Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM)
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.
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- Business Type:
- Research institute
- Industry Type:
- Health and Safety
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
- Year Founded:
- 1943
About IHEEM
IHEEM is a charitable company whose objectives are to promote for the public benefit the art and science of healthcare engineering and healthcare estate management and to advance for public benefit research, education and training within this specialist area.
IHEEM 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.
IHEEM commissions 'for public benefit' seminars, training and educational events such as the annual conference. Surpluses made from these events are passed through the Institute to promote its charitable objectives.
The directors/trustees meet in Council three times a year to provide strategic direction, to oversee and guide developments of the Institute, and to direct the six standing committees. The trustees ensure that the Institute pursues its objectives 'for public benefit' and that the assets owned by the Institute are used in a way that will contribute to the Institute achieving its objectives.
The Institute is the largest UK professional body dedicated specifically to research, education and the professional development of healthcare engineers and facility managers.
What is IHEEM?
The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) is an International Professional Engineering Institute, a specialist Institute for the Healthcare Estates Sector.
IHEEM’s primary purpose, as a professional development organisation, is to keep members up to date with developing technology and changing regulations, and various types of membership are available.
The Institute was founded in 1943 and was originally called the Institute of Hospital Engineering.
- A professional development not-for-profit members organisation for building professional careers
- Formed in 1943 IHEEM was previously known as the Institute of Hospital Engineering until 1966
- Registered Company (895080) and a registered Charity (257133)
- Governed and managed by an elected Council who are all Trustees of the Institute and hold full responsibility for the conduct of the business and affairs of the Institute.
- Employs seven administration staff to carry out the decisions of the Council.
- A registration provider for professional engineers: Engineering Technician, Incorporated Engineer and Chartered Engineer under a license agreement from the Engineering Council.
- Education and training provider through technical seminars, the annual conference and a monthly technical journal (Health Estate Journal).