All Facilities management articles – Page 4
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CommentKarin Smyth: Do away with tax benefits for wholly owned companies
Wholly owned companies drive a further fragmentation of the NHS and ignore the strategic drive towards partnership and cooperation across systems, opines Karin Smyth
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HSJ LocalTrust ordered to improve storage of dangerous liquids after patient death
A hospital where an elderly patient died after drinking cleaning fluid has been criticised over how it stores dangerous substances.
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HSJ LocalOver 1,000 staff to transfer to trust subsidiary company
Around 1,100 staff at a teaching trust, including many employed by Serco, are to transfer into a new NHS owned company this summer.
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HSJ LocalTrusts yet to agree permanent deals for former Carillion services
Permanent deals are yet to be agreed by NHS trusts whose facilities management services were hit by the collapse of Carillion, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSerco closes in on NHS contract after Carillion collapse
Serco is poised to take over facilities management services at a mental health trust after previous provider Carillion was liquidated.
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NewsContractor suing NHS England claims rival's bid was 'abnormally low'
NHS England is being sued by a clinical waste disposal contractor that claims it wrongly awarded a contract to a rival that submitted an unrealistically low bid.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust creates subsidiary to turn around 'unsustainable' facilities services
University Hospitals Leicester Trust is to create a wholly owned subsidiary to run its facilities management services as the board has been told current arrangements are “not sustainable”.
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NewsCarillion collapse: Trusts close to securing builders for new hospitals
Construction on a long awaited PF2 hospital held up by the collapse of Carillion could resume next month, HSJ has been told.
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NewsSerco set to take over Carillion NHS contracts
Facilities management services at five NHS hospital trusts could be taken over by Serco in a £29m deal, following the collapse of Carillion.
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NewsConcerns raised over growing DHSC underspends
The Department of Health and Social Care has repeatedly reported underspends against an accounting mechanism intended to cover the costs of assets over their lifetime.
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of breaching licence over new subsidiary company
An acute trust has defended its decision to transfer 350 non-clinical staff to a newly established subsidiary company amid an accusation from a union that it has breached its licence.
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HSJ LocalBiggest NHS trust in line for £125m government loans
Manchester’s new hospital trust is in line for £125m of loans from the Department of Health to implement an electronic patient record and reconfigure its emergency departments.
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NewsRevealed: 14 trusts start contingency plans after Carillion collapse
Contingency plans are in operation across 14 NHS trusts after the collapse of construction and facilities management company Carillion.
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NewsTrusts in talks to establish 'NHS alternative to PFI'
Jim Mackey is in discussions with other providers to establish an “NHS alternative to PFI”, which would aim to deliver “off balance sheet” capital projects.
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HSJ LocalTrust searches for 'imaginative' estates partner in £100m deal
An integrated foundation trust is looking to partner with a private company for up to 25 years in a bid to unlock capital funding for its future estates plans.
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NewsBed capacity issues hold up hospital safety improvements
High bed occupancy is making it harder for hospitals to carry out fire safety work – because they have nowhere to put patients if wards need to be closed.
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NewsExclusive: More than 50 trusts yet to carry out post-Grenfell fire checks
More than 50 NHS trusts have confirmed they have not had a fire service inspection since the Grenfell Tower disaster – despite all providers being ordered to arrange them just days after the fire.
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NewsRevealed: How much NHS trusts made from land sales
Sales of land or physical assets by NHS trusts generated cash receipts of £220m in 2016-17.
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NewsExclusive: US firm suing NHS England for millions in unpaid bills
A US owned clinical waste firm is suing the NHS for millions of pounds in unpaid bills, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees short term deal over £26m property dispute
An interim deal has been struck between a mental health and community provider and NHS Property Services amid a row over liability for millions in estates maintenance costs.