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What should users of refrigeration and air conditioning in the health sector know and do to comply with current regulations?
Keith J Sammonds, Operations Director at the Healthcare Facilities Consortium, takes a look at issues affecting facilities management
Steve Bailey looks at how new screening technologies are being developed and applied to tackle the rise in CV fraud
The Patient Safety First Campaign for England is not target-driven or directed from the top down; it has been created by the service, for the service
It is essential that organisations know their responsibilities when it comes to legionella prevention in order to avoid prosecution
Legionella Control International’s précis of the Department of Health’s HTM 04 will act as a useful tool
With high levels of HCAIs, and issues of corporate manslaughter and patient choice waiting in the wings, Trust Boards should be sitting up and listening to their cleaners, argues Emma Kilbane
Following the inaugural event last year, the 2008 Health Business Awards will showcase NHS success
Liverpool City Region is emerging as one of Europe’s foremost conference destinations as it celebrates its reign as European Capital of Culture in 2008
Susan Loppert shows how bringing the arts into hospitals can improve the hospital environment and help with the healing process
Recipient of the Park Mark® award, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, sets the standards in safer parking
Getting food services right will improve patients’ nutritional status, says Neil Watson-Jones, Chairman, Hospital Caterers Association
In today’s multi-cultural society, ensuring effective communication between health professionals and patients can be a challenge
Poor leadership has often been an easy target for those looking for weaknesses in the health service
Pauline Norstrom, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) CCTV Section Chairman, examines how hospitals are applying CCTV
The NHS produces three per cent of England's carbon dioxide emissions. A new strategy will change this
Effective energy management is increasingly becoming a priority within the healthcare sector where energy levels can be high
Risk assessment isn’t red tape rubbish, says Ray Hurst, president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
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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
