Welcome to Clinical Engineering at Cwm Taf Health Board.
About us
The Clinical Engineering department consists of two laboratory facilities; sited at Prince Charles and Royal Glamorgan Hospitals
We provide the infrastructure and staff to facilitate the Procurement, Contract management, Safety Alerts Management, Maintenance, Commissioning, Education and Continuing development of medical equipment within the Health Board.
Health Board Services
· Decontamination, sterilisation, cleaning and infection prevention and control advice
· Procurement; identifying the equipment life cycle and replacement programmes
· Records of purchase and end user details
· Incident reporting documents and systems
· Receipt and action of MHRA’s Medical Device Alerts
· Medical device data management and compliance
· Clinical and technical training systems
· Technical specifications documentation
· Receipt and distribution of manufacturers’ instructions and corrective notices
· Guidance on regulatory compliance and safety issues
· Standardisation, rationalisation and equipment libraries
External Services
Cwm Taf Health Board provides high quality services to healthcare providers within South Wales . Our trained and professionally recognised staff are available for guidance and all of your service requirements. Utilising years of experience and management within the NHS we are able to offer :
- Fully competitive pricing for total or partial managed equipment service solutions
- Procurement and installation assistance
- Records and management of inventories
- Safety Alert notification and guidance
- Assistance in QOF points
- Extensive equipment library loan service
- Disposal and WEEE compliance of medical equipment
- Healthcare Informatics data compliance and management
For further information contact
Clinical Engineering 01443 443628
Head of Clinical Engineering
Mr Chris Hopkins BSc (Hons), Cert HP, IEng, IIPEM, MIET, PGCE
Tel : 01443 443625