FEATURE ARTICLES

The head of Operational Estates at a major Oxford NHS Trust explains how a spell looking after weaponry in the Royal Navy launched her engineering career.

The second of two articles from Australia in this month’s HEJ considers some of the key steps to take following incidents of water ingress to a healthcare facility.

A retired hospital engineer who served for many years with Australia’s New South Wales Department of Health reflects on some of the varied challenges and highlights of his career.

Following the IFHE Council meeting held in Turku, Finland, last June, it was agreed that a Library Award be instigated to promote the use of the Technical Library held by the Federation, and the first in this series of awards were presented at the IFHE’s 24th Congress in The Hague last month.

A look at how combining the latest technology with ‘bespoke’ customer service helps ensure a positive parking experience on hospital sites.

An outdoor heath programme in Scotland is exploring the potential for integrating ‘green space design’ into both existing and new healthcare facilities.

Against a backdrop of pressures on bedspace, the potential for wireless technology such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to facilitate increasing use of step-down care via a new generation of ‘hospital hotels’.

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

Some of the key issues for estates managers to consider when planning training and selecting a trainer.

A report on one of England’s first dedicated ‘24/7’ emergency care facilities – and its dramatically different design and configuration.

HEJ talks to Women’s Engineering Society CEO, Dawn Bonfield, about the challenges of recruiting more female engineers, and how they might be overcome.

Against the backdrop of a Government mandate on BIM implementation that takes effect this month, HEJ’s technical editor, Mike Arrowsmith, reports on a number of sessions at Healthcare Estates 2015 looking at the topics of Government Soft Landings and Building Information Modelling.

IHEEM and NAHFO (the National Association of Healthcare Fire Officers) recently jointly held seminars in London and Bristol looking at key fire safety issues relevant to healthcare estates personnel. The Institute’s events and marketing manager, Craig Willcock, reports.

Engineering and facilities service business, NG Bailey, discusses its part in a major redevelopment at one of the UK’s most famous orthopaedic hospitals.

A focus on how increasingly comprehensive data will aid the design and construction of healthcare buildings that perform ever more efficiently in the future.

A look at the key steps to guard building energy management systems against ‘cyber-attack’.

Choosing training that ensures that engineers are meeting standards and gaining competences to operate safely and effectively.

A report on some of the benefits of low temperature sterilisation of ‘hi-tech’ medical devices.

An expert explains how to effectively test medical gas systems for mobile healthcare units.

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