Trainers
Our trainers deliver the training that meets your needs
Our trainers are one of our biggest assets, providing a strong mix of knowledge and industry expertise. Sound experience in their chosen professions, provides you with relevant, high-quality training.
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Bruce Garbutt
Decontamination & Infection Control
Bruce Garbutt is Eastwood Park’s resident decontamination and infection control trainer.
Having managed people and operations under extreme circumstances within the armed forces, Bruce is adept at responding to our delegates' training needs, backed by an extensive technical knowledge.
Prior to Eastwood Park, Bruce enjoyed a 30 year career in defence aerospace engineering, with experience in frontline maintenance, quality assurance, design and development, technical authoring and co-ordination of high value projects.
- Bruce Garbutt specialises in
- Decontamination & Infection Control
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Bob Kingston
Decontamination & Infection Control
Bob Kingston is an Authorising Engineer (decontamination), and takes the lead delivering our Authorised Person (decontamination) training.
His breadth of knowledge includes HVAC, project and contract management, quality assurance, energy conservation, feasibility studies and systems option appraisals.
Bob is a Chartered Engineer and a member of a number of healthcare and engineering organisations and institutes, as well as Director of decontamination building services KSVAS Ltd.
- Bob Kingston specialises in
- Decontamination & Infection Control
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Sylvia Martin
Decontamination & Infection Control
Sylvia Martin’s career spans 25 years, playing a central role in developing and delivering Eastwood Park’s Decontamination Lead course.
As a highly experienced Decontamination and Sterile Services Manager, Sylvia brings extensive knowledge to her training, encompassing: project management for developing business cases; the design and build of decontamination facilities; and management of full decontamination services including endoscopy and medical equipment.
- Sylvia Martin specialises in
- Decontamination & Infection Control
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Terry Easy
Decontamination & Infection Control
Terry Easy has been employed in the decontamination sector for approaching 40 years and is an Authorising Engineer in Decontamination.
He began as a Service Engineer, moving on to become a regional Sterilizer Engineer and then joining the British Sterilizer Company as Service Director.
- Terry Easy specialises in
- Decontamination & Infection Control
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Mark Walker
Decontamination & Infection Control
Mark Walker is an experienced medical device decontamination professional and Authorising Engineer (Decontamination). He has several years' experience managing a sterile services department servicing two major London hospitals, as well as experience in auditing to ISO 13485, endoscopy and sterile service departments.
Mark lead our CSSD teaching delivery to sterile service technicians at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Saudi Arabia and is one of our decontamination & infection control trainers.
- Mark Walker specialises in
- Decontamination & Infection Control
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Andrew Birch
Andrew is a practising validation engineer in both the healthcare sector and the pharmaceutical industry with 30 years’ experience, Andrew is also AE(D) for a number of English NHS trusts and as such has experience in auditing and provision of advice on all aspects of decontamination.
Andrew also has experience in Quality Management Systems and compilation of validation protocols to pharmaceutical standards. He is also an Authorizing Engineer (Decontamination) and member of IHEEM.
- Andrew Birch specialises in
- Decontamination & Infection Control
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Michael Ell
Medical Gases
As medical gas portfolio manager, Michael Ell leads and develops medical gas training at Eastwood Park, the only “live” training MGPS site in the UK.
Formerly a marine engineer, hospital engineer, an Estates Manager in a 750-bed general hospital and a medical gas risk specialist and trainer, he has over 25 years’ hospital engineering experience.
Michael offers in-depth knowledge of the role of a medical gas AP, as well as the management of medical gases on a range of sites. His course delivery encourages as much interactivity and practical elements as possible.
- Michael Ell specialises in
- Medical Gases
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Dr Kenneth Pereira
Medical Equipment
Dr Kenneth Pereira has made a significant contribution in the field of biomedical equipment education and training for the last 30 years and plays a significant role in the development of Eastwood Park’s new foundation degree.
As an acclaimed lecturer he has been actively involved in teaching electronics and biomedical engineering for many years. He is a published author of papers for several conferences on education, training and curriculum development.
- Dr Kenneth Pereira specialises in
- Medical Equipment
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Dr Scott Brown
Scott has joined Eastwood Park’s medical equipment training team with over 25 years’ in the clinical engineering sector. A registered clinical scientist with the Health Care Professions Council, he has a PhD in risk management and a background in engineering and science. He is currently, Capital Investment Manager with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and Lead Consultant for Health Tech Solutions Ltd.
A Chartered engineer and Chartered scientist he has extensive experience of risk management, assurance, governance and project management. As an IPEM committee member including Council, EGB (Engineering Group Board) and CESIG (Clinical Engineering Special Interest Group), author and editor to Report 97, as well as many significant publications he brings a new dimension to our training.
- Dr Scott Brown specialises in
- Medical Equipment
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Andrew Hicks
Lifts
Following a career spanning 30 years in training, design, assessment and management for building engineering services, Andrew now specialises in lift training.
He delivers Eastwood Park’s lift portfolio, in one of the very few dedicated lift training facilities in the country. Andrew is also an NVQ L3 and CITB construction skills F-gas assessor.
- Andrew Hicks specialises in
- Lifts
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Ken Gorman
Ken Gorman has 33 years hospital experience within the NHS and in hospitals abroad, including the Middle East and Africa.
He has an MSc in Engineering Management as well as a NEBOSH diploma, and is a member of IHEEM.
His estates and facilities experience has given him an insight into the requirements and challenges of hospital engineering.
