Events diary

Sustainability Live!
Description: Sustainabilitylive! is the UK’s largest forum for excellence and innovation in environment, water, energy and land. In 2007 Sustainabilitylive! brought together 450 exhibitors and around 7,000 visitors, making it a very successful platform to do business. Apart from a line up of top brand suppliers, Sustainabilitylive! 2008 will see awards, networking and an extensive features programme including high level keynotes, master classes, and seminars over 3 days. For more information on each individual show please visit the environment, land, energy and water sections on our website.
Venue: NEC Birmingham
Date(s): 20-22 May 2008
Contact: Andrew Hilliard
Email: AndrewHilliard@fav-house.com
Web: www.sustainabilitylive.com

 

11th National Health Estates & Facilities Management Association (HEFMA) conference and exhibition
Description: The evolving face of UK healthcare and its impact on estates and facilities services today will be the key theme of the 11th National Health Estates & Facilities Management Association (HEFMA) conference and exhibition, being hosted at Chesford Grange, Kenilworth by HEFMA West Midlands Branch from 21-22 May this year.
Venue: Chesford Grange, Kenilworth
Date(s): 21-22 May
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BRE events
Description: Independent third party approvals and fire, security and sustainability product certification body BRE Global will be holding a number of fire safety events and training courses with healthcare sector relevance over the next four months at its Garston, Watford headquarters. The events include: Fire safety management course for hospitals – on 26 March, 29 April and 10 June; and a Fire safety design course for hospitals – on 27 March, 30 April and 11 June.
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Healthcare Estates Conference & Exhibition
Description: Healthcare Estates attracts the key decision makers as delegates. These key decision makers from both the public and private sector all look for answers, ideas and innovations from the conference. Each year the conference presents them with informative and inspiring papers giving them the answers and stimulation to react to ever changing conditions.
Venue: Harrogate International Centre
Date(s): 14th-15th October 2008
Contact: Colin Williams
Email: colinwilliams@stepex.com
Web: www.healthcare-estates.com/

 

IFHE 20th Congress
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Venue: World Trade Centre, Barcelona, Spain
Date(s): 17-22 October 2008
Contact: Francisco Castella
Email: castella@eic.ictnet.es
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FEATURE ARTICLE

Data security: keeping a lid on Pandora’s box
Following recent, high profile cases of public bodies “mislaying” sensitive information, Health Estate Journal considers the data security implications of increasing migration of patient and staff records to a central electronic NHS database, and examines the key issues for those responsible for maintaining such data safely and securely in hospitals and other care environments.

PRODUCT ARTICLE

Doors improve infection control
Besam is installing thirty automatic door systems for Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon as part of a £2.5 million ongoing refurbishment of six wards.