Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Jason Rayfield.
IHEEM's Healthcare Estates Conference, held at Harrogate in November 2005, clearly underlined how architects, designers, constructors, engineers, and estate and facility managers need to work cohesively to ensure healthcare premises are fully safe and fit for function - both now and in the long term. Nicholas Marshall and Jason Rayfield report.
Jason Rayfield explores the implications of the increasing use of private sector funding, risk management, competition principles and expertise for NHS healthcare delivery.
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The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, which came into force on 1 January this year, requires all NHS bodies to disclose, when requested, any information they hold. Jason Rayfield reports on the work done by legal firm Morgan Cole to prepare NHS Trusts to deal with their responsibilities under the new legislation.
Hailed as the most important initiative to date between Government and the medical devices industry, the recently published Healthcare Industries Task Force report sets out a programme of action aimed at benefiting patients through the introduction of leading-edge medical technology. Jason Rayfield reports.
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Crowborough, East Sussex-located orthopaedic Centre of Excellence, The Horder Centre has worked to eliminate infections and create an environment where patient comfort, safety and care is never compromised. Jason Rayfield reports.
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Jason Rayfield reports from the Seventh Annual Infection Control Nurses Association Conference, where education, surveillance and the threat posed by emerging bacterial strains were high on the discussion agenda.
First announced in 1992 by the then Conservative Government, the Private Finance Initiative is a contract whereby private companies finance, design, build and manage public buildings, such as hospitals and schools, and lease them to the public sector for a set period--typically 30 years. In healthcare, the scheme has been particularly prolific, with 34 hospitals and 119 other PFI health schemes built to date. PFI projects are also expected to account for the majority of the 15 NHS hospital developments worth over pound 4 billion, that were recently announced by Health Secretary John Reid. Arguments aside, few could deny that PFI has been instrumental in facilitating the biggest NHS hospital building programme ever seen.