All Facilities management articles – Page 14
-
HSJ Local
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.
-
HSJ Local
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.
-
CommentThe NHS estate can be a driver for change
The service’s buildings are currently a cost and an obstacle
-
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.
-
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.
-
HSJ KnowledgeOutsourcing: Time to realise the benefits
The compelling case to outsource some NHS activities
-
HSJ Local
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.
-
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.
-
HSJ Local
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.
-
HSJ Local
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.
-
HSJ Local
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.
-
HSJ Local
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.
-
SupplementsUp and running − an HSJ efficiency supplement
Examing different ways NHS trusts have improved efficiencies and reduced costs
-
News
Exclusive: CCG concern over 'top slice' to fund property company shortfall
Clinical commissioners have raised concern about a “top slice” to their budgets to fund a shortfall in the earnings of the new national NHS property company.
-
HSJ Local
Go-ahead for Worthing pre-admission facility upgrade
STRUCTURE: The board at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has approved a business case costing nearly £1.2m to improve surgical pre-admission accommodation at Worthing Hospital.
-
HSJ Local
Flood barriers in place at Worthing Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has shored up its flood defenses at Worthing Hospital.
-
CommentReaders' letters – 3 May 2013
Monitor’s chief executive asserts his organisation is open; and was the basis for yes vote on section 75 legal?
-
HSJ Local
Patients lack meal choice at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average for choice of hospital food in the inpatient survey.
-
HSJ Local
Medway FT below average for hospital food
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average for hospital food in the inpatient survey.
-
HSJ Local
Patients flag toilet cleanliness issue at Medway FT
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average for toilet cleanliness in the inpatient survey.