Fabric maintenance company, HSFM, examines why an increasing number of healthcare property managers are now choosing to outsource their building fabric upkeep requirements.
Marion Diable, sales director at ‘provider of patient-centred facilities management services’, HSFM, looks at ‘why the healthcare sector is partnering with specialist providers to ensure that its buildings are legally compliant’, with a particular focus on ensuring that appropriate risk assessment is undertaken for work-at-height activities, the benefits of overcladding, and at the good first impression given to visitors to a healthcare facility by well-maintained gardens and other external spaces.
An increasing number of healthcare property managers are now choosing to outsource their building fabric requirements. A need to ensure that certain key areas are legally compliant, for example with work at height regulations, is driving this trend, along with a need to demonstrate better value for money in terms of general and preventative maintenance.
As environmental, building performance, and work-at-height legislation become ever more stringent, decision-makers in the healthcare sector are turning to external providers for help and advice on achieving the requirements. The services offered by these external partners are therefore becoming much broader, with clients’ requirements now extending to compliance issues, as well as a strong focus on value for money. It is well broadcast that this sector has been affected by austerity measures.
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