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Stewart Whyte, director & membership secretary of ACFO, stresses the importance of strategy and tactics for business travel
Keith Sammonds, managing director of the Healthcare Facilities Consortium, explores some of the guidance and takes a look at what can be done to improve the patient experience through innovative use of art
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s director of nursing and patient safety Sue Smith and her executive colleagues provide a leadership and cultural environment where patient safety is top of the agenda
We look at what took place at the Patient Safety Congress – the premier patient safety event in the UK – last month
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Accurate communication is crucial in situations concerning health. It is therefore extremely important that the NHS has access to quality translation services to accommodate today’s multi-cultural Britain
Providing food that meets the nutritional, cultural, social and religious needs of the population is no easy task, says the British Dietetic Association
If we are to lessen the financial strain of obesity on the NHS, more needs to be done to target those who are already obese
Liz Leigh, clinical ergonomist, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, discusses how ergonomics affects the NHS
Revisions to the sixth edition of the Code for Crown Prosecutors means that assaults against anyone providing NHS services will be taken more seriously. The NHS Security Management Services discusses what these changes mean
Julian Topping, programme lead – health work and wellbeing at NHS Employers, discusses how to reduce absenteeism due to stress
Tom Hadley, director of external relations, Recruitment and Employment Confederation, advises on healthcare staffing
Martin Wiles of the NHS Counter Fraud Service explains how health bodies can help design out fraud using four key principles
Kevin Clinton, head of road safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, discusses a proactive risk management approach to reducing the risks connected with ‘at work’ vehicle use
Parkex 2010, Europe’s largest dedicated parking exhibition, organised on behalf of the British Parking Association, took place from 2-3 March at London’s Earls Court
Patrick Troy, chief executive, British Parking Association, explains the Charter for Hospital Parking, just launched to ensure better standards
The Institute of Groundsmanship writes about the role of contractors in maintaining NHS open spaces
Many companies have been investing in AMR and smart meters as a result of the benefits that it can bring to organisations seeking to control their energy consumption or the reduction in estimated energy bills
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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
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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
