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NHS Confederation Chief Says £750m Infrastructure Investment is ‘Small Downpayment’ on Maintenance Backlog

Newly allocated funding to help fix “crumbling” infrastructure at NHS sites has been described as “a small downpayment on the...

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Harmony Fire Wins Fall Protection System Contract With NHS

A £1.3 million contract to deliver maintenance services for fall protection safety systems across the NHS estate has been won by Somerset-based...

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Artic Wins Hard FM Contract With London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Artic Building Services has secured a new contract to provide hard facilities services at 62 London Ambulance Service NHS Trust sites. The...

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NHS Property Services Launches Green Plan

NHS Property Services has unveiled a three year plan to reach net-zero carbon by 2040. The body’s previous green plan, launched in 2022, saw...

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First Round of RIBA National Award Shortlist Revealed

37 projects have been shortlisted for the RIBA East and South East Awards 2025. The prize recognises the UK’s best new...

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Study Exploring Clean Air Benefits on Mental Health Inpatients Concludes

A research programme that examines the benefits of improving air quality in the enclosed environment of a mental health inpatient site in Bedford has...

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What’s Happening With the New Hospital Programme?

The government has changed its timetable for the New Hospital Programme, saying it inherited a “unfunded and undeliverable” plan from the...

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Outdated Technology is Costing the Public Sector £45 Billion a Year

One in four digital systems used by central government are outdated, costing the public sector £45 billion in productivity savings. This...

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Equans Extends FM Contract With Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust

Over the next five years, Equans will provide soft FM services at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. The extended soft FM contract is part of...

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Medirest Awarded Catering and Cleaning Contract with South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

Medirest, the healthcare division of Compass Group, has won a soft services contract with South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS...

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Government’s Estates Maintenance Backlog Worth at Least £49 Billion

The public spending watchdog has raised concerns over the maintenance backlog of the government estate. The backlog is estimated to be at least...

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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Awards Dalkia UK Total FM Contract

Dalkia UK has won a five-year multi-service contract at the recently rebuilt Paterson building at The Christie campus in Manchester. Dalkia...

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Sodexo Becomes NHS Evergreen Sustainable Supplier

Sodexo has been named one of the NHS’s most sustainable suppliers in the NHS Evergreen framework. The framework ranks sustainability...

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NHS Trust FM Team Wins Three Building Better Healthcare Awards

The East London NHS Foundation Trust Estates Team has won three accolades at the Building Better Healthcare Awards. The 26th annual Building Better...

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NHS Facilities Manager Nominated for British Business Award

Kelly Owbridge-Tasker, Senior Estates Manager for NHS Property Services Midlands, has been nominated for two British Business Awards. Kelly has...

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NHS Confederation Boss Says Backlog Maintenance Figures are ‘Deeply Worrying’

The CEO of the NHS Confederation has responded to the latest NHS data which suggests the cost to eradicate the estate’s maintenance backlog is...

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Stockport Community Hospital Celebrates Handover of Expiring PFI Contract

A specialist mental health facility in Stockport is preparing to complete its 25-year Private Finance Initiative contract. This is believed to be...

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The Cheeky Panda’s Bamboo Hygiene Products Secure NHS Listing

Sustainable hygiene products such as 100 per cent bamboo tissues and paper straws from The Cheeky Panda are now available across the NHS supply...

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NHS Trusts Appoint Assist Security Group

Assist Security Group has won security services contracts with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and Croydon Health Services NHS...

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Welsh Government Buildings Recognised for Sustainability Performance

Three government buildings in Wales have been praised for their exceptional sustainability performance. All three buildings lead on the Welsh...

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Willmott Dixon to Deliver £20m Bristol Mental Health Unit

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board has appointed Willmott Dixon to build a new mental health unit in...

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YorPower Restores Power to Blood Bank Refrigerators at NHS Hospital

A recent power outage at a South of England NHS Hospital that disrupted blood storage facilities was resolved by back-up power solutions provider...

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Spotlight Interview – Kelly Owbridge-Tasker | NHS Property Services

Kelly Owbridge-Tasker is a Senior Estates Manager for NHS Property Services Midlands who has worked in commercial property since she was 16 years...

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NHS Maintenance Assistant Celebrates National Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day

Christine Latham, a maintenance assistant working for NHS Property Services, is developing her career to become a qualified plumber. In 2022,...

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SEE Services Assists Yorkshire Ambulance Service in EV Upgrades

SEE Services is working with the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust to support the setting up of its electric vehicle charging...

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East London NHS Trust Wins ‘Estates and Facilities Team of the Year’ Award

The facilities team at the East London NHS Foundation Trust has won a prestigious “Design in Mental Health” Award. The estates team was...

