With all the Covid prescribed pre-visit checks and protocols completed by the assessor, the unannounced Housekeeping Assessment visit has been completed. As commented, ‘it can only be best practice to explore every opportunity in progressing the cleaning standards so as to ensure the well-being of the patient, their relatives, the consultants and the Hospital’s own staff.

The added value of an external bodies’ assessment focused on the actual service delivery cannot be questioned. Add in the robust inspection of the supporting documentation, training delivery, due diligence practices and use of the schedules, the output is clearly supportive to the Hospital’s own exceptional team.

With the Programme’s Gold Housekeeping Award achieved in 2019, watch this space for this year’s standing.