Evaluation of the new ward housekeeper role in UK NHS Trusts

Facilities

Volumn 21, Issue , 2003, Pages 168-174

  May, Daryl ^a   Smith, Louise ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilities management; Hospitals; National Health Service; Patients; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079182     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770310489909     Document Type: Article

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3. Mahony, E., Price, I. and Akhlaghi, F. (1997), “Multiskilling, generic working and the unwritten rules of the game in NHS Trusts”, Health Service FM Research and Application Forum, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield.
4. NHS Estates (2001a), Housekeeping – A First Guide to New, Modern and Dependable Ward Housekeeping Services in the NHS, HMSO, London.
5. NHS Estates (2001b), National Standards of Cleanliness for the NHS, HMSO, London.
6. NHS Estates (2003), “The word on the ward”, Ward Housekeeping Newsletter, HMSO, Leeds.