Healthcare sector

Sodexo Health & Care has been named on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) RM6331 Healthcare Soft Facilities Management Services framework for a period of three years with an option to extend for an additional year. This national framework is available ...

On 16 May 2024 Interclean’s Healthcare Cleaning Forum (HCF) will once again open its doors to healthcare cleaning enthusiasts from far and wide. With a packed programme aimed at cleaning professionals, healthcare experts, hospital managers, infection prevention specialists, facility managers ...

Some healthcare providers only practise proper hand hygiene less than half of the recommended time, according to studies. But research from Tork manufacturer Essity reveals that around 80 per cent of professionals have expressed a desire to improve their hand ...

It has long been acknowledged that the built environment plays a crucial role in infection control. Healthcare facilities need to be designed and renovated to prevent the spread of infections among patients, staff and visitors. Consultant Medical Microbiologist Michael Weinbren; ...

A hospice Housekeeping Manager is in the running for a prestigious national award. Paula di Palma, who stepped up to lead the St Raphael’s housekeeping team when Covid struck, is a finalist in the 2024 Our Health Heroes Awards, delivered ...

Medirest teams have been recognised at this year’s MyCleaning Awards which took place on 20 February 2024. The awards are organised in collaboration with NHS England and receive hundreds of entries from across the UK’s healthcare sector. The awards recognise ...

GOJO, the inventor of PURELL™ is one of the brands to be showcased in an official publication commemorating the NHS, entitled ‘NHS 75: Celebrating 75 Years of the National Health Service.’ This accolade demonstrates the key role played by the ...

Compass Group UK & Ireland’s NHS facing healthcare division, Medirest, has taken home several awards at the National MyPorter and National MyCleaning Awards, held on the 21 and 22 February 2023 respectively. The awards are organised in collaboration with NHS England and ...

Yesterday saw the start of a 10-day tribunal hearing where Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) faces a first of a kind group claim for indirect race discrimination brought by 80 Black, brown and migrant cleaners. For decades, the cleaners were ...

Informative, superb and brilliant – these were just a few of the adjectives used to describe the second Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Environment, Cleaning and Decontamination conference co-sponsored by Essity’s global leading professional hygiene brand Tork and Sodexo Health & ...