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Procurement key to improved care.

Dennis Lenard
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For many, good health and "bricks and mortar" could not be further apart, but with daily headlines berating failing hospitals and poor working conditions there is an increasing realisation that premises can have a resounding impact upon services. Since its introduction in 2000, ProCure21 has played a major part in highlighting the importance of partnering between the public sector and the construction industry, helping to improve the standard of premises, and ultimately the services delivered to patients. But with the recent abolition of NHS Estates, ProCure21 and its achievements to date face significant threat. Anyone who has had the ill-fortune of a recent stay in hospital will appreciate the difference that a few minor design.

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Decision Making, OrganizationalEfficiency, OrganizationalHospital Design and ConstructionPurchasing, HospitalQuality Assurance, Health CareState MedicineUnited KingdomJournal Article

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Dennis Lenard. 2004. Procurement key to improved care.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15510447/

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