All Estates articles – Page 17
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NewsStaff strike over trust’s subsidiary company plan
Hundreds of staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust have started a two-week strike over the trust’s plans to set up a subsidiary company.
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NewsExclusive: Capital billions promised by ministers fail to reach ‘front line’
Only a fraction of the £2.5bn of capital funding announced and allocated by the government for the NHS since 2017 has actually been released to the service.
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NewsNew health minister appointed
A new minister of state for health has been appointed, as prime minister Boris Johnson continued his government reshuffle yesterday.
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HSJ Local‘Desperate’ finance directors resorting to accounting ‘fiddles’ to keep trusts afloat
Details have been revealed of an elaborate asset sale between an NHS provider and its charity – which was expected to boost the trust’s financial performance by £100m.
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NewsTrusts told to cut a fifth off capital spending plans
NHS providers and systems have been told to cut their combined capital spending plans by 20 per cent – or risk funding being held back from trusts that need to address critical safety issues.
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CommentWhen is a saving not a saving?
NHS bodies and management consultancies often resort to false accounting and use misleading language to describe finances in order to keep the show running, notes Nadeem Moghal
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NewsGPs owe £173m of back rent to property firm, says NAO
NHS Property Services is owed £173m in back rent by GPs, but does not have powers to collect the debts, a new report has found.
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NewsPatient satisfaction with waiting times falls
Public satisfaction with waiting times have declined, according to NHS-commissioned research.
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Largest land sales revealed
New data suggests there was no significant rise in land sales by the NHS in 2018-19, despite the government relying on an uplift in receipts to fund new investment.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The future of NHS procurement revealed
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsExclusive: Hundreds of patients kept in ‘distressing’ dormitory-style wards
NHS England says the government should consider hundreds of mental health patients who are being treated in “distressing” dormitory-style wards when it determines future capital spending budgets.
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NewsResidents hire architects to create plans for new acute hospital
West Hertfordshire residents have commissioned architects to draw up plans for a new hospital amid concerns over the local health system’s “piecemeal” proposals.
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NewsExclusive: Naylor criticises new raid on NHS capital budgets
The first year of the government’s much-vaunted five-year NHS funding deal has been part funded by a fresh raid on cash intended for capital investment in the service’s buildings and facilities, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: Ward cleanliness to be displayed 'food hygiene style'
“Food hygiene style” ratings will be displayed on every NHS ward and theatre as part of a new drive to improve cleanliness in the health service, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England seeks £50bn bond for ‘capital starved’ health service
The chair of NHS England has called on politicians to back a £50bn government “bond” for infrastructure spending, saying the service is “capital starved”.
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NewsTrusts invited to increase ownership of their estate
Trusts have been invited to apply for ownership of buildings on their estate which are currently owned by NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnerships.
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HSJ AwardsA shared vision of delivering services
Sodexo worked with the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust to put the patient at the heart of all decisions and won the 2018 HSJ Award for Partnership of the Year
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News'Ageing estate' prompts review at specialist centre
NHS England will review a Hertfordshire cancer centre amid concerns over the services’ “long-term sustainability”.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2019: Facilities and estates management award
Winner Barts Health Trust waste management team: Exemplar waste compliance and staff behavioural change project The waste management team at Barts Health Trust – a partnership with Skanska’s waste contracted management service – has worked with staff to reduce both the cost and amount of clinical waste disposal, by ensuring ...
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CommentWhy technology should influence your estate plans
A recent King’s Fund research report looking at how technology is affecting the NHS estate concluded that it is critical that they are not treated as silos, notes Lillie Wenzel