All Estates articles – Page 9
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News‘Overheating’ incidents nearly double across NHS estates
The number of overheating incidents in clinical areas reported by NHS trusts has almost doubled over the last five years, with directors saying ageing estates make them vulnerable to extreme weather events.
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NewsTrust loses ‘unprecedented’ £1m legal challenge against council
An acute trust has lost an ‘unprecedented’ judicial review in which it tried to secure almost £1m from a council to offset the demand pressure from thousands of new homes.
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NewsNew hospital delays costing £13m a month, trust CEO scolds Barclay
One of the NHS’s most influential chief executives has written to Steve Barclay to complain about the ‘lack of progress’ around the government’s hospital building programme.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Liverpool promises to change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHS England set to water down renewable energy rules
NHS England plans to water down a requirement for trusts to buy electricity from 100 per cent renewable sources.
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NewsPrisons inspire ‘cookie cutter’ approach to ‘40 new hospitals’
A health minister has said the new hospitals programme will achieve economies of scale by using a ‘cookie cutter’ approach that has been successful in building prisons.
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NewsBuilding ‘40 new hospitals’ requires doubling of construction capacity
Hospital building chiefs have estimated England’s construction market needs to double its capacity to achieve the government’s flagship health infrastructure programme.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Organograms assemble
This week, we bring you the latest on the hospital building programme, including confirmation that all new buildings must have single patient rooms. We discuss the staffing and safety challenges this will bring for trusts.
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NewsAll new hospitals must have single rooms only, government rules
All new hospitals built in England must have only single patient rooms, health infrastructure chiefs have confirmed, requiring an overhaul of many trusts’ current proposals.
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NewsBuilding firm agrees £100m settlement for hospital ‘defects’
A construction firm has agreed to pay around £100m to an NHS trust after structural defects were found at one of its hospitals, HSJ understands.
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CommentGovernment's hospital fabrication plan relaunched
In the latest (and only) development in the new hospitals saga, the government is blaming circumstances beyond its control for a small change of plan, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsCost of ‘40 new hospitals’ has ‘inflated’ beyond Treasury allocation, admits Barclay
Soaring inflation has driven the cost of the ‘40 new hospitals’ promised by government beyond the funds previously ‘signed off’ by the Treasury, health secretary Steve Barclay has admitted.
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NewsTransplant patients die after drinking infected water from hospital supply
Two lung-transplant patients died after drinking infected water at a new specialist hospital, a coroner has concluded.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS hospitals most at risk of flooding
Two acute hospitals are among the NHS facilities most at risk of flooding, new figures obtained by HSJ reveal.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Crunch time for 40 ‘new hospitals’
The fate of the “40 new hospitals” hangs in the balance, with trusts hoping for a decision on funding by the end of the year.
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NewsHospital with 600 estate ‘incidents’ demands ‘urgent’ government decision
A trust has called for ministers to make an ‘urgent’ decision on funding for a new hospital, as a raft of maintenance problems such as leaking roofs and overflowing sewage pipes are hampering efforts to tackle waiting list backlogs.
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CommentFailing to invest in rehabilitation will bring grave consequences for all
Based on her recent experience of visiting an enormous hospital, Karen Middleton stresses on how staff felt demoralised and patients in long waiting suffered from poor care
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Doing North Bristol here
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrusts need hundreds of millions to stop hospitals’ roofs collapsing
Trusts need hundreds of millions of pounds to remediate dangerous roofs.
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NewsNHS maintenance backlog tops £10bn
Spending on the NHS estate has increased at the fastest-rate since the service began collecting detailed data, new figures show.