The UK Care Quality Commission (CQC) has reported that the Great Western Hospital in Swindon failed to meet two essential standards. The CQC said improvements are needed in the hospital to protect patients from unsafe treatment during surgery, according to Newbury Today. The healthcare provider has to improve monitoring of patients’ fluid balance to better protect them from dehydration, the...

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Services & Maintenance: Effective Green CleaningMaintaining a healthy facility depends on a successful combination of processes and products. By Allen RatheyPublished in the January 2012 issue of Today’s Facility Manager Cleaning a facility involves the removal of unwanted matter, pollutants, and contaminants from the indoor environment. By definition, this activity should always be environmentally...

Letter sent to staff this week affected by transition….

This report finds that joining up support services for health and social care services could mean that there is as much as £50 per head available which can be used to support local planning and decision making. It would also mean that the boroughs and newly formed clinical commissioning groups would not waste public money and time replicating work….

Sustainability in the NHS: Health Check 2012 explains why the public and NHS leaders think the NHS should be a sustainable organisation….

Professional Development: Greenhouse Gas AuditsEPA’s requirement to report emissions may be coming to your facility By Deborah SweeneyPublished in the January 2012 issue of Today’s Facility Manager   Greenhouse gas emissions auditing is a fairly new concept, but it is likely going to become something every major industry will need to address. Back in December 2010, the U.S. Environmental...

KishHealth System in DeKalb, Illinois, US, has been using the Pharmacy Xpert clinical surveillance and intervention system from Thomson Reuters to capture interventions and improve patient care….

The management of end of life care, particularly for patients suffering from more than one medical condition (co-morbidity), could be addressed by GPs having anticipatory care plan (ACP) discussions with patients, suggests a study in this month’s British Journal of General Practice (BJGP)….

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