The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is currently consulting on the draft third edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, with submissions closing on 25 September 2026. IHEA is reviewing the draft from a healthcare engineering, facilities management and infrastructure perspective and is seeking input from members to help inform its response. Of particular relevance is draft Requirement 3.01 – Safe environments, which carries forward...

IHEA Queensland’s Cairns Regional Professional Development Day has been warmly received, bringing together healthcare engineering, facilities and infrastructure professionals from across the state for a day of technical learning, site-based insight and industry connection. Held on Wednesday 2 September, the event was designed to create a stronger professional development opportunity for members and industry colleagues working outside the major metropolitan centres — and the response...

The University of Melbourne is inviting healthcare engineers, facilities managers and other key hospital stakeholders across Australia to participate in an important research project exploring opportunities to safely improve the efficiency of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in operating theatres. The project, Setback! Safely improving the efficiency of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) in the operating theatre, is examining how operating theatre HVAC systems...