Some of the priorities to ensure a good choice of fire alarm and detection system for hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

A highly experienced medical gas specialist discusses equipping mobile units with medical gas systems.

A Public Health England (PHE) guidance document issued last year, Responding to the detection of legionella in healthcare premises – Guidance for PHE health protection teams (HPTs), ‘raises numerous questions about current levels of communication that Trusts have inhouse, and with HPTs, on positive Legionella sample results and what they mean’.

A new benchmarking survey initiated by point-of-care systems provider, Hospedia, harnessing the company’s Bedside Terminals, and designed and run by Picker Institute, an international charity ‘dedicated to the pursuit of health and social care quality improvement’, has successfully gathered near-real-time patient feedback from 75 UK NHS Trusts.

A summary of the key findings of Lord Carter’s ‘final’ report into the ‘productivity and efficiency’ of English acute NHS Trusts.

The importance of correct design sizing, commissioning, and effective ongoing monitoring, in getting the best from CHP plant on hospital sites.

With the NHS in England recently committing to ‘the biggest transformation of mental healthcare across the NHS in a generation’, this month sees the Design in Mental Health 2016 conference, exhibition, and dinner take place at the National Conference Centre (formerly known as the National Motorcycle Museum) in Solihull.

A washroom technology specialist explains how its products have evolved, and how materials technology used in ballistics and marine applications contributes to their strength and robustness.

Rigel Medical has introduced an upgraded version of its dedicated tester for the in-service and post-repair safety testing of medical electronic devices in line with the standards required by IEC 62353.

A look at the complex building services design for a new ward building at a specialist facility in Leamington Spa which treats neurological conditions caused by acquired brain injuries.

Brandon Medical has expanded its product range with the introduction of new isolated power supply and uninterruptable power supply solutions.

Specialist security manufacturer, Allegion, is encouraging facilities managers, fire safety managers, maintenance supervisors, and others in charge of safety in public sector buildings, to assess their door-closing devices, in case an adjustment is necessary.

Prior to the start of the Hospital Innovations 2016 event in London, an IHEEM ‘CEOs’ Breakfast Briefing’ saw senior personnel discuss and debate some of the key issues of the day.

The background to the establishment of the Register of Clinical Technologists, and a focus on an ‘equivalence route to registration’ for experienced clinical technologists.

IHEEM is delighted to announce that Peter Ball – Strategic Research director, BRE – has been added to the list of expert speakers who will present at an Institute seminar on sustainability issues in London this month.

As detailed in May’s HEJ, the annual IHEEM awards have been ‘revised and reviewed’, and, from this year, are being opened up ‘to give the whole of the healthcare industry supply chain – rather than just the Institute’s members’ – the opportunity to participate.

A partnership between Chelmsford City Council, Harlow District Council, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, and Anglia Ruskin University, is predicted to grow the UK medical technology sector by £1.2bn and generate approximately 12,500 jobs via the creation of a new three-site ‘MedTech’ campus in Essex, where organisations ranging from start-ups to ‘large corporates’ will be able to develop and perfect new medical technology.

According to statistics from the Department for Communities & Local Government, out of 727,000 attendances to premises by fire and rescue services in 2008, 399,200 were due to false or unwanted alarms.

Sustainability, and how the NHS as a whole can take effective action to make its operations “greener”, will be strongly in focus at this year’s Healthcare Estates conference in Manchester, with BRE, the expert research-based consultancy, testing and training organisation which addresses all aspects of the built environment, set to lead a plenary session and a stream dedicated to this key area.

The Institute’s Autumn 2011 seminar programme will again include a range of topics which both IHEEM members and non-members will find relevant and stimulating. All seminars contribute towards CPD, and a certificate is presented on completion.