- Ken Gorman specialises in
- Lifts
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Lester Stuart
Heating, Ventilation, Air Con & Steam
Lester Stuart is a specialist hospital ventilation maintenance and management training consultant.
He carries out hospital critical ventilation plant validation and verification both for the NHS and the private sector. He is also a qualified NVQ assessor.
- Lester Stuart specialises in
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Steam
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Richard Knight
Heating, Ventilation, Air Con & Steam and Electrical
Richard Knight is a highly knowledgeable specialist in healthcare ventilation with over 30 years’ experience in healthcare estates management, mostly from within Trust.
Richard is well placed to deliver Eastwood Park’s HVAC training, as a member of the CEN TC 156 committee writing the new European healthcare ventilation standard.
He is also an Authorising Engineer and a founding member and chair of the CIBSE HVAC healthcare group South West.
- Richard Knight specialises in
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Steam
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Richard Harris
With several years as a British Merchant Navy Engineering Officer, followed by senior engineering roles in M & E and hospital estates management, Richard Harris has recently joined our highly experienced HVAC team.
Richard is an Authorising Engineer in Ventilation/Water and Pressure Systems, as well as an independent advisor for Water Hygiene and currently runs his own building services consultancy. He is a Member of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and Institute of Marine Engineers, Scientists and Technicians. He is also a Chartered Engineer (C Eng) & a Fellow of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estates Management.
- Richard Harris specialises in
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Steam
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David Harper
Water Hygiene
David Harper is an expert engineering authority on Legionnaires' Disease in the UK and abroad.
He has been instrumental in developing the water hygiene training at Eastwood Park and as a former HSE inspector his knowledge is often sought to assist with investigations.
David has written and published significant papers in many well-known and respected journals, both in the medical and legal field, as well as appearing on television and radio.
He is registered as an Expert Witness for the legal profession and provides training on the subject up to PhD level, which has led to him giving many talks, lectures, and workshops to all disciplines, across the globe.
David holds IHEEM’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his long service to the healthcare industry and more recently awarded Honorary Fellowship by SoPHE, the Society of Public Health Engineers for his services to water safety and combating Legionella.
- David Harper specialises in
- Water Hygiene
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Alan Hambidge
Water Hygiene and Health & Safety
Alan Hambidge has almost 30 years’ experience in the field of health and safety risk management and is a leading expert in Legionellosis and water hygiene.
He is lead trainer on Eastwood Park’s health and safety portfolio, as well as developing and delivering the current portfolio of water hygiene training courses.
Alan is an IA / AE on water and health and safety, and is an active member of various organisations and institutes such as IHEEM, HefmA and IFHE. He is also a three times winner of the IHEEM John Bolton Memorial Prize and runs his own company, Empathy Environmental Consultancy. He runs the on-line "Safety Solutions" web site resource, and has published hundreds of articles and a health and safety book.
- Alan Hambidge specialises in
- Health & Safety
- Water Hygiene
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Mervyn Phipps
Water Hygiene and Estates & Facilities Management
With approaching 30 years experience in all aspects of water safety and hygiene and estates management in the healthcare sector, Mervyn has led the development of Eastwood Park's new portfolio of water courses for both healthcare and non-healthcare organisations.
Having recently left the NHS, as well as delivering training at Eastwood Park, he works with private and NHS organisations providing expert consultancy services as an Authorising Engineer (Water) plus other services and bespoke training.
He is a Fellow of IHEEM as well as a member of IHEEM's Authorising Engineers (Water) register; a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and Member of the Water Management Society. His working experience in the healthcare sector enables him to offer his skills in water safety and the wider estate management fields.
- Mervyn Phipps specialises in
- Water Hygiene
- Estates & Facilities Management
- Medical Gases
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Paul Beech
Fire Safety
Paul Beech has considerable experience in fire safety covering a long career in the fire service.
He shares his expertise by giving fire training at Eastwood Park. His fire safety consultancy supports a number of NHS Trusts in the capacity of Fire Safety Advisor.
With detailed knowledge of the codes of practice (HTMs), Paul is able to use his practical experience to support the provision of effective fire precautions in healthcare premises.
- Paul Beech specialises in
- Fire Safety
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Kevin Furey
Kevin has joined to support the expansion of Eastwood Park’s electrical training portfolio. He has over 30 years’ experience working in electrical engineering and is currently leading the development of Eastwood Park’s brand new high voltage training facility.
His wealth of experience as an Authorising Engineer, senior engineering and training consultant both in the UK and internationally greatly supports our future electrical training provision. Kevin is a member of IHEEM, IET and the Engineering Council.
- Kevin Furey specialises in
- Electrical
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Peter Handforth
Electrical
Peter Handforth trained as an electrician within the NHS. He has considerable experience as a design engineer and a passion for the delivery of quality training.
Peter delivers the electrical training courses at Eastwood Park. He is an Authorising Engineer for several hospitals and runs his own consultancy specialising in healthcare electrical installations.
- Peter Handforth specialises in
- Electrical
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Stephen Lloyd
Estates & Facilities Management
Stephen Lloyd is leading the development and delivery of Eastwood Park’s estates & facilities management suite of courses.
He has many years’ experience in a number of FM roles in the NHS and operates as an independent estates & facilities management consultant.
Alongside training, Stephen is project coordinator for the building of Eastwood Park’s new training centre.
- Stephen Lloyd specialises in
- Estates & Facilities Management