All Facilities management articles – Page 43

  • News

    Guy's and St Thomas' announces estates strategy

    2007-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Guy's and St Thomas' foundation trust has developed an overarching estates strategy to guide decisions on investments in the hospital environment.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Transferring assets to social enterprises - the perks and quirks

    2007-09-28T09:00:00Z

    NHS organisations have a great opportunity when transferring assets to social enterprises – particularly with the scope afforded by NHS Estatecode, the guidance on managing their estate for disposals other than sales at open market value. Jane Donnison explains

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Mastering strategic asset management

    2007-09-21T10:05:00Z

    NHS organisations must keep tabs on their estate by compiling comprehensive information on their properties, writes Mark Paget Skelin

  • News

    PFI link-ups could save millions

    2007-09-20T17:06:13Z

    Hospital trusts considering using the private finance initiative could save millions of pounds by teaming up with non-NHS partners, according to the chief executive of a trust set to go into partnership with a football club.West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust stands to save£80m-£100m because it is building a new hospital in ...

  • News

    2,000 in move to own homes

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

    Nearly 2,000 people with learning disabilities are to be moved into their own homes after the DH announced £175m in funding for primary care trusts to close NHS institutions.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Built to care

    2007-09-03T09:00:00Z

    With new building assessment methods looming for the NHS, Stuart Shepherd highlights a key shared learning resource

  • News

    Scotland urged to look beyond GPs for out-of-hours services

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    NHS boards will have to look beyond GPs to provide primary care out of hours if services are to be sustainable, Audit Scotland has warned.

  • Comment

    Paul James on sustainable IT

    2007-08-29T17:53:00Z

    The fate of worn-out electrical equipment may not seem a top priority but new environmental regulations may have caught managers in the health service napping, says Paul James

  • Comment

    Herts bags early winner with stadium bid

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    As the football season cranks into action, Watford have scored an early goal in a PFI partnership with West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust.

  • News

    Confusion over hospital transport costs

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Users of the hospital travel costs scheme find it and its guidance confusing, according to a consultation on the scheme.

  • Comment

    Hospital closure is not an option

    2007-08-14T00:00:00Z

    This letter is in response to 'Super kids in bid to save hospital' (news, page 6, 2 August).The article states: 'Closing the [Royal Surrey] hospital is one of a number of options being considered by NHS South East Coast.' This is not true.Surrey primary care trust has been publicly discussing ...

  • Comment

    Hospital closure is not an option

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    This letter is in response to.'Super kids in bid to save hospital' (news, page 6, 2 August).

  • News

    Aborted PFI could 'end up in court'

    2007-07-26T00:00:00Z

    The collapse of a private finance initiative worth more than £900m could see both sides fighting in court to recover money.

  • News

    Reforms hitting children's surgery, says royal college

    2007-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Competition between hospitals is damaging the collaboration needed to provide better children's surgery, the Royal College of Surgeons has warned.

  • News

    PCT set for community cash boost

    2007-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Liverpool primary care trust is to take forward plans to bring substantially more care into the community.

  • News

    Sir Ara sets out London vision for cradle-to-grave healthcare

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Junior health minister Professor Sir Ara Darzi has set out a radical vision of future healthcare provision in London that would see the end of hospitals in their current form.

  • News

    PCT calls for GP referral competition to be shelved

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Plans to have the NHS and the private sector compete for GP referrals in north Cumbria should be shelved in favour of the two working together, its primary care trust has said.

  • News

    Hospital viruses could pose terrorism threat

    2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Lax hospital security could give terrorists working in the NHS easy access to potentially deadly materials, including viruses.

  • News

    Super surgeries to open in Greater Manchester

    2007-07-10T00:00:00Z

    As part of the wave of super surgeries opening under the local improvement finance trust initiative, two new primary healthcare facilities have been announced for Greater Manchester.

  • News

    First improvement notice in hygiene clampdown

    2007-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals trust has been put on an improvement notice by the Healthcare Commission for failing to comply with hygiene codes.