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
- Mechanical
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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.
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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
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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
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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 leads 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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Mike Quest
With over 25 years in the water industry, Mike brings vast experience and in-depth knowledge to our water hygiene courses. Mike founded his own company in 2005, providing Legionella services to a wide range of sectors including healthcare and housing. Mike became an independent consultant in 2014, spending his time training, auditing and supporting a number of NHS organisations as an Authorising Engineer.
His recent experience includes 5 years as a committee member of the Legionella Control Association and he is now one of their Company Auditors, working with member organisations to ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct and raising standards across the industry. He is also a Senior Member of the Water Management Society and a Member of IHEEM, and has given technical papers at numerous events across the UK.
Mike’s qualifications include a HND in Engineering and an honours degree in Water Management; he is a Chartered Environmentalist and an Incorporated Engineer, and believes that higher standards of competence are founded on the provision of high quality training and self-driven professional development.
- Mike Quest specialises in
- Water Hygiene
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Colin Newman
Colin is an experienced Chartered Fire Engineer having worked in fire safety for more than 29 years both in the private and public sectors. He spent 10 years of his fire safety career at Gent before leading the fire safety team at NHS Estates where he had responsibility for Department of Health fire safety policy and the technical content of Firecode.
He is the author of many parts of the current Firecode suite of guidance documents including HTM 05-01 Managing healthcare fire safety (second edition) and currently advises NHSI on fire safety matters.
In 2005 Colin founded Healthfire a fire consultancy specialising in fire safety in healthcare premises and currently acts as the Authorising Engineer (Fire) for a number of NHS trusts.
- Colin Newman 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
- Electrical
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Rob Shipton
Rob is an experienced Engineer with 30 years of experience. He worked in the Hydraulics and Pneumatics field before moving into steam Engineering. He has worked as a Service Engineer and Project Engineer before moving into training. Since then Rob has specialised in steam plant design, steam maintenance and boiler operation courses.
Rob is a CEA accredited trainer and runs their Boiler Accreditation Scheme (BOAS).
- Rob Shipton specialises in
- Mechanical