SPONSORED BY HEALTH SECTOR NEWS H&V event in historic London setting
A meeting of the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Energy Technical Platform, and accompanying Symposium, on 25 June in The Great Hall at London’s St Bartholomew’s Hospital, will focus on topics ranging from ‘The new IHEEM AE(V) Register, and why it is needed’, to ‘What to watch out for in isolation rooms’. Richard Knight, an HVAC&E Technical Platform member and healthcare ventilation specialist with over 30 years’ experience, said: “This event will provide an excellent opportunity to hear about
Video service ‘connects’ parents withchild’sprogress
A secure video messaging service that ‘connects parents with their child’s progress’ in NHS neonatal units is being introduced by Trusts across the country. The idea for the vCreate App came from a parent of a child receiving neonatal care at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children. Hospital staff were asked to consider video updates as a way of reassuring parents on the wellbeing of their baby when they were not able to be in the Neonatal Unit. The concept for the vCreate Neonatal Video System was developed collaboratively by NHS clinicians and technology provider, vCreate, whose founder, Ben Moore, explained: “We worked with the hospital’s clinical team to develop a solution to help parents of premature babies at a difficult time. We also decided an alternative approach to funding was needed to remove cost as a barrier to entry for hospitals.” vCreate offers charities and corporate sponsors the opportunity to sponsor vCreate for their local NHS Neonatal Unit ‘in exchange for brand awareness, association with tech for good, and media coverage’. vCreate is reportedly the first application of its kind to provide on- demand progress updates by video. It ‘forms a secure baby-care diary that builds up over time, and can be downloaded by parents as a keepsake once their baby has been discharged’.
some of the latest HVAC developments affecting healthcare, meet others working in the field, and air your views.” Topics to be discussed at the event, which is open to all, and free to attend, will include: n ‘Endoscopy – an infection waiting to happen’ – a review of the new Technical Platform Guidance Note on the subject.
n ‘The New AE(V) register; what’s required, and why is it needed?’
n ‘Filters, getting them, right?’ and a new Technical Platform Guidance Note.
n ‘That 75% rule’ – the new Platform Guidance note.
n The new BS EN covering healthcare ventilation.
n The role of AEs. n ‘Isolation rooms – what to watch out for’. n ‘Surgeon’s control/theatre panels’, plus the new associated Technical Platform Guidance Note. n Fire dampers.
Please note that this is a third-party event. To book, T: 0800 6120 740, or email:
info@approvedair.co.uk
New ‘network’ established to represent community services
A new network has been launched ‘to represent the community services sector and forge better links with the rest of health and social care’. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers have jointly established the Community Network, which will ‘aim to be an effective and influential voice for the community services sector’. They
explained: “The Network will make the case for community services to play a leading role in the development of integrated systems, and for sufficient funding and investment to support ambitions to strengthen community services. It will also have a strong emphasis on promoting the link between community services and the rest of the health and care system, including primary care and social care services.” NHS Confederation CEO, Niall Dickson, added: “Community health services are a vital and often overlooked part of our healthcare system. If the NHS is to survive and thrive these services must play an even greater role in the years ahead as we provide more care in patients’ homes, and reduce the huge rise in demand for hospital care. Our new Community Network will be an effective, articulate, and influential national voice for the sector.”
Niall Dickson.
Community services have over 100 million contacts with patients every year.
‘Sustainable construction champion’ chains. He said: “I am very pleased to
‘Ethical and sustainable construction champion’, Dr Shamir Ghumra, formerly director of Sustainable Products at the multi-disciplinary building science centre, BRE, has taken on a new role there, as director of BREEAM – ‘the leading international portfolio of sustainability standards (including CEEQUAL and Home Quality Mark) that has been driving global improvements in buildings and infrastructure for over two decades’. Dr Ghumra has a strong background in ethical construction, leading on the development of BRE Global’s Ethical Labour Standard, BES 6002, as a way for organisations to evaluate and eradicate ‘modern slavery’ from their supply
16 Health Estate Journal June 2018
take on this role as director of BRE Global’s flagship sustainability certification scheme, which is now being actively applied to buildings in over 70 countries worldwide.”
BRE’s acting CEO, Niall Trafford, said: “Shamir has a formidable track record in sustainability. I have no doubt BREEAM will greatly benefit from his knowledge, international experience, and his strong beliefs in driving business ethics, sustainability, and responsible growth.” Prior to joining BRE Dr Ghumra was Principal Consultant at Responsible Solutions, and head of Sustainability at Aggregate Industries.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68
