IHEEM MEDICAL GAS TECHNICAL PLATFORM

WEDNESDAY 4TH FEBRUARY, 14:00

TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL ______

Present:
Mike Ralph – Chairman
Steve Goddard
Geoff Dillow
Mike Arrowsmith
Peter Williams
In Attendance
Jolene Tebbey –Minute Taker
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4.2
4.3
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9 / APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Christian Graack
Ian Sandford
Lyndon Saul
Graeme Dunn
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
None.
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING (14th AUGUST 2014)
The minutes were agreed as accurate.
MATTERS ARISING
Provision of Articles to Health Estates Journal (Item 4.1)
MR confirmed the Health Estates Journal (HEJ) still want articles and issues for the journal and is trying to arrange a meeting to discuss this further. Andrew Ward has stated to the Technology Platform Committee that he would like more interaction from each Platform. MR and Andy Wavell are looking to meet with STEP to discuss the technical content of the HEJ. MR reported he may have an interesting article for the journal regarding upcoming work expanding metal gas pipes. It was agreed this item could be closed off the agenda.
PI Insurance (Item 4.2)
MR reported he has had a discussion with JA and confirmed the £1million is the limit that has been set and there would be no change.
Target Development Training (Item 4.3)
MR reported that nothing more has been heard from Melvyn Langford and there hasn’t been anything raised around this becoming compulsory. It was agreed this item could be closed off the agenda.
Letter to Lynne Morrison (Item 4.6)
MR reported he has written again to Lynne Morrison (LM) and again has received no response. The suggestion was put forward that this was now being headed by Teresa Hughes (TH) at Reading. SG to send contact details to MR and MR to contact TH.
Checklist (Item 4.7)
The Platform confirmed they have not received this checklist. MR to investigate this further and redistribute if possible as he has since changed Organisations and finding this could prove difficult.
Post meeting note: MR confirmed he cannot find the check list referred to here on any source he has access to, close this item off the agenda.
P21 AE (Item 5)
MR reported that P21 has now been replaced by P22. David Kershaw (DK) has assured that the work that has been put in has not been wasted and it will move forward. DK is still keeping his role and has promised to keep in contact. MR confirmed even though there is no action at present this hasn’t gone away.
Code of Practice (Item 5)
GD confirmed this has been distributed and this is now out for comment. MR suggested adding a non-disclosure agreement to it.
AP Commissioning Register (Item 7)
A discussion was held regarding an AP Register and where the Platform would go with this and it was agreed at present that this didn’t seem feasible. MR to discuss further with LS when he is available and request a paper to outline this further before making a decision on where to go with this.
A discussion was also held with regards to people claiming to be AE’s when they are not. It was widely felt that this was what the IHEEM Register is in place for but until there is some sort of stipulation that a person needs to be included on the Register to complete the work there is nothing much that can be done. The discussion asked whether this is something that could be looked into further through the CQC, whether suitability to practice could be on the list with the CQC. MR to discuss this further with IS and also circulate information received from Richard Knight. This could then lead to a Task and Finishing Group being created through the Technical Platform. PW confirmed he would be happy to be a part of this and if anyone else is interested they need to confirm with JT.
NEW WORK ITEMS FOR PLATFORM & AE TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION
It was agreed the AE Training Prospectus could be a new work item.
TERMS OF REFERENCE REVIEW
JT to resend Terms of Reference.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
MR raised awareness to the Platform of a LinkedIn AE Review page which at first glance appears to have come from the IHEEM LinkedIn Page. MR and MA have both spoken with Julian Amey and it appears that there is nothing that can be done about this as there isn’t anything actually said on the page. It was agreed by all the AE’s need to speak up otherwise people may start listening to this page. MR raised the point that this is not really an issue the Technical Platform can deal with and was not sure what the AE Group can do about it either. The ongoing question is how to grow the Register, and it was felt the answer is within the CQC and that stating that everyone needs to be registered. MR is to look into finding more details on the contact within the CQC to try to look at the best way to influence this; it could be the AE Group attends one of their strategy days to provide a presentation. MR to take this forward.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Face to face meeting to take place at the Sodexo Office, 1 Southampton Row on the 27th May 2015, commencing at 10:30. JT confirmed expenses will only be reimbursed for 5 members of the Platform.
Signature of Chair Date signed / Action: SG/MR
Action: MR
Action: GD
Action: MR/LS
Action: MR/IS
Action: JT
Action: MR
Institute Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management – Management & Finance Committee / 1

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