All Facilities management articles – Page 45
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Guidance to improve information for disabled people
Minister for disabled people Anne McGuire has announced the launch of a five-point guide that will help public sector organisations improve the way that they provide information to disabled people.The guide, written by the Office for Disability Issues, follows research which shows that a third of disabled people have difficulty ...
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Primary care modernisation money released
Capital funding worth £382m will be given to primary care trusts to modernise buildings and equipment.The Department of Health said the funding was a 30 per cent increase on last year's allocation.Read details here
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In or out: contractors braced for a domestic over cleaning
Andy Burnham is expected to tell the prime minister that hospital cleaners should be part of the 'NHS family', but the companies providing services complain that poor trust management and contracting are to blame for low standards. Alison Moore digs the dirt
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MPs slam £900m construction project failure
The Commons public accounts committee has slammed the failed development of the £900m Paddington Health Campus.A report on the collapsed scheme said NHS staff were out of their depth and bad decisions were made worse by appalling planning and cost forecasting.Read the report here
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Conservatives call for in-house laundries to fight infection
Trusts should be obliged to provide changing and laundry facilities as part of the war on infection control, the Conservatives have said.
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Consultation on disabled facilities grants
The government has published a consultation document on its proposals to improve the disabled facilities grant programme.The report is a response to the findings and recommendations of the independent Bristol University report on the programme in 2005. The consultation period closes on 13 April.Read the document here
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Letters about cleaning contracts
The comments by Andy Burnham ( read the story here) are not surprising as he has made them on a number of other occasions, but it is disappointing to see a government minister publicly taking such a short-sighted view.
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Not enough mental health facilities for young people
Young people with mental health problems are still being treated inappropriately on adult wards because of a lack of inpatient facilities for under-18s.A report by the Children's Commissioner for England says that despite significant investment in child and adolescent mental health services, services are often unable to respond to emergencies.Children ...
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HSJ exclusive: NHS will not hit MRSA target next year
Unison head of health Karen Jennings has criticised the Department of Health for hiding the full extent of the progress being made by the NHS in tackling MRSA, after government documents revealed in HSJ today ( www.hsj.co.uk) show that next year's MRSA target will not ...
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Exclusive: Minister calls for in-house cleaners
Health minister Andy Burnham is to urge the prime minister to encourage trusts to bring cleaning services back in-house.
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£100m to help increase NHS energy efficiency
Health minister Andy Burnham has announced £100m funding to help NHS trusts meet their energy efficiency targets. Seven out of 10 are already on track, he said, but more should be done to reduce carbon emissions and deliver savings that will be ploughed back into patient care.For more information click ...
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Ruth Hussey on sustainability
'Sustainable development is good management. Consider the cost of energy - good management expects efficient energy use. Consider the difficulty in recruiting staff - good management develops skills to meet its needs from the local community. Consider disadvantaged communities - good management procures goods and services locally'
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Martin Pearson on warm glows and icy winds
'Directors and managers of today's organisations need to recognise that they are there not only to create cost-efficient and financially successful health businesses but also to lead services in a way that saves the world from further degradation and climate chaos'
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HSJ Knowledge
Sounding off
With the incidence of mental illness among deaf people high and specialised services almost non-existent, getting help can be difficult. Emma Dent explores the gaps in care
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Michael White on politics
'I do not think the Walsall trio, all nice chaps, will mind if I describe them as the Old Codgers, rather than the Three Musketeers'
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Your Humble Servant: the new SHA
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Strategic hip authority
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Noel Plumridge on PFI passions running high
'Call a handyman to fit a notice board? Oh no, you'll need a quote from the PFI company'
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HSJ Knowledge
New guidance revolutionises NHS waste management
A recent Department of Health memorandum looks set to cause the greatest shake up of waste management within the NHS since the disappearance of the hospital incinerator.
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Is this really the end of under-capacity?
Financial incentives and technology mean inpatient demand and length of stay are falling, although the population is ageing. In 10 years waiting lists will be a thing of the past say Celine Druilhe and Eric Louie
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LIFT eight times more expensive, MPs told
Primary care trusts are paying up to eight times as much per patient for GP surgeries built by local improvement finance trusts, a report from the Commons public accounts committee has found.