This video explores how NHS Evidence can support your daily management decisions – a free service that enables easy access to trustworthy health management information and guidance.
Watch this video with Peter Wilkinson, Associate Director of the Fire Protection Association to find out how up to date you are with the latest guidance on healthcare fire safety strategies.
An exciting new initiative is transforming the design of common ward furniture and clothing to help solve issues of privacy and dignity for hospital patients and aid their recovery.
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has introduced a revolutionary “no notes” project to eliminate the time and cost of storing, transporting and managing paper notes while improving patient care.
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has made significant carbon efficiency savings since introducing a custom procedure tray into its operating theatres.
Reducing paper use is a key opportunity for trusts to save money and meet carbon reduction targets. Simple tips to eliminate wasteful practices are explored in this video.
This video explores how a new mobile clinical computer – the Panasonic CF-C1 – will support a more mobile workforce to reduce office space and cost while providing more efficient patient care.
With more pressure than ever on budgets, NHS Lothian has realised quick and significant cost savings to reinvest back into patient care simply by streamlining their telecoms costs!
With the Carbon Reduction Commitment due to start this Spring, this video looks at what trusts should be doing now to prepare for this worthwhile scheme.
A real-life study from the NHS National Technology Adoption Centre has proved that an innovative surgical monitor can save lives and cost on a massive scale.
University Hospitals Birmingham is making efficiency savings by using Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistants (MCAs), which can be used for ward-based cleanliness or asset audits.
This video rounds up messages from the recent IHEEM Healthcare Estates conference 2009 with keynote interviewees providing expert advice and insight into the challenges and opportunities ahead.
This short film made by Health Facilities Scotland considers the crucial role that healthcare facilities play in the provision of top quality patient care.
Carina Bale, Chair of the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals rounds up the achievements of the deep clean programme and advises how to drive further progress.
Catch up on the key topics raised at the Healthcare Facilities Consortium’s September conference with this five-minute video round-up, featuring interviews with the speakers and demonstrations of the
To improve efficiency and patient safety, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new voice communication tool that allows staff to converse instantly wherever they are in the
In this interview, David Pencheon, Director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit advises trusts how to act on the carbon reduction strategy and drive change locally.
Cancer charity Tenovus is revolutionising the care of patients in Wales with a hi-tech mobile chemotherapy clinic that delivers treatment in the heart of local communities.
With the ever-increasing pressure of waiting list targets, this video explores how hospitals are benefiting from innovative modular and mobile operating theatres from Medi-Cell.
NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson talks to Focused FM TV about the challenge of delivering efficiency savings and how facilities management can contribute while adding value to the patient experience.
Measuring the patient experience is now a key requirement for all trusts but ensuring the tool is suitable for users such as children and people with learning difficulties is vital to avoid exclusion. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust has pioneered a tailored touchscreen questionnaire delivered on Panasonic Mobile Clinical Assistants.
The MRSA target has been hit and C difficile rates are falling but Martin Kiernan, President of the Infection Prevention Society, urges trusts not to see this as the end but as the minimum that should be achieved.
This video looks at how a Carbon Zero Scheme from Toshiba and CO2 Balance can help your trust reduce its environmental impact by enabling an energy efficient stove project in Kenya.
ESBLs are becoming a major threat for patients. Watch this ‘Guide to ESBL’ to learn more about how to prevent ESBL and the importance of rapid detection.
Kettering General Hospital is reducing length of stay, achieving bed reductions and improving patient safety since replacing bleepers with programmed mobile phones for real-time communication.
In this interview, David Pencheon, Director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit provides an update on the biggest opportunities to deliver emission reductions that directly impact on cost and qual
To improve the availability of critical mobile assets like IV pumps and wheelchairs, a new innovation is enabling hospitals to track the status of mobile equipment in real-time.
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT has reduced the travel time of its community workers by 50% and lowered its carbon footprint since using Dell mobile computers to access information on the go.
Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust is introducing a new intermediate care ambulance service to promptly transfer patients between hospitals and clinics for further care within 60 minutes.
Kevin Oxley, Director of Operations for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust discusses how a new super-hospital providing 100% single rooms for patients will improve privacy and dignity, tackle infecti
With the NHS facing efficiency savings of £20bn and testing carbon reduction targets, an independent study shows that greener printing can save organizations up to £2.1bn a year.
This video looks at how the anti-microbial Tegaderm CHG Dressing from 3M will make it easier than ever for healthcare professionals to rapidly detect and prevent infection.
NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson talks to Focused-FM TV about the crucial role of estates and facilities in driving efficiency savings and improving the patient experience.
This interview with David Dunbar, Head of Workstyle at BT explores how flexible working can reduce office space by 30% and save up to £550 million a year on property costs.
With assaults on NHS staff and property damage still high, Richard Hampton, Head of NHS Security Management Service discusses what more facilities staff can do.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is using interactive patient feedback kiosks from Jayex to capture timely opinions on services, including cleanliness and the environment, to drive quality impr
With estates and facilities involved in 70% of recent NHS prosecutions by the Health and Safety Executive, this interview with HSE Head of Health Steve Scott looks at preventing fatalities and injurie
This video looks at how IHEEM exhibitor Schneider Electric is supporting NHS hospitals to maximise their energy efficiency with cutting-edge technology.
To help deliver a target of £5 million procurement savings this year, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust has partnered with NHS Supply Chain to drive efficiency improvements in their stock management.
North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals have transformed their cleanliness scores with a hygiene test that accurately assesses the effectiveness of cleaning methods to eliminate the risk of infection.
To reduce the energy consumption associated with new builds and modular constructions, mobile health facilities are helping trusts minimize their carbon footprint and deliver care closer to home.
Kevin Oxley, Chair of HEFMA, highlights how HEFMA members and other facilities professionals can benefit from using Focused-FM TV as a key information resource.
The Corporate Manslaughter Act has wide-reaching implications for the reputation of all NHS trusts and their staff. How much do you know about this new legislation and how to ensure compliance?
The Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) has recently formed a unique learning partnership with the Canadian College of Health Service Executives to enable its members to connect with their transatlantic counterparts.
In this interview, Rob Smith, Director of Gateway Reviews, Estates and Facilities at the DH, discusses the vital role of FM in tackling the biggest challenges facing the NHS.
This interview looks at the launch of Focused FM by the Healthcare Facilities Consortium and how it promotes collaboration with central government, professional bodies and industry to accelerate impro
Mobile computing has an important role to play in delivering better quality and safer patient care. Access to patient records at the point of care can reduce medical errors, improve productivity and support the Care Closer to Home agenda.
