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

Chris Wood, CEO of Develop Training Limited (DTL), one of the UK’s leading training specialists in the facilities management sector, discusses some of the key issues that managers, including those in the healthcare estates and healthcare engineering sector, should consider when planning training for their staff, highlighting a number of areas of risk worthy of particular consideration.

Providing appropriate, up-to-date training for healthcare engineering and healthcare estates personnel so that, should the need arise, they can effectively address some of the most common risks likely to face their hospital or other healthcare facility, and indeed cope effectively in the event of a ‘natural disaster’ such as fire or flood, should, in my view, be a given. In this article I will look at some of the areas where good training can make a considerable difference in enabling an effective response, and indeed to keeping staff, patients, and visitors safe, and ensuring uninterrupted care.

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