Claire Campbell, co-head of Consultancy at UK social enterprise Timewise, comments on the news that a private member’s bill to give greater job security to workers with unpredictable working patterns has received Royal Assent. The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill is a private member’s bill sponsored by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour). The bill…
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On 6th September, ISS joined the History of Parliament Trust in unveiling a new publication entitled ‘NHS 75: Celebrating 75 years of the National Health Service’. The special commemorative book has been produced in partnership with leading publisher St James’s House and written by a team of academics and industry experts. Exploring the origins, history…
Rye, Winchelsea & District Memorial Hospital has become the first community hospital in the UK to achieve carbon neutrality. Following the installation of its new renewable systems, the hospital’s electricity supplier has confirmed all power now comes from fully renewable sources such as solar panels and wind power. This means that the hospital has reduced…
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has unveiled the third-generation of its Construction Consultancy framework agreement, ‘Healthcare Planning, Construction Consultancy & Ancillary Services (HPCCAS)’. The new framework agreement offers the NHS and other public sector organisations a compliant and cost-effective route for procuring construction-related services including architecture, civil and structural engineering and surveying, amongst others. The NHS in…
A Crown Commercial Service-funded digital platform has identified millions of pounds of potential savings for NHS procurement teams in its first year of operation according to the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Subscribers to Atamis who include 258 NHS organisations (or 69% of the total) are benefiting from access to each element…
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a three-year contract to Compass Group business Medirest to manage catering and facilities management services. The partnership, which commenced in July 2023, aims to elevate service quality and enhance the overall experience for patients. Our thorough procurement process required bidders to increase pay for all staff to…
NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has appointed people and culture expert Helen McCarthy as Chief People Officer. McCarthy’s career in human resources spans more than 20 years, working in global HR roles at PA Consulting, Arcadis, and APCO Worldwide, as well as Hays, B&Q and Channel 4. She will join the executive team at NHSPS leading…
NHS Property Services’ Director of Responsible Business, Dr Shamir Ghumra, has been named in the ‘Top 50 Workplace Leaders’ of executives from a range of industries who create a positive impact. The list recognizes leaders who show innovative thinking, exceptional leadership skills, and commitment to affirmative change in their daily work. The inclusion of Dr…
NHS Property Services (NHSPS) is set to continue its Stepping Stones colleague development programme for a third year. Skill building is an essential practice, and the 15-month programme has produced many success stories with multiple previous participants stepping into leadership roles within NHSPS. The course will see NHSPS colleagues become more confident in their roles…
Dorset County Hospital, an NHS Foundation Trust hospital in the county town of Dorchester in South West England, has successfully completed a comprehensive fire systems upgrade. Numerous challenges presented by the complex range of buildings on the site and delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic were overcome with the installation of 2,700 Apollo self-monitoring Discovery…
As more than 200 doctors and hospital staff demand action on air pollution from UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Mark Bouldin, an environmental expert at Johnson Controls, comments on legislation which is being introduced to address air quality. Clean Air Day is a chance to shed light on the importance of improving the air we…
Veolia has been selected to deliver a new multi-million pound “sustainable” FM contract that will focus on implementing hard services and carbon reduction measures across 144,300 square metres of patient care facilities. Under its contract with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, the resource management provider will manage around 20,000 assets. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust…
ABM passenger handling agents at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport and Aberdeen International Airport will be trained to further support NHS patients who travel to access medical care. Developed with NHS Grampian and Manx Care, the new training extends a previous initiative to support passengers with reduced mobility (PRM) by ensuring employees additionally learn about the…
Veolia has been selected to decarbonisation projects at two acute hospitals for the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, one of England’s largest teaching hospital trusts with some 2.8 million patients annually. Using a £22 million investment from the Salix Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) Phase 3a, and additional Trust funding, the Good Hope Hospital…
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is using a lease accounting platform and AI-powered document parser to meet the requirements of the Lease Accounting (IFRS 16) Management & Reporting System standards which came into force for NHS organisations last year. Launched by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in 2019, IFRS 16 requires lessees to…
Compass Group procurement business Foodbuy has retained its contract with NHS Supply Chain as the central resource for sourcing and procuring food across the publicly funded healthcare system. The new contract, which comes into effect in July, was awarded as part of the NHS Supply Chain ‘Operating Model implementation’ programme which sets out the design…
Veolia has extended its medical waste management capabilities to address key issues for the United Kingdom’s healthcare sector and NHS, including carbon emissions generated by traditional clinical waste hierarchy positions. New services will help organisations in making further progress towards their net-zero ambitions by optimising compliant handling, management and treatment of waste streams that fall…