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Government Allocates £557m to Decarbonise Public Buildings

The government has announced its next phase of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, which aims to reduce emissions from public sector...

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NHS Hospital Manages RAAC With New Geospatial System

Airedale General Hospital in West Yorkshire is using a new geospatial system to help manage its RAAC monitoring and repairs...

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East London NHS FM Team Shortlisted for Design in Mental Health Award

The estates and facilities team at the East London NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for an award celebrating exceptional design in mental...

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East Cheshire NHS Trust Extends FM Contract With ISS

ISS will continue to provide soft facilities management services across the East Cheshire NHS Trust’s estate for a further five years. The...

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Kier Wins Facilities Management Contract at New Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff

Kier Group has been appointed to deliver FM services at a new cancer hospital in Cardiff, via its place on the ACORN consortium. The new Velindre...

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ISS Wins Catering Contract With Kent and Medway NHS Trust

A five-year contract to provide catering services for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has been won by ISS. 50 new food host...

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Linen Wastage is a 'Mark' Against NHS Sustainability Targets, Says Textile Services Association

The CEO of the Textile Services Association has criticised the levels of linen wastage in the NHS, which causes unnecessary carbon and water...

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Dalkia UK Wins FM Contract With The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Dalkia UK has signed a contract to deliver technical facilities management services at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust’s new Patterson...

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Royal Surrey County Hospital Awarded First NHS Exemplar Status for Portering Services

Royal Surrey County Hospital and its partner Medirest have been awarded the first NHS “Exemplar” status for outstanding portering...

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Improvements to England's Worst Housing Stock Could Save NHS £13bn

Remedial work to England’s poorest quality housing could provide £135.5 billion in societal benefits over the next 30 years....

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Community Hospital UK’s First to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

Rye, Winchelsea & District Memorial Hospital has become the UK’s first community hospital to achieve carbon neutrality. The NHS...

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Kier Wins Contract to Upgrade Birmingham Hospitals

Kier has been appointed by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust for a three-year programme of upgrades across the estate. The University...

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Medirest Awarded Catering and FM Contract at Moorfields Eye Hospital

Medirest, part of Compass Group, has signed a three-year FM and catering contract with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Over 100 staff...

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Redeveloped Royal Sussex County Hospital Unit to Open in June

A new £500m facility for trauma, teaching and tertiary care is soon to open in Brighton. New photographs of the 62,000 sq m NHS unit have...

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Lord Calls for ‘Nightingale Style’ Approach in New Hospitals Programme

Lord Markham CBE has stated that the New Hospital Programme will only be possible by radically transforming the way building engineering projects are...

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Veolia Signs Hard FM Contract with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Veolia has won a multi-million pound FM contract with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, to implement hard FM services across 144,300 m2 of...

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Five New Hospitals in England to be Rebuilt by 2030

Unsafe hospital buildings in England that pose a risk to patient and staff safety will be prioritised with new funding to rebuild them by...

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Avrenim Announces New Project Wins Worth Over £3.25m

Liverpool FM firm Avrenim has announced a number of new healthcare, commercial and green energy contract wins, with the contract values totalling in...

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East London NHS Foundation Trust Appoints New FM Assistant Directors

The East London NHS Foundation Trust has appointed two new assistant directors to the Estates and Facilities Directorate. The trust is looking to...

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Sodexo Renews FM Contract at Queen’s Hospital in Romford

Sodexo’s catering, retail and soft services FM contract with Queen’s Hospital in Romford has been extended for a further five...

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NHS Trust Deploys New Software to Manage Property Leases

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has deployed a new online solution to improve its day-to-day management and control of its asset...

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Hazards in England’s Homes Cost NHS £401m Per Year

Research from the Building Research Establishment shows that hazards which cause occupants to fall and injure themselves in the poorest quality homes...

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Novus Awarded North West and Midlands Healthcare Contracts

Novus Property Solutions has been awarded three hospital-based contracts in Preston, Birmingham and Liverpool. Novus recently completed an external...

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Health Agency Urges Adults to Wear Face Masks When Ill

Guidance issued by the UK Health Security Agency states that adults suffering from respiratory illnesses should wear face masks if they have to leave...

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Royal Surrey Hospital Awarded ‘Exemplar’ Site Status for Cleaning Standards

Medirest, the healthcare division of Compass Group, has been recognised for its early implementation of the 2021 National Standards for Cleaning at...

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NHS Property Services Appoints Hark Systems to Design Smarter Buildings Program

Hark Systems has signed an initial three-month contract with NHS Property Services to improve system efficiency across over 3,600 NHS...

