The Alliance, created and driven by skills charity, Enginuity – known as the ‘sector connector’ – reportedly ‘unites all sides of the sector, for the benefit of all, by bringing together all interested parties striving to ensure prosperity for all’. John Parkes, Enginuity’s head of Charity, who is leading the Alliance said: “This is a … Read more
The project combined production and assembly in one new single plant, and is part of a £50 million investment at the Glasgow headquarters and manufacturing site of the UK subsidiary of Tokyo’s Terumo Corporation. Terumo appointed BES as lead designer and principal contractor on the design and development of two new manufacturing grade cleanrooms and … Read more
Together, it says, the new framework agreements for linen and laundry, grounds maintenance, and security services, with a combined value of £375m, provide NHS Trusts and other public organisations with ‘a compliant and cost-effective way’ to source solutions that support the day-to-day running, upkeep, and caretaking of facilities across their estates. The launches follow the … Read more
Building on its extensive experience delivering projects across the East and West Midlands, and the South of England, Stepnell says it is well positioned to serve a broader client range across the UK through a growing regional presence. The new office will allow it to provide dedicated support to projects in the North West, focusing … Read more
Urgent and Emergency Care and Capital Development colleagues from University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust were joined by invited guests and construction partner, Morgan Sindall Construction, to celebrate building works getting underway for a new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at the West Sussex hospital. Morgan Sindall Construction and Crowther Architects were appointed to the project … Read more
BESA says the publication is the latest initiative in its campaign to improve building safety standards in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. It also follows the warning it issued last year that annual maintenance inspections were uncovering a significant number of incorrectly installed dampers that did not comply with manufacturers’ instructions. DW 145 … Read more
It is relocating its HQ from Victoria Works on Lorne Street, Farnworth, Bolton, where it has had a base for almost 150 years, to a 33,000 ft2 two-storey detached unit at Logistics North on Bolton’s Lomax Way. The site’s extensive shopfloor space will accommodate Howorth’s pharma assembly operations, plus offices housing medical and pharmaceutical operations, … Read more
The development will include five new and repurposed buildings, ranging from three to 13 storeys. Allies and Morrison have designed three of these buildings, with Gibson Thornley responsible for the remaining two. They are expected to be completed by 2028. Supported by Barts Health NHS Trust, Queen Mary University of London, the Greater London Authority, … Read more
The partnership, celebrated at a recent signing event (see photo), will introduce new pathways in healthcare and life sciences, and new training opportunities to local communities and students across London, with a ‘state-of-the-art facility’ at the College in Walthamstow. Part of the Barts Health Futures initiative, it will provide a range of educational programmes, including … Read more
This Welsh healthcare provider’s third MES term with the technology specialist follows a competitive tender bid which involved extensive equipment evaluations across a range of clinical specialities. The ultrasound leadership team in radiology were instrumental in leading the Health Board-wide tender process. Canon Medical says the decision to extend the long-standing partnership with it to … Read more
Development of the £16 million Trowbridge Integrated Care Centre has begun opposite the town’s current community hospital to make way for the new facility which, once fully open, will become the new home for many of the services based within the outdated current hospital buildings. The building is being developed by NHS Property Services and … Read more
The Health Board provides healthcare for more than 700,000 people across the six counties of north Wales – Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Wrexham). The works, the latest in a series of projects that SITE has conducted for the healthcare provider in recent years, have upgraded a series of key infrastructure areas, replacing technology that … Read more
Wakefield Hospice has ‘brought the outside inside’ with a series of LED panels from Visualite, transforming the look and feel of corridors and rooms across the building, after winning £10,000 in a Visualite healthcare sector competition, and having the panels installed free by a local contractor. The sensory lighting panels create the effect of natural … Read more
He says: “The suitability of hybridisation with gas and electric energy sources depends largely on the equipment’s design and operational characteristics, particularly in differentiating between steam boilers and steam generators. Healthcare estates require reliable and efficient steam systems to support a wide range of critical applications, including sterilisation, heating, and humidification. Given the sector’s focus … Read more
LIFT(Local Improvement Finance Trust) public-private partnerships have provided 350 health centres across England since being established in 2001. Community Health Partnerships (CHP), head tenant in 308 of the buildings, commissioned the report from PwC. The professional services firm’s independent analysis, presented in its report, The NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT): Occupancy Cost Assessment, finds … Read more
