All Facilities management articles – Page 26
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SupplementsSpending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
The last time an NHS funding settlement was so tough, wards were axed, quality fell and waits surged. HSJ gathered some of the leading players in healthcare finance to debate how the service will fare in the new economic landscape. Ingrid Torjesen reports
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NewsSecure mental health bed shortage criticised
Prisoners in need of treatment at secure mental health hospitals often have to wait months for a bed, the director of an NHS trust has said.
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CommentIndependent contractors and the NHS
Are independent contractors really part of the NHS? The answer, traditionally, has been “yes, when convenient; no, when not”.
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NewsNHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
Almost one third of NHS estate and hotel service costs are now provided through contracts with the private sector, latest figures show.
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NewsOutsourcing quotas to drive mixed health services provider market
The Treasury has announced plans to “explore” setting quotas for outsourcing key health services.
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NewsMidlands trusts plan joint pathology service
The 2008 Lord Carter of Coles review of NHS pathology services was the trigger for a steady reconfiguration of the market and consolidation of providers.
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NewsNHS capital spending to fall by 17 per cent
NHS capital spending will fall by 17 per cent in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15, the chancellor said today.
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NewsPrivate companies gear up to take stake in stalled community hospitals
A private firm is planning to step in to fund 28 stalled community hospital projects, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Nearly £2bn could be saved’ in NHS property sell-offs
The NHS owns empty or under-used buildings and land that could be sold for £1.45bn, saving a further £521m in revenue costs each year, according to a new study seen exclusively by HSJ.
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CommentCuts, car parks and care records
The media gave a good few pages over to the NHS this week, taking in cuts, car parks and care records, but no obvious mention of the other C word: commissioning.
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NewsNHS estate services costs vary widely
The EC Harris study found significant variations between the best and worst performing trusts on estate costs.
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NewsHospital parking charges attacked
Parking costs at NHS hospitals have risen by as much as 150% since the summer, according to the Sunday Mirror.
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HSJ Knowledge
Single patient rooms
This article, based on the experience of the USA, outlines key issues that UK stakeholders should mull over while considering the change from mixed wards to single patient rooms.
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NewsNHS advised on nutrition for older people
New guidelines have been published aimed at driving up the quality of meals served to old people.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow the white paper will affect NHS estates
The commissioning white paper leaves the future of the £36bn PCT and SHA estate wide open, as Eve Gregory and Catherine Ochiltree explain
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HSJ Knowledge
Stock control
Poor stock control can have a significant impact on patient safety and cancelled procedures. The push to deliver cost savings across the NHS should not be to the detriment of patient safety. Here we look at how trusts can realise significant cost savings through better stock control.
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Monitor warns FTs against ‘salami slice’ cost shaving
Many foundation trusts are falling behind on ambitious savings plans and could end up making damaging “salami slice” cuts by the end of the year, their regulator has warned.
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SupplementsFacilities Management: Light work
The NHS depends on serviceable buildings in which it can function. This requires a wide range of skills within the estates department, which provides the hard facilities management, ensuring the utilities and the fabric of the property are fit for purpose.
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LeaderThe NHS has too many hospitals - something’s got to give
Bristol, Alder Hey, Mid Staffordshire; some hospital trusts are forever synonymous with failures which shone a light on problems found throughout the NHS. Could South London Healthcare Trust and Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust be about to join them?
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NewsWelsh hospitals to allow mobile use
Patients will be allowed to use their mobile phones in designated parts of hospitals in Wales, it has been announced.