All Facilities management articles – Page 44
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Trust battles with council over 'disastrous' A&E closure plans
West Sussex primary care trust is heading for a battle with the county council over plans to close two accident and emergency departments.
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Selling estate could make trusts more flexible
Hospital and primary care trusts could overcome some of the obstacles of payment by results and private finance initiatives by selling their estate, a report from the Social Market Foundation says.
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Legal briefing: preparing for the smoking ban
On 1 July, it will become a criminal offence to smoke in enclosed places in England. David Lock explains the wider implications of the ban
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Climate change: NHS heeds the global warning
Caring for the environment and caring in health often go hand in hand, as many trusts have shown, writes Alison Moore
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ITC plans scrapped: NHS services are 'better value'
Plans for an independent sector treatment centre at Hemel Hempstead Hospital have been dropped because it would have been too expensive.
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More trusts fail to meet hygiene code
The Healthcare Commission has said more trusts are declaring non-compliance with its hygiene code than did last year.
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Supply agreement promises greater efficiency
The first national framework agreement for the supply of operating leases has been published by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency.
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LINks scrutiny system to bar patient networks from access to key services
Local involvement networks, set to replace public and patient involvement forums, will be denied access to mental health facilities, children's care homes and non-communal areas of residential care homes.
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Bill exposes flaws in plans for greater patient involvement
'One of the strengths of the local involvement networks was supposed to be that, rather than examining the services in a particular institution, they could range across a whole area to gain a rounded view of all aspects of services users' experiences'
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Service cuts urged at non-PFI hospitals
Primary care trusts wanting to reconfigure services were given a stark message in an economic analysis prepared for the NHS in London: financially, it will make sense to cut beds and services at non-private finance initiative hospitals.
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Estate facelift improves patient care, report claims
A report on the NHS estate published today claims that a £29bn investment in hospitals, health centres and equipment has played a major role in driving forward improvements in patient care.
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Healthcare Commission announces hygiene spot checks
The Healthcare Commission has today launched a year-long programme of unannounced spot checks to 120 NHS trusts to check compliance with the government's Hygiene Code.
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PFI contracts: losing bidders could win back costs under EU law
Trusts will have to compensate unsuccessful bidders for private finance initiative contracts under new EU regulations, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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Health secretary should not interfere in redesign decisions, report finds
The secretary of state for health should be removed from decisions about hospital reconfigurations, the Institute for Public Policy Research has said.
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Legal briefing: staying in bed
Delayed discharge can be caused when clinically well patients refuse to go home. In such circumstances, what is the legal position for trusts faced with coercing patients to leave? Ian Long explains
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Blocked psychiatric beds cost £110m a year
Around 2,500 patients at any time are stuck on psychiatric wards when they should be getting some form of community care. A Department of Health report leaked to HSJ reveals poor planning and liaison between health and social care are responsible for the delayed discharges.
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Death in America: improving end-of-life care
Caring for dying patients.is the biggest challenge facing the NHS, which can learn from the US, say Richard Smith and colleagues
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Have trusts turned the corner, or just papered over the cracks?
As a raft of swiftly implemented cost-cutting measures hits home, panic over NHS finances has largely subsided. Alison Moore looks at the implications of breaking even
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Referral management schemes must operate as a partnership
Referral management schemes run by primary care trusts must develop in partnership with practice-based commissioners, according to national clinical director for primary care David Colin-Thome.
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Legal briefing: releasing value from land
Buildings need to be used efficiently and filled to capacity to raise money.needed for investment back into the health sector, argues Marisa Broadhurst.