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ISS Signs 2-Year Contract Extension with Warwick Hospital

Warwick Hospital has agreed on an extension to its five-year full FM contract with ISS UK and Ireland. The renewed contract, valued at £7.8...

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Spotlight Interview – David Stevens | CIBSE Facilities Management Group

David Stevens is the Vice Chair of the CIBSE Facilities Management Group, and Director of Estates, Facilities & Capital Development at East London...

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NHS IT Services Supplier Victim of Ransomware Attack

It has been confirmed that a ransomware attack is causing a major outage for NHS IT systems. Services affected include software used by NHS 111 and...

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9 in 10 Health Leaders Think Ageing NHS Building Stock is a Health Risk

A significant number of health leaders polled by the NHS Confederation feel that patient safety is at risk from “old and sometimes extremely...

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First Net-Zero NHS Operation

A surgical team at Solihull Hospital has performed the world’s first documented net-zero operative procedure. The keyhole surgery was to...

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Government Announces £553m of Investment to Upgrade Public Buildings

Hundreds of public buildings in England will cut their use of fossil fuels and advance towards low carbon heating and energy efficiency upgrades,...

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Spotlight Interview – Dr Alisha Damani – Stress Awareness Month 2022

To mark Stress Awareness Month, we spoke to Dr Alisha Damani, Founder of The Medic Today, about how facilities managers can use their influence to...

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MedTech Company Looks to Solve NHS' Clinical Waste and Plastic Problem

A British MedTech company is helping the NHS to reduce CO2 emissions in its clinical waste disposal by 95 per cent. It is hoped that this will save...

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Mace Construct and Willmott Dixon Jointly Appointed to ProCure23 Framework

Mace Construct and Willmott Dixon have been jointly appointed by the Crown Commercial Service to all three lots of the NHS ProCure23 Framework. The...

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Serco Employees Set to Strike Over ‘Low Pay and Exploitation’

Hundreds of NHS workers, employed by outsourcing company Serco, are to begin a two-week strike across Barts Health NHS Trust in "a battle against...

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Veganuary Hits 2 Million Official Participants

A total of two million people have officially signed up to Veganuary - the global pledge to try vegan for 31 days - since the pledge began in...

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Eight Nightingale Hospital Hubs Planned

Temporary hubs at hospitals across the country are being set up to help with potential admissions surges due to the omicron variant. These...

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IMechE Develops Regulatory Standard for UV Air Cleaners for NHS

A solution to remove COVID-19 from the air using UV sanitisers will soon be used in hospitals, after a team led by engineers from the Institution of...

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Poor Housing in England is Costing NHS £1.4 Billion a Year

A new report from the Building Research Establishment reveals that poor housing in the UK is costing the NHS £1.4 billion a year, with a further...

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Mitie Wins £92.5m John Radcliffe Hospital Contract

Mitie has been awarded a new contract to provide cleaning, portering services, and catering for patients and staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital in...

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Sodexo Hospital Team Wins Cleaning Award

The Sodexo cleaning team on one of the UK's busiest COVID wards has won an award from the Association of Healthcare Cleaning...

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Sodexo Launches Infection Prevention Programme for Hospitals

With an aim to reducing preventable infections in hospital settings, Sodexo is launching Protecta, an evidence-based infection...

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Managing Healthcare Facilities – Net-Zero Hospitals

The carbon footprint of healthcare could triple by 2050, leading to worse health outcomes, increased chances of pandemics and a more unstable...

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NHS Test & Trace Programme Extends Contract With Sodexo

Sodexo's contract for the NHS Test & Trace programme has been extended to include a further 121 fixed and mobile...

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Compass Group Uses Cleaning Robots to Support NHS

Medirest, the healthcare division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, is introducing 12 brand new cleaning robots to support several NHS hospitals...

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Mitie Launches Low Carbon Menu for NHS Hospitals

Mitie and apetito are collaborating to cut carbon from the menu at St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is...

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Armed Forces Week – From the Forces to FM

Armed Forces Week takes place 22-26 June 2021, a time to recognise the strengths and skills of our Forces personnel. Barry Loftus, ISS UK HSEQ...

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Imtech Inviron Wins NHS Estates Management Deal

Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Imtech Inviron to deliver estates management services across 60 of...

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Reopening the UK – NHS Deep Cleaning Best Practices

NHS decontamination expert Tony Sullivan explores the importance of proper education in cleaning practices, including standardisation,...

