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Volume six - July 2008
Welcome to the latest edition on ‘The Source’ I hope you enjoy this edition and as always please give us your feedback on the contents.Featured Article…

Making a difference
With over 350 delegates, 19 guest speakers, 62 exhibitors, four award winners and one Falklands hero, this year’s 11th annual HefmA conference debated, discussed and challenged ideas that pushed those within the NHS to strive for much more than they have before, reports Clare Riley More…
Contents…
- Chairman Kevin Oxley
- In the balance
- NHS 60th Anniversary
- HefmA History
- Hospital Design
- Infection Control
- Hospital Bugs
- Case Study
- HefmA Conference
- New Products
- Product Profile

Welcome to the latest edition on ‘The Source’
At the time of writing this column I have been reflecting on this year’s Annual conference held in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The conference has continued to go from strength to strength but I feel that this year there was an almost unique feel and vibrancy to it. I spoke to many delegates and exhibitors and without exception the feedback from them was excellent. I would like to place my thanks on record to the West Midlands for organising such a fantastic conference. More…

Patient care in the balance
Hospitals could potentially save hundreds of thousands of pounds in litigation costs by ensuring their weighing equipment is accurate, fit for purpose and regularly maintained. Here’s how More…

In the beginning...
The majority of the population is too young to know what life was like before the NHS. It has always been there. On its 60th anniversary David Hurst traces the start of Britain’s biggest social experiment More…

Long and winding road
As the NHS celebrates its 60th birthday this year, it’s worth pausing to reflect on how our own organisation has grown and developed alongside it. HefmA President Bill Murray offers his thoughts More…

Back to the future
A better balance between function and the creation of patient, staff and visitor well-being through the environment is the future of hospital design in the UK, writes Marc Sansom, a director of the International Academy for Design & Health More…

Keep it clean
Bill Tansley, Technical Specialist BREG with JohnsonDiversey UK, discusses approaches to preventing and controlling infections More…

Contrast delivery
Hemel Hempstead Hospital is making use of an advanced contrast delivery system More…


















