All Facilities management articles – Page 13
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PLACE scores give mixed message for Maidstone and Tunbridge
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust scored below average for dignity and estates in the new patient-led ward inspection regime, but above average for cleanliness and food.
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Above average PLACE scores for Surrey and Borders
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust scored average for all four standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime.
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Strong first showing in new PLACE scores for Frimley Park
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust scored well average for all four standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime.
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Good performance in PLACE scores for Ashford and St Peter’s
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust narrowly missed out on scoring average for all four standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime.
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Brighton records below average score for estates appearance
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust scored below average for the standard on the condition of its buildings in the new patient-led ward inspection regime.
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East Sussex below average on privacy and dignity, and appearance
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust scored below average for three of four standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime but above average for food and hydration.
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Sussex Partnership scores above average in all but one PLACE score
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust scored above average for all of the standards in new patient-led ward inspection regime except for those on the appearance and maintenance of its buildings.
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Estate condition weakest PLACE score for Surrey and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust scored above average for cleanliness but below average for the condition and appearance of its buildings in new patient-led ward inspection regime.
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Kernow CCG plans to reject Propco invoices
FINANCE: Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group plans to reject invoices from NHS Property Services as they “significantly exceed” funding for estates costs.
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PropCo bill poses £2.3m risk for CCG
FINANCE: Birmingham Cross City clinical commissioning group has identified a £2.3m risk around charges levied by NHS Property Services Ltd.
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CommentThe NHS estate can be a driver for change
The service’s buildings are currently a cost and an obstacle
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HSJ Local
Food improvement focus at Kent acute trust
PERFORMANCE: A new improved and flexible menu is being introduced later this month at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to take control of investment spending
NHS England is drawing up plans to centralise control of spending on estates and information technology in the health service, including proposals to sign off spending by bodies over which it has no formal power.
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HSJ KnowledgeOutsourcing: Time to realise the benefits
The compelling case to outsource some NHS activities
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Frimley Park issues walking frame warning
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has issued a warning over a batch of potentially faulty Patterson walking frames.
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NewsDH plans property company merger
The Department of Health’s two property companies are beginning a programme of joint working and are set to merge in two years’ time, HSJ has learned.
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New community hospital for Dover gets planning permission
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust says a new community hospital is due to be completed in the Dover area by Christmas 2014.
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Dorset Healthcare delays property transfer
STRUCTURE: The board of Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has raised concerns about taking on responsibility for property from local primary care trusts.
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Surrey and Sussex aims to halve office waste
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has launched an ambitious new recycling scheme at East Surrey Hospital.
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Cumbria falls down on dental decontamination
PERFORMANCE: Half the dental facilities run by Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust do not meet the requirements for dental decontamination, the board has been warned.