks. n Legally protected. n German manufacture. n UK assembly for quick turnaround. n Retrofittable to any existing locking system .
n Lock profiles for every door, window, and cupboard.
n Estate-wide system plans. n Simplified locking plans. n One designated supplier. n System designed to reduce key quantity.
n Keys only available from the factory.
‘For the ultimate in uncompromising security and durability’, CES key systems are designed to meet the exacting standards required in healthcare facilities. They are legally protected, ‘and can be tailored the precise needs of every multi-site estate’.
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Steve Batson (pictured), Studio director at SGP, explains: “The NHS and private healthcare provision in the UK are facing an unprecedented challenge that will impact services for many years to come. This joint venture will enable providers to deliver necessary facilities exactly where they are needed, through an efficient, flexible, and budget- conscious strategic tool around the patient journey.”
The joint venture ‘will combine decades of experience, and an established reputation in quality healthcare design, with cutting edge health planning methodology and software to support the future planning of a holistic, integrated, healthcare economy, focusing on patient needs and affordable delivery’. The methodology has been ‘tried and tested’ worldwide in locations including South East Asia and Australia, and can define not only what facilities are needed – from doctors’ surgeries to specialist neurosurgery units – but also where they might be best located to fit the demand. The ‘powerful modelling’ also allows healthcare providers to use fact-based data to compare different options.
International specialist health planners, architects, and clinical interior designers, TAHPI, and award-winning UK architects and masterplanners, Stephen George + Partners, have come together in a joint venture, TAHPI+SGP, to deliver what they describe as ‘a powerful new methodology to improve healthcare estate planning across the UK’. They say that ‘at a time when our healthcare environment has changed dramatically, and questions are being asked about the future of healthcare provision in our communities’, the TAHPI+SGP partnership ‘will respond by offering macro and micro solutions that can deliver an affordable and sustainable integrated population health and care system’.
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