Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 7 Issue 1

Excellent patient environments within acute NHS trusts: External influences and trust characteristics

Rachel Macdonald, Ilfryn Price, Phil Askham

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible common factors in 15 Acute Hospital Trusts in the UK that achieved excellent scores at all their sites in four years of…

Using action research to implement a career development framework in facilities

Neil Pease

The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a research study to implement a career development framework within a large acute district general hospital facilities…

Adapting Australian health facilities to cope with climate‐related extreme weather events

Jane Carthey, Venny Chandra, Martin Loosemore

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current state of FM preparedness required to deal with the risks to healthcare delivery posed by climate change‐related extreme weather…

A process‐oriented analysis of facility management services in hospitals as a basis for strategic planning

Karin Diez, Kunibert Lennerts

The purpose of this paper is to describe research which investigated the interdependencies between facility management performance and costs, and primary processes in hospitals…

Best practice benchmarking in order to analyze operating costs in the health care sector

Thomas Madritsch

The purpose of this paper is the introduction of a best practice tool in order to analyze operating costs in the health care sector. This study presents the findings by using a…

Evaluation of a refurbishment scheme incorporating the King's Fund “Enhancing the Healing Environment” design principles

Helen Payne, Daryl May

In 2000, a national initiative “Enhancing the Healing Environment” (EHE) was launched by the King's Fund to celebrate the millennium. This aimed to support nurse‐led teams to…

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Guest editorial

Daryl May