COMMENT IHEEM Excellent opportunities ahead in 2019


JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT


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Welcome to 2019’s first edition of HEJ, and after a busy 75th Anniversary year last year in which the Institute marked its foundation with a range of events, this year IHEEM and its members will be looking forward to a landmark Healthcare Estates event in Manchester in October which will run alongside the International Federation of Hospital Engineering’s European conference. Speaking in his inaugural Presidential address in London in November (see pages 19-22), Ian Hinitt pointed out that Healthcare Estates 2019 would thus be an excellent opportunity to showcase ‘our national treasure’ – the NHS – alongside the professionalism, skills, and expertise of UK healthcare engineers and estates managers to a truly global audience. Further details on what looks set to be a really exciting show will appear in HEJ over coming months.


During his address, Ian Hinitt made clear that the ‘Five Key Themes’ championed by Pete Sellars ‘resonated strongly’ with him, and said he would be aiming to continue his predecessor’s work in these areas, alongside focusing on a number of new ones. Having always been ‘mindful of the inequalities in life’, one of his priorities would be ‘challenging the obvious gap in diversity and equality’, not only within IHEEM’s membership, but also in the wider industry. A strong advocate of apprenticeships,


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Ian Hinitt told guests the Institute was especially keen to further explore working with HefmA and NHSI to establish a NHS national apprenticeship for healthcare engineers. With effective training indeed key to the profession’s long-term sustainability, Ian Hinitt noted that Pete Sellars – whose contribution and commitment he praised – had also placed considerable emphasis on strengthening IHEEM’s links with academia. Prior to November’s Presidential Address, he was among participants in an interesting roundtable discussion which examined how IHEEM can foster closer working with both academics researching and lecturing on building services engineering and other estates-related topics, and undergraduates studying in the field. All agreed that knowledge-sharing between universities and the healthcare estate management profession could have significant real-world benefits in, for example, enabling healthcare buildings to be more efficiently and innovatively run, although it was noted that progress could sometimes be slowed by medical ethics or data/patient privacy barriers. A full report will appear in the February and March issues of HEJ.


Jonathan Baillie I Editor jonathanbaillie@stepcomms.com


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