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Mobilising NHS Nightingale With CAFM

FSI and Interserve Group worked together to ensure the team at NHS Nightingale Hospital North West had a CAFM solution they could rely on at a crucial...

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NHS Contract Awarded to Health Secretary’s Firm

It has been revealed that Health Secretary Matt Hancock and his sibling own shares in document management company Topwood, that...

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NHS Deep Cleaning Service Supports Sue Ryder Hospices

The new NHS Deep Cleaning and Advisory Service is enforcing a new national standard for domestic cleaning. Sue Ryder is amongst the first...

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Public Health to be Transformed With Formation of Two New Bodies

The Health Estates and Facilities Management Association is encouraging feedback on a recent proposal to overhaul England’s public health with...

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Imtech Inviron Secures Two NHS Contracts

Imtech Inviron has secured two NHS contracts in Hertfordshire, with a combined base value in excess of £18m. The agreements are to...

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Mitie Refutes Claims of Lack of Cooperation Amid Strike Action in Carlisle

As over 70 cleaners, porters and other support staff at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary prepare to strike over a decade-long pay dispute, Mitie...

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Mitie Appointed as Supplier for Net Zero Carbon Delivery Framework

Mitie has been appointed as a preferred supplier on the new Net Zero Carbon Delivery framework, created by ETL. ETL is the estate development...

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BICSc Launches NHS Compliant Cleaning Skills

The British Institute of Cleaning Science has announced the imminent launch of a selection of NHS compliant cleaning skills, which have been adapted...

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Actions of Sodexo Porters Provide Critical Help Following Fall

Two Sodexo porters at the Royal Stoke University Hospital provided critical help following the fall of a patient. On 16 November 2020, porter...

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Mitie Named as Key Public Sector Supplier

FM company Mitie has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) agreement for Building Cleaning Services. The CCS agreement...

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NHS Trials “Unique” New Decontamination Tech to Reduce COVID Transmission Indoors

The NHS is trialling a new technology solution which claims to replicate the science of outdoor air in indoor spaces. Airora Professional,...

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£500M FM Framework Opens for NHS and Public Sector

A £500 million procurement framework has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services to offer high-quality soft facilities management services...

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Mitie Wins Contract with Merseyside Police and NHS England

Mitie Care & Custody has been awarded a new contract by Merseyside Police, NHS England and NHS Improvement. The contract is to provide medical,...

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Government Confirms Funding for Facilities Upgrades at 117 NHS Trusts

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today announce that £300 million will be awarded to 117 NHS Trusts, as part of the government’s...

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Government Building Fund Invests in Birmingham Health Innovation Campus

£10.8 million of investment has been allocated to Birmingham Health Innovation Campus, an upcoming development which will create high-quality...

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New Five-Year Contract for ISS Despite Pay and Conditions Dispute

ISS Mediclean has signed a new five-year contract with Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, amidst reports of concerns about poor...

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NHS Procurement Framework Helps Public Sector Bring Back Employees

A new procurement framework to help the public sector access technology that supports social distancing in the workplace has been launched by NHS...

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Don’t Replace “Like For Like” When It Comes To Hot Water Systems, Says Rinnai

Hot water for handwashing and hygiene is a critical component in combating the COVID-19 virus, especially on healthcare sites. For many years,...

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Medirest Employees Working In NHS Trusts Receive Pay Increase

Medirest Employees Working In NHS Trusts Receive Pay Increase Medirest, the healthcare division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has today...

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Mitie Will Provide FM Services At Coronavirus Test Centres

Mitie is providing facilities management services for five COVID-19 test centres in the UK. The centres, located in Penrith, Inverness, Bournemouth,...

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NHS Nightingale Hospital Manchester Finished Within Two Weeks

As the new hospital officially opens, Integrated Health Projects (IHP) and its partners have revealed their role in the creation of the NHS...

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NHS Nightingale – A Hospital Built in 9 Days

As it admits its first patients, ThisWeekinFM takes a look at how London’s ExCeL exhibition centre was transformed in just nine days into NHS...

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ISS To Provide Soft Services At New Nightingale Hospital

The FM industry continues to step up to the challenge set by COVID-19, with ISS UK taking on the soft services contract at ExCeL exhibition...

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Compass Group Recognises The Critical Role Of Its Front Line Employees

Compass Group, the UK’s largest food and support services company, is announcing new measures to recognise the efforts of its colleagues and...

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Europcar Mobility Group Supports Essential Workers With £5 Car Rental

The group have launched the "Together" programme to support the mobility of workers in emergency service sectors in light of the COVID-19...

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Free Car Parking For Key Workers – Can Your Business Help?

Businesses and individuals who live close to hospitals are being urged to offer up their parking spaces for key workers. More than 3,000 free...

