Two IHEEM “Resilience and Emergency Planning” seminars on 11 June in Birmingham and 18 June in London will highlight the Department of Health’s new Health Building Note (HBN) 00-07, one of the first of a new suite of HBNs, which provides specific guidance on developing NHS facilities resilient to a range of threats and hazards.
The term “resilience” relates to a building and its services’ ability to withstand the impact of an incident or emergency. The HBN provides a strategic approach to resilience planning, and technical guidance on measures to enhance resilience, and is relevant to the whole NHS estate, including private sector premises providing NHS healthcare or other services to the NHS.
The seminars will introduce the HBN 00-07, detail the theory behind resilience planning, and explain how this can be converted into the procurement and design process for new builds, also examining how the relevant principles and policies can be incorporated into existing facilities. Case studies will highlight how resilience planning has been utilised in dealing with past incidents.
Each seminar will include the following presentations:
- “The strategic approach to resilience in the NHS Estate – the integrated emergency management model” – Phill Storr, programme manager, Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health (DH).
- Introduction to HBN 00-07 and its implications on the estate – Chris Holme, principal engineer, DH.
- Security and the healthcare estate – Peter Finch, Trust security advisor, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust.
- Dealing with fire breakout in a healthcare environment – Paul Roberts, risk management advisor, DH Estates & Facilities Division.
- Service resilience – Chris Holme, DH.
- Case study: Great Ormond Street Hospital: service support in an emergency – Mike Ralph, director of estates and facilities.
- Case Study: Gloucestershire Hospitals: dealing with the 2007 floods and the resulting interrupted water supply – Graham Biggar, specialist services manager.
To register for the seminars, visit www.iheem.org.uk/events, email nicola.oliver@iheem.org.uk or telephone: 02392 823186.
Rates are: £110 plus VAT for IHEEM members, and £170 plus VAT for non- members.
Photo courtesy of Professor Ed Galea, University of Greenwich
