Facilities Management
Laundry Services
Health Estates is currently finalising a regional strategy for laundry
and linen services. The aim is to provide an optimum regional approach which will provide quality
and value for money in the provision of these services.
The strategy has to take account of a number of factors such as
- changing technologies for laundering materials
- the need to provide for contingency in the event of a laundry having to unexpectedly close for reasons such fire damage
- the ability of the private sector to provide a quality and value for money service
- the current state and potential of existing facilities
- opportunities provided by planned hospital developments
- potential economies of scale of large centralised operations versus the advantages of a local service
- development of new textiles.
It is anticipated that the strategy will be agreed before the end of
2008.
