IHEEM has developed a tool to assist Hospitals to understand their current base oxygen flows and understand planned oxygen demands to support various COVID-19 care scenarios. The tool uses recommended diversified flow levels for COVID-19 areas as defined by the Critical Care National Medical Director for England. These flow rates can be modified to be … Read more
In response to the rapidly escalating COVID-19 situation, IHEEM has established a COVID-19 Technical Panel. Led by IHEEMs CEO Pete Sellars with support and co-ordination from Bill Millar, Technical Platform Committee Chair, it is drawing on expertise from across the Institute’s broad range of Technical Platform disciplines: Brian Kirk – Decontamination Andrew Poplett – Ventilation … Read more
The Royal Academy of Engineering is working with NHS England to call on the technical expertise of engineers in helping the Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic. There are a number of new medical facilities being built in London, Manchester and Birmingham to treat patients with COVID-19. In order to maintain patient care, many clinical … Read more
Please see below the latest briefing notes from the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine regarding their support for COVID-19 Initiatives IPEM COVID-19 Briefing Ad Notice Considerations Regarding Equipment Donations Advice note Conversion of drive gas v 1.1
With the spread of COVID-19 increasing across the UK, engineers and estates professionals in the NHS are now undertaking their vital role in a rapidly changing and increasingly demanding environment. We have received a number of calls and emails from companies and individuals asking IHEEM how they can offer their services, skills and knowledge to … Read more
Until further notice, our Head Office staff will be working differently. We have developed a rota that limits the number of staff working in the office to two at any one time, working in separate parts of the building. At all other times, staff will be working remotely from home. The health and safety of … Read more
We recognise that many people are yet to be fully exposed to Microsoft Teams so have pulled together a quick ‘how-to-use’ guide to help those who are now working from home. Microsoft Teams includes the Outlook add-in, which lets you create new Teams meetings directly from Outlook. It also lets people view, accept, or join … Read more
IHEEM has today issued an operational policy statement setting out their response to the developing situation on Coronavirus (COVID-19). In line with advice and guidance from Public Health England, it sets out measures that aim to minimise the risk to Head Office staff and council and committee members as well as those who plan to … Read more
As the coronavirus spreads, shaking hands is under assault, and new, ‘touchless’ greetings are sprouting in its wake. What we know about Covid 19: If someone sneezes with the disease, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne. If it drops on a metal surface it will … Read more
IHEEM is now providing professional and technical feedback to NHS England and NHS Improvement on the re-development of national efm standards and guidance. The Institute has developed a set of internal protocols that allow the Head Office to commission its Technical Platforms (TPs), via the Technical Platform Committee Chair, to provide detailed comment on draft … Read more
You may recall that in October 2019 at the Healthcare Estates Conference & Exhibition we launched a high-level outline of our 5 Year Business Plan which set out our core objectives as well as a number of key deliverables under “Our Improved Offer”. We also announced that we would publish more detail in 2020. So … Read more
All Engineering Council registrants make a commitment to maintain and enhance their competence. In practice, this means undertaking continuing professional development (CPD). The requirement is set out in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) and the ICTTech Standard, and the obligation is explained below in the CPD Code for Registrants. CPD has several … Read more