Mitie has been named as a supplier on the NHS London Procurement Partnership Total Facilities Management (TFM) Framework. The facility services provider has been approved to bid for six lots covering hard, soft and total facilities management, cleaning, catering and security services, with the appointment additionally providing Mitie with the opportunity to pursue facilities management…
Russell Blake, Managing Director – Healthcare, Compass Group UK & Ireland, considers the impact of the National Standards for Food and Drink in Healthcare introduced by the NHS in November 2022. The NHS has implemented new National Standards of Hospital Food for patients, staff, and visitors under its NHS Standard Contract, published in November 2022.…
Compass Group healthcare business Medirest and its partner, Royal Surrey Hospital, have been awarded ‘Exemplar’ site status, for the early and proficient implementation of the 2021 UK National Standards for Cleaning. The recognition acknowledges the delivery of the best-in-class service and that they will share learnings and experiences to enable other trusts to follow suit.…
NHS Property Services are working with Leeds-based energy analytics and industrial IoT business Hark Systems to design a smarter building programme for 3,600 National Health Service facilities. The contract which has been confirmed for an initial period of three months will focus on designing an “Eco-System of technology” to enable the connectivity of buildings and…
Veolia has been awarded a £27 million energy management contract to upgrade the 459-bed Eastbourne District General Hospital, part of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. The contract, which extends to 2040, includes a multi-million pound construction project during 2023 that will deliver wide ranging energy upgrades and target carbon savings of 4,129 tonnes per year.…
Radius has been helping Parr Facilities Management connect teams seamlessly as the facility services and fit-out specialist embraces technology to achieve productivity gains. Parr FM is one of Northern Ireland’s most successful FM companies with a roster of major clients including BOC, GLL, Triangle Housing, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), Co-op, and Lidl. The…
BAM has been commissioned by Betsi Cadwaladr University (BCU) Health Board to develop the detailed design for a new inpatient adult and older persons mental health unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan near Rhyl, Wales. The Welsh Government has approved the Health Board’s outline plans and the scheme can now proceed to a full…
Cloudfm has appointed Katrina Christopoulos as head of ESG.Christopoulos will drive environmental and social policies within the company, working with customers and suppliers to accelerate change. Her previous roles include leading sustainability at Bloomberg in their London Headquarters, dubbed one of the most sustainable offices in the world, and having global responsibility as ISS’s head…
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has recently introduced two of Diversey’s advanced Moonbeam3 Disinfection Technology UV-C devices to augment its infection prevention capabilities at the Walsall Manor Hospital. The devices are initially being used in bathrooms and other confined spaces although the trust’s facilities team anticipates they will be used in other parts of the hospital…
Louisa Clarke, managing director of Churchill Group’s cleaning business in the North and Scotland, has been appointed to the UK’s Veterans Advisory Board for 18 months. The board provides independent insight and advice to Ministers about the effectiveness of current veterans policies and services, as well as their future needs and expectations. The Board is…
UK facility services provider Parr Facilities Management (Parr FM) which operates offices in Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast, has been named as a supplier on the NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) second-generation Hard Facilities Management framework agreement. The Hard Facilities Management 2 (Hard FM) framework agreement offers a compliant route to market to all NHS…
Pareto Facilities Management has been awarded a place on the NHS Total Facilities Management 2022 Framework operated by Crown Commercial Services (CCS). One of only 18 service providers that successfully made it onto the framework which runs until July 2026, Pareto offers a range of workplace and integrated mechanical and electrical (M&E) services. Ian Wiggans,…
Diversey Holdings consider the wide range of solutions that can be deployed to prevent infection in healthcare facilities. Healthcare housekeeping and infection prevention teams have increased the frequency of hand hygiene and surface disinfection since the start of the pandemic. These are both key to breaking the chain of infection but, with cleaning done more…
Contract caterer Elior UK has joined other leading brands in supporting a clinical trial of a new food allergy protocol which is being championed by The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation. The three-year £2.2 million oral immunotherapy trial will be the first major study funded by the foundation which was set up by Nadim and Tanya…
BAM’s facilities management business has been appointed by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), to its Hard Facilities Management framework agreement (Hard FM). BAM was awarded a place for eight main lots, and places on 23 sub lots. The full list is below. BAM’s healthcare credentials were also recently recognised by its appointment to the…
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has launched its second-generation Hard Facilities Management (Hard FM) framework agreement. The second iteration of the organisation’s highly successful framework is designed to respond to the need within the NHS for high-quality, innovative and cost-effective solutions, which help NHS trusts manage their estates successfully. The new framework’s scope has…
Robin Mills, managing director of Compass Group (UK & Ireland), acknowledges and discusses the extraordinary efforts of colleagues during the COVID-19 pandemic. We all find ourselves in uncertain times as the coronavirus crisis evolves rapidly, and the service sector is right on the frontline. As the Managing Director of Compass Group UK & Ireland, my…