title: The value of the facilities management function in the UK NHS community health-care sector.
abstract: This paper stresses the importance of the strategic integration of the organisational facilities management function as being an essential prerequisite towards facilities and organisational effectiveness. The impact of both the strategic and operational facilities management function on community health-care facility users is also documented. The value of the facilities management function in terms of other health-care related organisational core deliverables is also observed. Mechanisms for general organisational facilities management improvement are identified and a number of facilities management performance measuring tools outlined.
authors.affiliation: Mancunian Community Health NHS Trust, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Featherstone
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baldry
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom