Frontline worker changed careers at 55, going from Domestic Assistant to Maintenance Assistant. With support and encouragement from NHSPS, Christine is still growing in her career, now in an apprenticeship to become a plumber.  As National Estates and Facilities Day ...

NHS Property Services this month relaunches its space management system NHS Open Space – which will help benefit customers, landlords and patients across the entire health system. First launched in 2016, NHS Open Space was developed by the NHS for ...

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has appointed ISS to deliver a range of FM services across eight sites for a five-year term. The contract, which is valued at approximately £45 million over its duration, will see ISS take on around ...

Compass Group UK and Ireland’s healthcare division, Medirest, has been awarded a three-year contract with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver catering and FM services. Based in London, Moorfields is one of the leading providers of eye health ...

By Philip Leigh, CEO Health & Care, Sodexo UK & Ireland The second National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day on June 21 recognises and celebrates our dedicated frontline workforce, our cleaners, porters, security guards, helpdesk operators, maintenance operatives and catering ...

Anil Madan, Non-Residential Marketing Manager at Ideal Standard reports on an event to discuss waterborne pathogens and the role of facilities managers and multi-disciplinary teams in healthcare Following the recent update to British Standard 8580-2: Risk assessments for Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

Architecture, design and masterplanning practice Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP) has moved at speed to create community vaccination centres across the North West in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Its team of designers have rolled out seven mass vaccination and ...

Specialist warewashing company, Crystaltech, is leading the way in providing safe services to the UK healthcare industry by implementing a rigorous monthly testing scheme for its entire nationwide engineer workforce. All 60 Crystaltech engineers will be required to undertake a ...

New from Tork is a cutting-edge virtual reality training simulation aimed at improving hand hygiene in healthcare. Manufacturer Essity collaborated with behavioral scientists, university hospitals and global hand hygiene experts in developing this ground-breaking tool. Tork VR Clean Hands Training ...

First class FM training delivers First Class people says Chris Ash, Managing Director of ISS Healthcare, and a partnership with the Fulham Road Collaborative (FRC) is providing top level facilities management training in the healthcare sector All organisations – whether ...