ESTATE SERVICES
The Estate Services Directorate (ESD) is responsible for all estates management and provides a maintenance service to all Department of Health properties. ESD are based at The Farmhouse, Braddan.
Maintenance is carried out on a proactive and reactive basis; in addition to this, capital projects are supervised and renovation/refurbishments of existing properties are carried out concurrently with the routine maintenance. Whilst the maintenance of Department of Health properties is the core function, other related areas of construction come within ESD remit. These services include professional property advice, building, engineering and equipment maintenance contracts, energy conservation, grounds maintenance and fire prevention. We also offer technical and management advice on such topics as project management, property management services and planning applications and appeals.
ESD has trade staff working in the following areas:
- Building section: joinery, painting, plastering and tiling, etc.
- Engineering section: plumbing, fitting and mechanical and electrical engineering
- Electro Biomedical: work on specialised hospital equipment and monitor Engineering section contracts for equipment outside our remit. Electrical (EBME) work comes under this section.
- Fire Officer: audits for patient evacuation, fire lectures and site visits in an advisory capacity
- Grounds section: maintains the hospital grounds and gardens of the DH properties
These trades are supported by an administrative/management structure which oversees the works as a whole. ESD also manage the fleet of vehicles used by community health care professionals in Primary Health and Social Services, etc. ESD are responsible for the purchase, disposal and day to day running of the cars, vans and ambulances within the fleet. To manage the estate, the ESD has a computerised help desk to monitor the progress of requests plus a system to monitor requests for new work (Category D).
