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Richard Moseley, technical manager, the British Pest Control Association, explains how a healthcare environment free of pest species can help prevent spread of infection
Mike Bone, director of the British Toilet Association takes a look at hospital washrooms and how to keep them clean and hygienic
The Health and Safety Executive discusses slips and trips, and how to reduce this risk within a healthcare setting
James Kelly, chief executive of the British Security Industry Association, examines what effective security measures can be adopted by the health sector
Alan Aldridge, executive director of the Energy Services and Technology Association, outlines some of the opportunities and challenges outlined in the comprehensive spending review
Sue Frith, deputy head of the NHS Security Management Service, discusses employers’ responsibility to make sure staff are able to work in a safe and secure environment
Shirley Wright, partner, and Helen Rice-Birchall, associate professional support lawyer at law firm Eversheds, look at the importance and potential pitfalls of background checks
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust is turning its attention towards the ‘preventable’ condition of pressure ulcers, which costs the NHS ten of millions of pounds each year in wasted resources
The Healthcare Facilities Consortium’s Keith Sammonds reviews recent activity within the hospital parking area including how the health service is moving things forward
Today’s modular buildings are made of the highest specification materials that comply with new building regulations, writes Jackie Maginnis, chief executive of the Modular & Portable Building Association
Philip King, chief executive of the Institute of Credit Management, says that in difficult times, credit managers increasingly need to prove their worth
There is no time to lose in starting to plan for the implementation of commissioning and GP consortia,
says Mark Johnson, managing director of TPP Law
NHS Supply Chain looks at how its capital programme gives trusts the option to lease high cost medical equipment
The Scottish Healthcare Conference addressed the need to drive efficiency savings without compromising the good work achieved over recent years within healthcare facilities departments. The Healthcare Facilities Consortium’s Keith Sammonds summarises the key points
A revised industry specification is providing valuable guidance on how designers and specifiers can ventilate commercial kitchens, says the Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association
Genuine insight from research into audiences and markets can yield significant benefits for health professionals both in terms of budgets working more efficiently and better patient care
What does the market need to do to support an information revolution? asks Matthew Swindells, Chair,
BCS Health
A transformational change in the approach and attitudes of staff towards infection prevention has improved the patient experience at Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre NHS Foundation Trust
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UK Building Regulations highlight toxic gas and smoke from layers of paint built up over multiple redecorations as a major cause of permanent ill health or death in a building fire.
Their concern rose with discovery the flame retardant paints most widely used paint along escape routes have been ones which to this day counter-productively use emission of heavy toxic gas to smother flames which rapidly spread along walls if layers of paint delaminate in a fire.
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Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
Adveco, the commercial hot water specialist, announces the launch of live metering of domestic ho
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Sarah Greenslade, public affairs and communications officer at the British Parking Association looks at some of the problems and innovations in healthcare parking
It’s easy to assume that the comms team is there to handle press enquiries and the occasional social media storm – but the reality is that strategic communications can make a measurable impact across the entire organisation, from operational to financial, when done properly
