CONTENTS IHEEM REGULARS 5 COMMENT
5 COVER STORY: ONE OF THE UK’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIFT TRAINING FACILITIES IS NOW OPEN
JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT
FEATURES 17 AIR QUALITY ‘THE MOST POWERFUL MEDICINE’
One positive outcome of the COVID-19 crisis has been the increased focus on improving the ventilation of indoor spaces, and the need to measure indoor air quality (IAQ).
21 TRUST CEO: ‘ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY’
Plans to deliver 48 new hospitals across England by the end of the decade were discussed by senior figures working on the programme and a Trust CEO at a webinar in July.
27 PANDEMIC SPEEDS UP THE PLANNING PROCESS
During the COVID-19 pandemic there have been greater changes to the planning process for healthcare real estate than at any point in the NHS’s history, believes Huw Mellor, a Partner at the Oxford offices of Carter Jonas.
33 FAST-TRACK EASES PRESSURE ON WALSALL TRUST
Construction and engineering teams at Tilbury Douglas have worked together to deploy a fast-track MMC approach to help the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust alleviate COVID-19 and winter-related pressures.
37 A GOOD TIME FOR AN UPDATE TO VENTILATION
Bruno Guedes, head of Technical Solutions at leading UK manufacturer of bespoke air-handling units, Barkell, looks at some of the key changes and areas addressed relating to air-handling unit design in the revised HTM 03-01.
42 DEROGATION AND THE BEST APPROACH
Andrew Poplett, an Authorising Engineer (Water & Ventilation) with specialist knowledge of water and critical ventilation systems, discusses when it may be appropriate for health service-providers to seek derogations.
46 ASSET MANAGEMENT AND NHS OPPORTUNITY
Greg Markham, Estates & Assets director at Serco Health, advocates a more structured approach to healthcare asset management across the NHS, and reports on IHEEM’s plans to provide more associated tools and training.
49 ADDRESSING POSITIVE LEGIONELLA TEST RESULTS Matt Morse and Nick Barsby of the Legionella Control Association (LCA) take a detailed look at some of the key steps to take, and the pitfalls to avoid, in the event of positive Legionella test results. They warn that actions following positive sampling 'must address the root cause, rather than just the symptom'.
53 MUCH-NEEDED SAFE SURGERY FOR CHILDREN The director of Global Operations at Kids Operating Room describes the charity’s work to try to ‘close the gap’ in children’s healthcare globally, but especially in low and middle- income countries, with the supply of a range of modern operating theatre equipment to hospitals in the regions.
57 UK’S ‘GREENEST HEALTH CENTRE’ IS NOW OPEN
A facility said to be the UK’s greenest health centre built to meet Passivhaus certification – Foleshill Heath Centre in Coventry – has opened its doors to patients.
61 AIMING FOR A ‘SMARTER’ AND SECURER HOSPITAL
Keith Carey, Marketing manager at access control manufacturer, SALTO Systems, looks at some of the ways in which hospitals can update and consolidate security and access control across their estate.
65 A ROADMAP FOR A CARBON-NEUTRAL HOSPITAL
Anuradha Sabherwal, a senior associate at architecture and design practice, NBBJ, and Jon Nuttall, an associate director at multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, Hoare Lee, look at key steps to designing, delivering, operating, and maintaining, a Net Zero Carbon hospital.
73 THE FUTURE OF STANDBY POWER IN HOSPITALS
Chris Connors, head of Sales (South) at DTGen, considers future standby power generation in healthcare facilities.
77 MS THERAPY: OXYGEN GENERATION UPGRADE
When the South Wales Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Swansea was looking to expand, moving to larger premises, and installing an Atlas Copco on-site oxygen generation system, increased therapy capacity, reduced running costs, and provided energy savings.
81 DESIGN CAN HELP WITH AN HOLISTIC RECOVERY Richard Hutchinson discusses LOM Architecture's design of a new Care and Rehabilitation Centre (CRC) for the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) at its site near Leatherhead in Surrey.
85 FIRE PREVENTION – YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR
Lee James, General manager – Product Marketing, at fire detection equipment specialist, Nittan Europe, cautions against cutting corners on fire detection systems in hospitals and other healthcare premises.
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