All Facilities management articles – Page 48
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£1bn boost for crumbling buildings
Plans for a £1bn boost for capital spending to tackle a 'legacy of under-investment' in NHS buildings were issued last week.
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Getting friendly: hospital buildings of the future
Architecture practice Llewelyn Davies says the NHS has been trying to introduce sustainability in new hospital design 'within pragmatic limits'.
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The rich history of NHS buildings could be lost
Your picture focus on the London Open House event (pages 16-17, 5 October reminded me that the NHS has a large capital stock of buildings with much history to tell.
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Short Cuts: Catering and cleanliness undergo tougher scrutiny
Health minister John Denham has told the Healthcare Estates and Facilities Management Association in Telford that catering and hospital cleanliness will be subject to higher standards and tougher inspection by the Audit Commission and Commission for Health Improvement.
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In Brief: £1m grant to improve play facilities in Wales
Welsh health secretary Jane Hutt has announced a £1m grant to improve play facilities in Wales and undertake a review of children's play. She said the money would particularly help children in deprived areas.
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Short Cuts: UN commissions NHS Estates team to tackle bug
NHS Estates has been commissioned by the United Nations International Year 2000 Cooperation Centre to manage a project taking help and advice on millennium bug issues to health services in developing countries. The Reconstitution Project for Health will run alongside similar global schemes covering communications, energy, finance and transport and ...
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Act compels NHS to provide buildings access for all
The latest stage of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 came into force on Friday, requiring service providers to take 'reasonable steps' to ensure that they can be used by disabled people .
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Estates manager faces corruption charges
Former Frenchay Hospital estates manager David Smart has been sent for trial at Bristol Crown Court on corruption charges following an investigation of the way £1m of contracts were awarded.
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Ex-estates chief jailed for stealing
A health service manager convicted of pilfering nearly pounds40,000 from a health authority to help buy a Spanish holiday villa has been jailed for two-and-half years.