IHEEM has released fuller details of the agenda for three technical seminars being staged this year on “The role of practical risk management in estates”, with the first two to be held in London (18 May, at the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining) and Leeds (26 May, at the Thackray Museum) later this month.
The events’ overall goal will be to “investigate recent developments in legislation, and the implications for the estates and facilities sector’s approach to risk management”. Among the speakers are Paul Verrico, solicitor-advocate at law firm Eversheds, explaining the ramifications for EFM personnel of legislation such as the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2002, and the Health and Safety (Offences) Act of 2008, and updating delegates on the first prosecution under the former; Alan Hambidge, director of health and safety risk management consultancy Empathy EC, who will examine the legal requirement for development of a simple, robust health and safety risk management system, and the tools available to estates departments for doing this; and Melvyn Langford, director of Healthcare Operational Risk, covering the importance of continually reviewing day-today monitoring processes in line with good governance practice “to protect patients from a systematic failure of managerial systems”. Also presenting will be Steve Lawley, compliance manager at Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, highlighting the importance of good record-keeping to satisfy external inspectors such as the Care Quality Commission, Health and Safety Executive, and National Health Service Litigation Authority. The third seminar, on 9 June, takes place at the University of Warwick. For more information visit: www.iheem.org.uk/events, or contact Jeff Pickering. T: 023 9282 3186; email: jeff.pickering@iheem.org.uk
