Abstract:
The Department of Health (DH) has released a revised and updated version of its NHS Premises Assurance Model (NHS PAM), a software-based tool originally launched in 2010 to enable estates and facilities managers to more easily gauge the overall 'condition' of their built estate, provide premises assurance to their management Boards using a nationally consistent technique, assure commissioners that healthcare is being delivered from high quality, 'clean, safe, and suitable' premises, and identify the priority areas for improving premises infrastructure efficiency and quality. While the DH estimates that the 'original' Model has been used by only 30% of the overall potential audience, the new, 'streamlined and easier-to-use' version, which IHEEM peer reviewed and endorsed last month (see page 29,) is designed to encourage much wider take-up, as HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports.
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