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Minster Expertise Can Help with Compliance
Thursday 1st September 2011 1:01 PM
The cleanliness of healthcare premises and equipment is an issue that is never far from the top of the NHS agenda. To continue to provide NHS services, the Health and Social Care Act 2008, requires primary care providers - dental since April 2011 and medical from 2013 - to be registered by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). To comply with the CQC standards for registration, primary care premises in England have / will have to meet a number of 'Essential Standards of Quality and Safety' which includes the maintenance of appropriate standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
Minster Cleaning Services is trusted to clean healthcare premises across the UK and has been established for 29 years. By delivering a cleaning strategy that covers all key elements and functional areas of their practice, Minster can help providers to combat healthcare acquired infections whilst fully complying with the requirements of the guidelines: National Specifications for Cleanliness in the NHS - Guidance on setting and measuring cleanliness outcomes in primary care medical and dental premises.
As part of Minster's ongoing commitment to the healthcare sector and being fully informed of its unique requirements, the author of the guidelines, Graham Jacob, was invited to speak at Minster's annual conference. Graham described what the new cleanliness code means for practices and explained that the guidelines have been produced to help providers to meet their responsibilities under The Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Compliance will almost certainly create a need for some extra time commitment. Using their knowledge of the sector, Minster can provide detailed quality control processes, regular, rigorous audits and inspections, prioritised absence cover and a fully flexible, confidential service tailored to a practice's precise requirements. This leaves practice personnel free to get on with their day-to-day duties safe in the knowledge that they are delivering healthcare services which are clean and fit for purpose.
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