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was nominated for the award following an independent patient survey.
MITIE was nominated alongside three NHS Trusts, but stood out for meeting the overall goals of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, which it has worked in partnership with since 2006. Over that time MITIE has implemented a number of initiatives to improve standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
MITIE wins national partnership award for cleanest hospital
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ITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, has been recognised by the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP) for “Working in
Partnership” with Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust. AHCP is the professional association for healthcare cleaning in the UK and Ireland. Their annual awards, which took place in Bolton last week, distinguish the best cleaning teams in the healthcare sector.
A team from MITIE’s Facilities Management business, which provides cleaning services to Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust,
With the added risk to patients of heathcare acquired infections like MRSA, MITIE has focused on investing in new technology and cleaning equipment, performance monitoring, training, and infection control to ensure that high standards of cleanliness and hygiene are maintained. Pauline Lewin, Chief of Infrastructure and Development for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust said: “The cleanliness of our hospitals is something which patients and visitors notice straightaway and, quite rightly, we are judged on our performance in this respect. “It’s really encouraging to see the AHCP recognise the joint efforts from our staff at the Trust and the MITIE team. We hope this, along with the fantastic survey results, will help reassure patients about the standards they can expect when coming into one of our hospitals.” Martyn Freeman, managing director of MITIE’s Facilities Management business, said: “We’re proud to have built up an award-winning partnership with Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust. Over the last seven years we’ve continually challenged our teams to innovate, and we look forward to working further with the Trust in delivering a world-class service.”
MITIE has been providing facilities management in healthcare for over 20 years, to clients such as Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, St George’s Hospital in London, and Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire.
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RICARDO-AEA PROVIDES KEY DATA TO SUPPORT NEW GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS The UK Government’s Department for Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) recently launched its online greenhouse gas conversion factor repository website. This will be of use to companies based in the UK as well as international organizations fulfilling their requirement for environmental reporting of carbon emissions Ricardo-AEA has been responsible for providing the emissions factors – a crucial element of the new mandatory reporting requirement – on which the new online system is based
In order to report the greenhouse gas emissions associated with a UK
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organization’s activities, users must convert ‘activity data’ such as distance travelled or litres of fuel used into carbon emissions. The new online tool provides the values that should be used for such conversions, provides step by step guidance on how to use the factors and helps users to select the categories and types of greenhouse gas emission factors they use during their reporting process. Ricardo-AEA has been responsible for compiling and developing the annually updated set of UK government greenhouse gas conversion factors since they were originally provided for company reporting in 2005. The new website will allow users to download the conversion factors relevant to their operations, and provides guidelines for environmental reporting, making it easier for
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companies to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions for upcoming regulations which require mandatory carbon reporting. “This update to the way UK greenhouse gas emission conversion factors are presented and calculated is much more user friendly,” commented Ricardo-AEA’s carbon management knowledge leader, Christine St John Cox. “Organizations will now be able to use a Q&A prompter to select emissions factors, or search an updated comprehensive spread sheet which still includes over 4,000 factors collated annually by Ricardo-AEA. The new website is designed to support users with a range of experiences of calculating carbon footprints.” The launch of the website supports yesterday’s announcement of reforms to company reporting which
include a requirement for UK quoted companies to report on their annual greenhouse gas emissions. It has been confirmed that from 30th September this year, organizations that are UK incorporated and listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange will be required to report on their greenhouse gas emissions performance. Emissions to be disclosed will be those currently captured within Scope 1 and 2, including transport, gas and fuel usage, electricity and process emissions.
Updated guidance on environmental reporting, including a link to the greenhouse gas conversion factor website, is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/ measuring-and-reporting- environmental-impacts- guidance-for-businesses
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