Compliance & Corporate Services
At BFS, we can provide a fully managed service for the monitoring of policies, procedures and practices, including procurement and management of warehouse stock across the UK.
BFS can offer you flexibility and choice with our quality Compliance and Corporate Services. We can provide a fully managed service, a wrap-around stock and distribution option, all the way through to a standalone procurement service option for a full range of spend categories, each with flexible contract periods and usage terms.
Our dedicated team can monitor everything from planned operations procedures to emergency care and equipment. BFS can also manage the warehouse and stock distribution of a facility, giving you peace of mind that the job is being carried out by industry professionals. We also have a flexible commercial structure that potentially allows all participating hospitals to benefit from 20% savings on any prices submitted by other suppliers. Get in touch with our team for more information and advice.
We can provide fresh ideas and put processes in place for successful stock management and distribution. We can plan to distribute stock within 24 hours as standard (subject to location), with emergency delivery available within certain hours. This is available at any warehouse across the UK.
Our team works hard to provide quality and innovation in our services. With our Compliance and Corporate Services, we aim to produce clearer planning, strengthen stock management and increase the efficiency of different processes. For more information about these services and how our support can help you achieve your goals, speak to BFS.
MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT
Barnsley Facilities Services Ltd
SUMMARY
We take appropriate steps to ensure everyone who works for Barnsley Facilities Services Ltd (BFS) has their fundamental human rights respected, and that anyone we do business with upholds these principles.
This statement details our policies, processes, and actions to ensure that modern slavery and human trafficking do not occur in our supply chains or across our business.
OUR ORGANISATION
Barnsley Facilities Services Ltd (BFS) is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary company owned by Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Our core service offering includes Estates, Facilities Management, Procurement, Decontamination, and Outpatient Pharmacy services.
OUR COMMITMENT
At BFS, we are committed to ensuring that modern slavery or human trafficking plays no part in our services or supply chain. This statement sets out actions taken by BFS to understand all potential modern slavery and human trafficking risks and to implement effective systems and controls.
We are fully aware of our responsibilities towards our service users, employees, and local communities. We are guided by a strict set of ethical values in all our business dealings and expect our suppliers and key partners (i.e., all companies and organisations we do business with) to adhere to the same principles. We have zero tolerance for slavery and human trafficking. Staff are expected to report slavery and human trafficking concerns, and management is expected to act upon them according to our Safeguarding and our Raising Concerns (Whistleblowing) policies.
WHAT ACTIONS ARE WE TAKING?
To ensure awareness and management of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking, we have embedded practices and protocols in the following key policies:
- Recruitment
- Safeguarding
- Whistleblowing
- Equality, Diversity and Human Rights
Adoption of our business policies enables BFS to identify and mitigate the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our own business and our supply chain. Key examples of the activity we undertake to mitigate such risks include:
- Undertaking appropriate pre‐employment checks on directly employed staff and agencies on approved frameworks. These are audited to provide assurance that pre‐employment clearance has been obtained for agency staff.
- Implementing a range of controls to protect staff from poor treatment and/or exploitation, which comply with all respective laws and regulations. These include provision of fair pay rates, fair Terms of Conditions of employment and access to training and development opportunities.
- Requiring all suppliers (contracted with since January 2017) to comply with the provisions of the UK Modern Slavery Act (2015) under NHS Terms and Conditions. All of which set out our commitment to ensuring no modern slavery or human trafficking related to our business.
- Uphold professional codes of conduct and practice relating to procurement and supply in line with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply code of ethics and code of conduct.
- Where possible, and consistent with the Public Contracts Regulations, build long‐standing relationships with suppliers.
Plans for the next year
We will continue to strengthen our approach to managing the risk of modern-day slavery within our business and supply chains.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Act, has been approved by the Board of Directors of BFS, and will be updated annually in line with the Modern Slavery Act’s reporting requirements.
Robert McCubbin
Managing Director
June 2026
New hospital initiative saves 161 tonnes carbon footprint equivalent per-year
Barnsley Hospital and Barnsley Facilities Services have smashed a further target in its Green Plan vision towards achieving carbon net zero, by ditching the use of desflurane anaesthetic gas.
The usage of this gas is one of the largest contributing areas of overall health service carbon footprint. Removing desflurane from usage at Barnsley Hospital, saves a whopping 161 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is the equivalent to 374 Trans-Atlantic flights (London to New York JFK) in carbon footprint per year.
Consultant Anaesthetist, Dr James Turnbull led the project said: “operating theatres have a significant environmental impact on the planet. Much of this impact comes from the use of Desflurane anaesthetic gas.
We have taken the decision to remove Desflurane and all our staff fully support this initiative. The use of lower carbon replacements has no negative impact on patient care, experience or recovery. This decision demonstrates a clear commitment to reducing the harmful effects of anaesthetic gases and making our hospital greener in line with our Green Plan launched earlier in 2022.”
Read more about our sustainability strategy in our Green Plan.
Read more about our Carbon Reduction Plan here
International Organisational Standards (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001)
We are pleased to announce that our commitment to continual improvement at BFS has led us to pursue accreditation to the International Organisational Standards, specifically ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 for quality and environmental management. This significant step underscores our dedication to delivering the highest standards of quality and environmental responsibility in all our operations.
As part of this initiative, we have developed a new Quality and Environmental Policies. These policies outline our commitment to maintaining and enhancing our quality and environmental performance.
Please read more about the Quality Policy here
Please read more about the Environmental Policy here
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