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Union Demands Immediate Sick Pay For Outsourced Workers With Suspected COVID-19

If people feel forced to work in hospitals – or any other workplace – while ill, coronavirus will become a national health crisis, claims...

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Theatre Production Goes To Plan

The Royal Hallamshire Hospital now has four new state of the art operating theatres. NG Bailey completed the £3 million services element of the...

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2020 Vision - MEP Contractor Appointed For Eye Hospital

NG Bailey has secured a £2.9 million project to deliver mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) installations for a new eye care centre at the...

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It's A Knockout - Anaesthetists Tender Sees One Winner

How's this for a coincidence, Churchill, the cleaning contractor, has got the gig at Churchill House - home to the Royal College of...

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Trust Gets £150 Million Development Go-ahead

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust has had government approval to start work on two new state-of-the-art facilities. The...

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Bradford Plan Scrapped

Plans by the Bradford NHS Trust to transfer porters, cleaners, security staff and others into a private company have been scrapped. Earlier this...

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Every Mind Matters

As many readers will be aware there is a new focus on mental health in the air with celebrities promoting the idea that it is 'time to talk'....

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JV On Track For Train And Regen Project

A joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Vinci Systra has been awarded the HS2 construction management contract for the £1 billion Old Oak...

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Ventilation Issues Lead To Deaths, Closures and Public Inquiries

The Scottish Government has confirmed that a public inquiry will be held to examine health and building issues at two hospitals. Meanwhile,...

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CIMS With Honours

Calderdale & Huddersfield Solutions Ltd has recently recertified to the Cleaning Industry Management Standard, earning a CIMS with Honours...

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Transfer Deadline Extended

A strike planned for August 26 was called off after Bradford Teaching Hospitals agreed with Unison to delay plans to form Bradford Healthcare...

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NHS Funding - Bo Diddley? Or Bodes Well?

Boris Johnson will give the NHS £1.8 billion, with much earmarked for new build and maintenance, yet the PM has also been accused of diddling...

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Smoking Outside Hospitals Worse Than Outside Pub

Public Health England has called on all NHS trusts to ban smoking on hospital grounds. "It cannot be right that it is more acceptable to smoke at...

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Dying Matters - Hospital Trust Fined For Asbestos Breach

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been fined after refurbishment work at a hospital exposed employees and contractors to asbestos. The...

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Manchester Hospitals Join Green Rewards

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have become the first NHS Trust in the UK to launch Green Rewards, a behaviour change programme aimed at...

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Hospital Stays Open Despite Major Arson Blaze At Adjacent Facility

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT has confirmed the Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital was not forced to close as a result of a major...

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Clean Air Strategy - Gove Helps You Breath More Easily

Monday 14 saw Environment Secretary Michael Gove launch the Government's new Clean Air Strategy - setting a long-term target to reduce...

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Bono And The Edge Named In Estates Management Fraud

Three estates managers have been jailed for an £822,000 NHS fraud - the ring-leader used the real names from members of U2 as his criminal...

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ISS Healthcare On A TFM High And Waverley Says Hello To Mitie Mouse

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust has appointed ISS for a comprehensive FM contract that takes in estates maintenance, cleaning, catering for...

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NHS Violence - Zero Tolerance And Offenders Punished Quickly

On October 31, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock launched the first ever NHS violence reduction strategy. The new,...

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The Budget 2018 - 24 Things You Need To Know

The Chancellor has presented his Budget to Parliament – here's a summary of what was announced...but we've tried to put it in order of...

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Trust Puts Trust In ISS For First Commercial Contract

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has appointed ISS Healthcare to provide retail and patient catering. This is the Trust's...

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Chelsea Score Long-term Deal

JCA Engineering has secured a five-year maintenance contract to deliver hard FM services to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Following a...

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You Have To Know What You Do To Change What You Do

Before you can reduce energy consumption you have to know what energy is being used, what is being wasted and where the savings are most easily made...

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Are You Being Served? - Massive Decline In Directly Employed Maintenance Workers

In days of yore, nearly all public and private sector departments had their own in-house maintenance team. But not anymore Building Cost Information...

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Dodgy Dealings, Double Helpings And A Leicester Swoop - Anyone For A Digest?

We've got contract gains and company purchases and news of Carillion FDs under investigation and another NHS Trust setting up its own FM co - FM...

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Mitie Wafts In To Heathrow As Carillion Flies Out

Mitie has been awarded the ex-Carillion FM contract at Heathrow Terminal 5. PLUS all the FM contract news from last week - Servest goes down the...

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