Health and Safety
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NHS staff survey 2024: satisfaction stagnates while discrimination and harassment rises
The NHS has published their 2024 Staff Survey results, which saw marginal differences from 2023 results, but large increases in recorded bullying and harassment from staff members. HB looks into these results, and how best to address these problems
Frameworks
Busy hospital
Security framework launched to protect NHS and public sector organisations
The NHS SBS Security Services, CCTV and VSS Framework Agreement is designed to meet the evolving security demands of healthcare and public sector environments. Offering a compliant route to market, flexible procurement options, and support for sustainability and social value, the framework provides high-quality, future-ready solutions to keep people, property, and information safe
Design and Build
Whitby hospital
It's all about the flooring...
The Contract Flooring Association is the leading independent professional voice of the contract flooring industry. Members of the Association include specialist flooring contractors, manufacturers, distributors and consultants, both large and small, operating from locations throughout the UK. The CFA’s membership now accounts for a significant proportion of the UK’s commercial flooring market

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Health and Safety
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How to reduce Legionella risk in your hospital
Hospitals face ongoing challenges in maintaining water system safety and reducing the risk of Legionella. In this article, Peter Gunn, senior consultant at Water Hygiene Centre, explores practical and compliant strategies to improve water safety. He focuses on building management systems, outlet flushing, effective training, and the appropriate use of operational tools, all aligned with requirements of HTM04-01
Sustainability and Net Zero
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NHS Property Services Green Plan 2025-28: a more targeted approach for direct impact
In a move to bring the NHS closer to its net zero carbon pledge in 2040, NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has launched its new Green Plan for 2025-28, which follows on from the previous Green Plan, released in 2022. This new Green Plan takes over from where its predecessor left off, and focuses on four areas: Energy, Utilities and Data, Environment, and Waste
Frameworks
Person using devices
Modern tech, better care: how the NHS is upgrading its infrastructure
The NHS is accelerating its digital transformation to improve patient care amid rising pressures on staff, budgets, and resources. A new £1.5 billion framework agreement from NHS Shared Business Services and NOE CPC will streamline procurement of essential IT equipment, helping trusts modernise infrastructure, adopt emerging technologies, and meet future healthcare demands efficiently and sustainably
Technology
Lungs
New national data shows improved respiratory outcomes with digital therapeutics
A respiratory digital therapeutics toolkit is improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Wales
NHS
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Will scrapping NHS England allow the NHS to reach its performance targets
Back in March, Keir Starmer announced that NHS England will be abolished, which was met with mixed reviews. HB looks at the history of NHS England, its uses, and what scrapping it might mean for the future of our health service
Workforce
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Best practices for recruitment in the public sector in 2025
With employment laws changing, APSCo sets out how best to manage public sector recruitment in 2025

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