title: Young blood vital to sector's future.
abstract: Last month's HEJ saw editor, Jonathan Baillie, report on 'the first half' of a recent roundtable debate staged jointly in London by IHEEM and multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, Crofton Design. Participants considered the topic: 'The taxpayer is losing millions of pounds in poorly procured healthcare buildings due to the lack of construction expertise within NHS Trusts; the Government urgently needs to redress this if the losses are not to spiral out of control'. With the first hour's discussions focusing primarily on existing procurement skill levels, and the reasons behind significant 'skills gaps', the final 'half' saw debated how best to attract able new entrants to the healthcare estates and allied professions, ensuring effective procurement of healthcare buildings well into the future.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D011361:Professional Competence; D006113:United Kingdom