The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) is the UK's largest specialist Institute for the Healthcare Estates Sector; devoted to developing careers, provision of education and training and registering engineers as Eng Tech, IEng and CEng.
History
The Institute was founded in 1943 and was originally named the Institute of Hospital Engineers; the
Society of X-Ray Technology The Society of X-Ray Technology was a British professional association for work with X-rays.
History
The Institute of X-Ray Engineers was formed in 1944 in Liverpool, soon after changing its name to the Society of X-Ray Technology.
In the mid-1980 ...
had merged with this in 1990.
Structure
It is headquartered in the Cumberland Business Centre
Headquarters
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IHEEM:
* is a not-for-profit company. Their primary purpose, as a professional development organisation, is to keep members up to date with developing technology and changing regulations within the industry
* is independent of government, the NHS and commercial interests and protects its impartiality and objectivity.
IHEEM’s members comply with a Code of Professional Conduct that places a personal obligation to uphold the dignity and reputation of the profession and to safeguard public interest; each member undertakes to exercise all reasonable professional skill and care and to discharge this responsibility with integrity.
The Institute counts among its members employees of both public and private healthcare providers, engineering and consultancy firms and practices. Increasingly members come from a non-engineering background, many with Facilities Management experience.
See also
* Chartered engineer
Regulation and licensure in engineering is established by various jurisdictions of the world to encourage life, public welfare, safety, well-being, then environment and other interests of the general public and to define the licensure process thro ...
* Incorporated engineer
An engineering technologist is a professional trained in certain aspects of development and implementation of a respective area of technology. Engineering technology education is even more applied and less theoretical than engineering education ...
* Engineering technician
An engineering technician is a professional trained in skills and techniques related to a specific branch of technology, with a practical understanding of the relevant engineering concepts. Engineering technicians often assist engineers and engi ...
References
External links
Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management
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1943 establishments in the United Kingdom
ECUK Licensed Members
Engineering societies based in the United Kingdom
Medical physics organizations
Organisations based in Portsmouth
Science and technology in Hampshire
Medical and health organisations based in the United Kingdom