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MEDICAL GAS SERVICES


Medical Gas Services prides itself on the standard of its medical gas system installations.


system design. Rob McCrea said: “We will also now install a hospital’s complete medical gas pipeline system, having begun offering the installation service this year. I have both an installation and a maintenance background, while Michael Sayers and Wayne Badkin have strong installation backgrounds. We used to feel that Medical Gas Services’ specialism in AE and AP work were enough, and that we would use sub-contractors for installation and maintenance. However, having been let down on a number of occasions, we decided that – to ensure that optimal quality of service for customers – we would undertake our own installation and maintenance ‘in house’. We now anticipate both our installation and maintenance work growing significantly.”


Key differentiators


I asked him what he thought were the key differentiators that Medical Gas Services and the associated businesses now offer within a pretty competitive market. He said: “Due to entering all these different medical gas disciplines, we have split the company, and acquired another to fulfil all the various needs. Due to starting to undertake a lot of CP work, we


established HTM Authorising Services in mid-2019, to undertake all the AE and AP work, which was Medical Gas Services’ original remit. Meanwhile, Medical Gas Services continued with installation and maintenance, and found a requirement for undertaking industrial gas works, where our expertise was limited. To address this, we purchased Medical Industrial Gas Services in February this year; originally based in York, the company now operates from our Normanton head office.” MIGS serves the industrial, pharmaceutical, and laboratory gases markets, within colleges, universities, and hospitals.


Very specialist expertise Rob McCrea said: “This work requires very specialist expertise, which the three professionals we have recruited to work for this subsidiary company certainly possess. They already have contracts in locations including Kent, Middlesex, and Manchester, to name just three. We decided to move into this area because we were being asked by hospitals when undertaking installation work to also do some pharmacy and laboratory work.” While Rob McCrea sees considerable further growth potential for Medical Gas Services in installation and maintenance,


he equally expects the business to substantially grow its training offer. He explained: “We already undertake a fair amount of training for the NHS, and will be looking to start really stepping this up later this year.”


He added proudly of the Group’s all- round expertise: “The way that the Group and the businesses have been built, we now have an AE/AP company, HTM Authorising Services; a medical gas installation and maintenance company, Medical Gas Services; Medical and Industrial Gas Services working in laboratories and pharmacies, and Dental Air, doing the Dental Services. We thus have a really comprehensive portfolio of services. Later this year we will be expanding our training offer through a new agreement; Medical Gas Services has agreed a five-year deal with a major training company to provide all of its AP and CP training.”


Medical Gas Services Area managers (left to right): Michael Sayers, Wayne Badkin, and Adam Clark.


As our discussion closed, I asked Rob McCrea to what he particularly attributed the successful growth of he and his business partner’s medical and industrial gas companies. He said: “As I mentioned just now, one of our biggest strengths is the breadth of our offering, which, with the acquisition of Medical and Industrial Gases, I would say no other UK medical gas specialist can match. There is also no doubt that my military training was in very large part responsible for my drive, determination, and a can-do attitude, which has played a significant part. Ironically, my father was never keen for me to enter the army, but the lure, particularly, of travelling the world and playing lots of sports really appealed, and I learned a huge amount during my six years in the military. Michael and I are really pleased with the position we now find ourselves in with the group of businesses, and the fact that – largely through word of mouth and a reputation for no-nonsense, reliable, and value-for- money service – Medical Gas Services and the associated companies are winning some fantastic work, both in the UK and overseas.”


hej May 2020 Health Estate Journal 65


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