How can estates managers guarantee uninterrupted surgical provision during refurbishment projects, or boost capacity when waiting lists look dangerously at risk?
Vanguard Healthcare, which operates what is reportedly the world’s largest fleet of mobile healthcare facilities, explains how estates and facilities personnel, who it believes are increasingly playing a vital role in the economic, as well the clinical, productivity of hospitals, are increasingly turning to interim mobile facilities.
Managing the estate of a busy hospital can be pretty stressful. Whether it’s finding replacement services during renovation programmes, or managing a multiplicity of contractors during the installation of new facilities on site, the job of an estates (or FM) manager often seemingly requires a magician’s powers, as much as those of a project manager. It is no surprise then that many estates professionals are turning to external providers to support them during these periods, not just in providing the critical guarantees and quality of service provision, but also to ensure all-important continuity of revenue generation.
Maintaining ‘productivity’
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