Author: admin

Senior NHS, private and third sector leaders have called for a dramatic rethink of healthcare contracting models, according to a new report. The Power of Partnership – funded by Sodexo, the world’s largest services company, and informed by a reference panel made up of leaders from all three sectors – urges all three sectors to seize the potential of cross-sector partnership in improving quality of care for patients. The report finds that for complex, high…

Twenty seven trusts are taking part in a year-long pilot to prove that going to market as a single entity will deliver huge savings to the NHS. Led by the NHS Trust Development Authority and the DH, the pilot has project support provided by procurement collaborative NHS London Procurement Partnership and is directed by a steering board comprising representatives of the DH, NHS England, TDA, LPP and trusts. Its primary objective is to design and develop…

A complete system of eco-friendly Mapei products has contributed to a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’ at Highfields and Penn Fields School. Located in Penn, Wolverhampton, the dual facility occupies a single site joined by a ‘campus core’. The £42m rebuild project included installation of approximately 15,000m2 of vinyl flooring and carpet tiles, with Mapei products used to prepare the new power floated concrete substrate and install the floor coverings. Floor preparation and installation were carried…