All Facilities management articles – Page 40
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Brown 'misled' public over national deep clean policy
The government has been accused of misleading the public over its claim that all trusts would deep clean their entire sites.
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Free parking scheme kicks off in Wales
Free parking for patients, staff and visitors will be in place at most NHS hospitals in Wales starting today.
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Specialist cleaning inspectors to be deployed
Teams from the Healthcare Commission will check that hospitals are meeting cleanliness standards from April, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.
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HSJ survey reveals trusts' progress on deep cleaning
Not all trusts will have carried out a 'deep clean' of their hospitals by Monday's deadline, HSJ can reveal.
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ISTC payment framework announced
The Department of Health has set out the costs it is prepared to cover as a result of last year's rescoping of the phase two independent sector treatment centre programme.
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Designing healthcare buildings: the legal framework
Who is responsible for ensuring that new healthcare buildings are fit for purpose? David March explains
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Former NHS executive jailed
A former NHS executive has been jailed for 12 months for forging land profits in an attempt to wipe out his trust's financial deficit.
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Single room hospital gets go-ahead
The NHS's first all-single-room acute hospital has been given the final go-ahead. The Department of Health announced last week that construction work could start on Pembury Hospital in Kent by the end of the month.
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Corporate manslaughter: you could be in the dock
From 6 April NHS organisations could be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter if someone dies in their care, but different interpretations of the law mean trusts may be unclear about their responsibilities. Ingrid Torjesen attempts to unravel the new actFor more in-depth information about the act, register for HSJ’s free corporate ...
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Hospitals to be stripped of unhealthy vending machines
Vending machines dispensing crisps, chocolate and sugary drinks are to be removed from all NHS hospitals in Wales.Most of these machines are to be removed within the next six months.
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Biomedical research centre of excellence for Manchester
A biomedical research centre to be opened in Manchester will help to prevent, diagnose and treat ill-health and ensure patients benefit from scientific breakthroughs as quickly as possible, the Department of Health has announced.
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HSJ better buildings supplement
ProCure21, a procurement method for NHS capital schemes, offers clients access to expertise, true partnership with contractors - and cost certainty
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Sustainable healthcare construction
Healthcare construction contributes huge amounts of waste to landfills every year, but some organisations are working hard to change this. Here, we take a closer look at what they have achieved
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Guarantees are vital to ISTC success
Your piece on independent sector treatment centres, 'ISTC contract guarantees will saddle NHS with £187m bill', misses some fundamental points, writes David Worskett
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Treasury puts off plan to move PFI schemes on balance sheet
The Treasury has given the NHS a year's stay of execution over changes to accountancy rules with major implications for private finance initiative schemes. The move to international financial reporting standards was due to be implemented across the public sector from this April.
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£525m funding boost for NHS Scotland
A funding boost of £525m for new and improved NHS facilities, equipment upgrades, and IT systems across Scotland has been announced.
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Credit crunch puts Kent PFI under threat
Plans by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust for a new private finance initiative hospital were dealt a blow this week when the bonds intended to finance the deal were downgraded.
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Free parking in Wales will cost trusts £5.4m
Hospital trusts in Wales will lose up to £5.4m per year because the Welsh Assembly government has told them they must stop raising income from car parking.
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ISTC contract guarantees will saddle NHS with a £187m bill
Deals with private contractors have left the NHS facing a hidden 187m bill to buy back some of the controversial independent sector treatment centres, HSJ has learned.
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£80.4m cost of 8,000 staff hurt at work
Just over 8,000 NHS staff were seriously injured at work last year, figures published in Parliament show.