All Facilities management articles – Page 22
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HSJ Local
£700m estates contract links primary and secondary care
FINANCE: A contract worth up to £700m is up for grabs in what is thought to be the first tender to provide estate and facilities management across primary and secondary care.
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NewsAgency workers to get improved employment deal
New rights for temporary and short term contract staff are due to come into force this weekend, helping to stamp out some of the exploitation agency staff face at work, the TUC has said.
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HSJ Local
Normality returns to Royal Hampshire hospital after gas leak
PERFORMANCE: Normal service has resumed at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital following a gas leak.
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HSJ Local
Gas leak closes services at Royal Hampshire hospital
PERFORMANCE: A gas leak at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester has caused services to close today.
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NewsTrusts 'face £5bn rescue bill' to avoid hospital closures
Up to 40 hospitals will fail by 2013 without radical reform of their working practices, a report said today.
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SupplementsHSJ special report: sustainability in the NHS
HSJ’s special report this week looks at sustainability in the NHS, inculding the award-winning efforts by Sandwell PCT, and how the issue has a huge part to play in the futures of all organisations in the NHS - now, and after the reforms.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow workforce management can make room for efficiency improvements
A workforce management solution at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust has been reducing costs and freeing up more time to care.
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HSJ Local
Imperial's new chief pledges 'evolution'
PERFORMANCE: The new head of Imperial College Healthcare Trust has used an HSJ interview to promise “evolution” at the leading teaching hospital.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe right mix: why workforce planning and rostering has an impact on quality of care
The significant role nurse managers play in the deployment of staff and the need for robust education and development of approaches to this aspect of their role has consequences for the delivery of effective and high quality care, say Mary Cumming and colleagues.
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HSJ KnowledgeA hire price to pay: how leasing equipment saves money and improves service quality
In times of plenty, the financing rules made outright purchase the most obvious source of new investment. But dwindling capital means leasing equipment may improve care quality and finances, say Louise Hamilton and Bob Dredge.
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News£800m funding injection for medical research
The government has announced.an £800m funding boost for medical research to help create new treatments and care for patients.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow NHS collaboration with the pharma industry could benefit both players
The challenge to find cost-savings while innovating services presents issues for both the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry to address, but an opportunity to collaborate could bring them closer together for the benefit of all. PA Consulting Group colleagues Dr Stephen Black and Ian Rhodes explain.
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NewsSocial enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties
Social enterprises have been left out of plans to allow NHS providers to take over community service properties, in a move condemned as a “slap in the face” for the government’s Big Society agenda.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow third sector hospital ownership is keeping healthcare close to home
The transfer of an NHS community hospital to charitable ownership is helping provide key healthcare services to users closer to home, as Alison Moore discovers.
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NewsDH report finds medicines waste 'not a systemic problem'
Medicines waste in primary and community care should not be regarded as “a serious systemic problem”, a new report published by the Department of Health has concluded.
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NewsWastage efficiency drive launched by DH
The attempt by the NHS to deliver £20bn worth of efficiency savings by 2015 is being supported by a Department of Health initiative to improve medicine use and reduce wastage.
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NewsOffice supplies top procurement savings agenda for Whitehall
Whitehall departments are to pay the same price for office supplies in a bid to save taxpayers more than £18m annually.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe financial challenges GPs face in developing surgery estate
Financial uncertainties in the NHS have slowed re-emerging interest for funding to develop existing GP surgeries and NHS estate. Peter Hill from Barclays Corporate’s healthcare division looks at the current financial landscape in which GPs have to operate - and what the future holds.
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NewsNicholson under fire over National Programme for IT
MPs have criticised NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson over his handling of the National Programme for IT, saying he had been ineffective in his role as “senior responsible owner” for the project.
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HSJ Knowledge
Optimum value: transforming healthcare delivery from volume driven to value driven
The way healthcare is currently delivered is financially unsustainable, and a shift in strategy from achieving optimum volume to achieving optimum return is required for healthcare organisations to be truly successful, according to Andrew Lentin and colleagues from consultancy Kurt Salmon.