HEALTHCARE ESTATES Steam skills and expertise Valveforce says it is
‘committed to providing the NHS with a comprehensive range of products and supporting services specifically focused on the healthcare sector, backed up by outstanding technical service, a problem-solving approach, and a higher level of partner performance’. Its engineered services include:
n Audit work: n Independent steam systems. n Heat and energy loss insulation. n Boiler BG01 and water treatment. Service agreements for:
n Boiler house. n Heat exchanger. n Flow metering. n Control loop. n Plate heat exchanger. Survey and testing work:
n Comprehensive steam trap surveys. n High temperature protection surveys. n Safety valve in-situ and offsite testing. n Valve repair and testing.
n Swap-out and full installation site works. Boiler service agreements:
n Ensuring that boilers are operating at optimum performance to help maximise burner efficiency.
n Maintenance programmes to ensure that boilers are serviced to manufacturer recommendations.
n Predictable maintenance budget planning and forecasting.
n Planning maintenance to ensure boiler integrity is maintained and breakdowns avoided.
n Rapid response from experienced service engineers ‘at minimum cost’.
n Use of genuine OEM spares. n Priority response, so boilers are covered in case of a breakdown.
n Reduced call-out rates for service agreement customers.
n Components in stock ready for site visits.
n Detailed reviews following scheduled visits.
Quality through innovation
Gleeds, a leading global property and construction consultancy with 71 offices worldwide, independent since 1885, ‘delivers award-winning projects around the world’.
Its independent consultants work with healthcare professionals ‘to drive efficiency and quality through innovation’. It provides ‘specialist and impartial advice’ on construction and property projects, including support in establishing funding opportunities and business plans, and guidance and input on technical
team appointment and management, through to implementation, construction, and delivery.
Healthcare specialisms include:
n Auditing, reviewing, and re-engineering, business practice.
n BIM and Government Soft Landings. n Building surveying, including health and safety.
n Business and programme planning, including feasibility studies, option appraisals, procurement strategies, and business cases.
n Business-led, service-aligned change management strategy.
n Facilities management. n Leveraging efficiencies. n Lifecycle measurement and forecasting. n Performance measurement, frameworks, and benefits realisation.
n Programme management, including portfolio planning and value management.
Leading technical service providers
Imtech claims to be one of the UK’s biggest technical service providers, with extensive expertise and experience in engineering services, technical facilities management, and systems integration. The company said: “We have the financial strength, scale, and technical expertise, to meet all of our clients’ needs. Our low carbon solutions team
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delivers energy-saving solutions for clients through a number of frameworks across the UK. We can provide an entire project management solution, including finance, installation, and whole-life asset maintenance. We have successfully delivered projects for the North West Ambulance Service, Harrogate District NHS Foundation Trust, and Spire Healthcare.”
Luke Torkington of Four Seasons Health Care, said: “No other premium supplier can deliver such a robust infection control solution.” Gainsborough says Gentona also provides ‘pioneering water and utility savings’. “We were impressed to learn that the Gentona can potentially save up to 25% on all running costs compared with equivalent baths,” added Luke Torkington. The Coriel, meanwhile is ‘a substantial solution with a vast capacity ideal for bathers weighing up to 273 kg (43 stone) requiring recumbent bathing’. Through ‘precision engineering and highly durable components’, its ‘hi-lo’ functionality allows carers to consistently operate at safe working heights.
‘Ultra-efficient and infection- controlling’
Gainsborough Specialist Bathing will showcase its ‘ultra-efficient, infection- controlling’ Gentona and specialist bariatric Coriel baths.
It said: “Gentona (pictured) delivers the utmost safety, dignity, and wellbeing for semi-ambulant bathers through powered variable height and a bather transfer seat, and includes a world-first in specialist bathing infection control, with BioCote silver ion technology integrated during manufacture, so it cannot be wiped or worn away. The Gentona provides 99.9% protection, 24/7, against microbes including Influenza H1N1, E. coli, Salmonella, and antibiotic-resistant CPE, CRO, CRE, VRE, and MRSA.”
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