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Bristol cancer centre fire sees patients evacuated
A plant room fire at the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC), part of the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI), early on 10 May, saw the evacuation of 53 patients to other wards in the BRI and the Bristol Heart Institute. University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust said the fire, which started at around 1.00 a.m., had caused ‘extensive smoke damage’. All patients and staff were, however, ‘safe’, with patients being cared for ‘in other areas’ of the Trust’s facilities
The Trust said on 10 May: “The fire has had a knock-on effect on many of our hospitals, and our services are under considerable pressure. Patients are thus being diverted away from the adults’ Emergency Department, although the children’s Emergency Department and the Bristol Eye Hospital Emergency Department are open as usual. We have cancelled planned procedures and radiotherapy planned for today, and are contacting all patients booked for urgent care to make arrangements with them. Outpatient appointments in the children’s
Reducing the risks of trips and slips
Coulsdon-based emergency cleaning company, CleanSafe Services (UK), has ‘launched a campaign’ to remind businesses across key sectors – including healthcare – ‘of the urgent need to safeguard staff and customers by applying an anti-slip coating to high- risk floors’.
hospital and for adult medicine and surgery continue as normal.” A day later ‘good progress had been made’ towards planning how the BHOC would be re-opened, with the Trust working towards giving all clinical teams access by late the following week for ‘checks and infection control procedures’. By 11 May power had been restored to much of the BHOC by generators. The Trust hoped to have power restored to the entire building in the week commencing 21 May. Provision was made locally elsewhere for patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
‘Major milestone’ at Dulwich development
Construction work is set to commence at the Dulwich Community Hospital site in East Dulwich Grove in south London after the project reached financial close on 1 May.
The redevelopment plans, approved by Southwark Council in January 2017, comprise a new NHS healthcare centre and new secondary school on the site of the former Dulwich Community Hospital. The new healthcare centre’s development will be through the NHS LIFT programme, a public/private partnership led by Community Health Partnerships (CHP) working in collaboration with Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group and local LIFT partner, South London Health Partnership.
Eugene Prinsloo, Developments director at CHP, said: “We are delighted to support Southwark CCG in delivering an important part of its out-of-hospital programme and bringing care closer to home for patients. For CHP this is the fourth scheme to reach financial close since we took over the head tenant responsibility of the NHS LIFT estate from Primary Care Trusts in 2013. Working with our local delivery partner, South London Health Partnership, our LIFT public- private partnerships continue to be a valuable delivery and funding mechanism for infrastructure in the health sector.” The new healthcare centre will integrate a range of primary care services, children’s services, some diagnostics, a physiotherapy unit, a renal dialysis unit, community mental health services, and services for patients with long-term conditions.
Malcolm Hines, director of Finance for NHS Bexley, Bromley and Southwark CCGs, said: “This is great news for patients and residents of Southwark. The healthcare centre will play an essential part in the transformation of primary and community health and wellbeing services across south Southwark, and will serve as a fit-for-purpose health hub for the local community.”
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The launch follows its acquisition of the floor treatment arm of Bonasystems Europe, ‘a leading manufacturer and provider of floor care chemical products’, giving it exclusive mainland UK rights to apply Bonasystems Grip, an anti-slip treatment for tiles, stone, and other cementitious surfaces. CleanSafe Services MD, Steve Broughton, says the company will spend £250,000 over the next two years to develop the floor product application service and promote the safety benefits of Bonasystems Grip. Pointing out that there are over 20,000 RIDDOR reported slip and trip incidents every year in the UK, costing employers an estimated £0.5 billion annually in management costs, legal bills, compensation, and fines, he added: “New sentencing guidelines have greatly increased the potential fines for slip and trip incidents. This makes it more vital than ever for businesses to reduce these risks and the associated costs.”
Among existing Bonasystems Grip users are Network Rail – which reported a 60% reduction in slip and trip accidents after using the system at London’s Euston Station, Mitchells & Butlers, Sainsbury’s, and Hilton Worldwide.
CleanSafe Services, which provides emergency and specialist cleaning, will also offer a contract service for Bonasystems’ other surface treatment products for cleaning, maintaining, and sealing floors.
©University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
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