Northcroft Silver Medal

Lionel G Northcroft joined Spirax Manufacturing Company as Sales Manager in 1932 subsequently becoming Managing Director and then Chairman of Spirax Sarco Engineering  Ltd. He was well known and respected in the steam-using field as a lecturer and writer on technical processes and equipment and was appointed OBE in 1949 for his work on fuel efficiency during the war. An integral part of his Chairmanship of the Company was his emphasis on training schemes to educate engineers in steam processing.

Lionel Northcroft was President of the Institute of Hospital Engineering from 1967 to 1969 and throughout his career always encouraged engineers to promote and publish their work.

The Northcroft Silver Medal is presented to the author of the technical paper published in Health Estate Journal (the Institute’s publication) considered to have contributed most to the advancement of healthcare engineering.

The technical paper must have been published in HEJ between August 2011 and June 2012 and should not have appeared in any other publication, but the paper may have been given at a branch meeting, IHEEM training seminar or at the IHEEM annual conference.

The award winner shall be selected by the Education & Training Committee and will be presented with a silver inscribed medal and a certificate.

Complete an online nomination form here.