Tomorrow's Cleaning March 2010

TOMORROW’S CLEANING MARCH 10
The fu t ure of our clean i n g in d u str y
TOMORROW’S
CLEANING Mid Staffordshire hospital provided
supports and endorses:
poor hygiene, says inquiry
www.abcdsp.org.uk
The British Cleaning Council has reacted to the Government
inquiry outlining the failings of hospital care in Mid
Meet Karen
Staffordshire. The inquiry found that the hospital had routinely
www.assetskills.org Opus Business Media are very excited to
cut-back on cleaning and provided a substandard level of
announce the arrival of its newest
service as it focused on hitting government targets in order to
member, in the form of Karen Asbury.
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achieve foundation status.
Karen will be taking on the role of
The inquiry also criticised the poor hygiene standards on the wards Sub-Editor for Tomorrow’s Cleaning and
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as patients contracted C. difficile infection, and the insufficient and
other Opus publications, helping us to
inadequate levels of care being provided to patients.
make your favourite cleaning magazine
even better.
www.bics.org.uk
Steve Wright, Chairman of the British Cleaning Council, said:
Karen, who is
“This report has uncovered a fundamental failure by the hospital
a qualified
to ensure patients received the standard of cleanliness and
journalist with
www.britishcleaningcouncil.org
hygiene they need. While this was ultimately a local failure, it is
a degree from
vital that steps are taken to ensure that it is not allowed to happen the University
again. Although the events were unacceptable, they do not reflect of Central
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the efforts of the thousands of cleaners who work in the
Lancashire, has a
healthcare sector and serve with dedication and professionalism
broad range of experience, working with
as they strive to reduce hospital acquired infections.”
a wide spectrum of publications and
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is extremely pleased to be a part of
The Care Quality Commission, which led the enquiry, said Mid
the team.
Staffordshire was now safe to provide hospital services, but
“I am absolutely thrilled to take on this
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confirmed that it intended to place conditions on its
role at such a prestigious company. I am
registrations to ensure standards were met. a great believer in online media and I
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Andrew Large, Chief Executive of the Cleaning and Support
was excited to hear that I would be
Services Association, said: “The conditions evidenced in this
working with Opus Business Media, as it
takes the cleaning industry into the
www.encams.org
report are deeply distressing and totally unacceptable. There is
digital future.
no excuse for the willfully poor hygiene standards provided by
It gives me great pleasure to work
this trust and NHS patients deserve better.”
alongside such a fantastic group of
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people, in this friendly industry.
Euromillions winners give their
Tomorrow’s Cleaning is an incredible
magazine that I look forward to working
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home and car to their cleaner
with for many years to come. I’m very
proud to now be called part of the
Imagine arriving at work to find that your client is handing over
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i team,” enthuses Karen.
their family home to you?
Opus Business Media Director, Gavin
Nigel Page and Justine Laycock are the UK’s biggest ever Lotto
Nicholls, is extremely happy with the
www.ladderassociation.org.uk winners and recently announced they intend to hand over the
news: “We are very pleased that Karen
keys to their £400,000 family home to their cleaner.
chose to join the Opus team. Karen will
bring yet another fresh innovative
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k
Nigel, 43, and Justine, 41, have moved out of their family home
editorial mind to the table, and I am sure
in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and into a luxury six-bedroom
that clients will warm to her very quickly.
‘eco-home.’
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Already we have seen just how well
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror from their new property in
received and read our titles are and
Bilbury, Gloucestershire, which includes a 25-seat cinema,
Karen will help us to further enhance our
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k
hot tub and indoor swimming pool, Justine said: “All you
editorial credentials with these market
need to know is I love my cleaner very much.”
leading titles.”
www.ukha.co.uk
Karen certainly can’t wait to hear from
Mrs Kelso, the cleaner who has moved from her rented two-
you all, so drop her a line at
bedroom flat with her husband James, 64, was also the
www.woolsafe.org karen@opusbusinessmedia.co.uk
recipient of Justine’s old car; a black Honda Civic.
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