This latest investment supports the development of a community diagnostic centre at a key location in Preston, with the project entailing significant enhancements to the existing infrastructure at Brookfield and Fulwood, plus the extension of Healthport to accommodate a new X-ray machine and two ultrasound rooms. NHSPS says the project’s success has been made possible … Read more
This latest investment supports the development of a community diagnostic centre at a key location in Preston, with the project entailing significant enhancements to the existing infrastructure at Brookfield and Fulwood, plus the extension of Healthport to accommodate a new X-ray machine and two ultrasound rooms. NHSPS says the project’s success has been made possible … Read more
The new Decarbonisation of Estates framework agreement helps the NHS achieve its ambition of becoming the world’s first Net Zero national health service, reaching Net Zero by 2040 for the emissions the NHS controls directly. Work covered under the agreement includes internal and external wall insulation, ground source and air source heat pumps, electric heating … Read more
With growing evidence linking poor IAQ to significant health, economic, and environmental consequences, CIAT says it strongly advocates ‘the urgent need for enforceable standards to safeguard public health and improve building performance’. CIAT is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a global specialist in ‘intelligent climate and energy solutions’. Matt Maleki, the company’s Business Development … Read more
Willmott Dixon Interiors says that the refurbishment of the Millennium Wing marks ‘the latest milestone’ in a long-standing partnership between it and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex). The contractor said: “The Millennium Wing project will enhance the hospital’s ability to deliver timely emergency care, ensuring that patients can access vital services as quickly … Read more
The new clinic is the result of the reconfiguration and fit-out of an existing commercial unit, working within the building’s constraints to create a high-quality clinical setting. Requiring a rapid turnaround, the design was established within six weeks, with the fit-out then completed in 10 by Ben Johnson Interiors. Medical Architecture said: “The 250 m² … Read more
Funded by the Office for Students, it is to be used by nursing, physician associate, pharmacy and medical students. The wards are designed to be realistic, and include real hospital furniture and hospital headwalls with simulated gases, a nurse call system, and the ability to simulate power cuts. Each ward has a nursing station and … Read more
The partnership between Nuffield Health and Sodexo spans 17 years, during which Sodexo has delivered patient and staff dining across all 37 Nuffield Health hospitals. With an annual contract value of £19 million, Sodexo says the renewal demonstrates its ‘commitment to delivering tasty, nutritious, meals, and supporting Nuffield Health’s mission to build a healthier, stronger … Read more
The ‘hybrid’ event attracted speakers and industry experts from NHS England, Golden Thread Fire Delay (GTFD), London Fire Brigade (LFB), and P+HS Architects, who discussed how NHS Trusts can improve the future safety and regulatory compliance of all doorsets in their buildings. This included the different requirements for testing, installing, and maintaining doorsets in hospitals, … Read more
NHS North East London, in collaboration with Health Navigator and UCLPartners, have launched a new three-year programme, providing preventative care for patients with long-term conditions. Health Navigator says this ‘comes at a time when urgent and emergency care services in North East London are facing unprecedented pressure and demand is at an all-time high’. Through … Read more
Delivered in collaboration with the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, the new facility – at St Austell Community Hospital, will support the delivery of approximately 5,000 elective day surgery procedures annually, enhancing the hospital’s capabilities, which have traditionally centred on outpatient clinics, minor injury care, diagnostics, and rehabilitation. Now, with two advanced operating theatre suites, … Read more
According to VPS Group – which has over 30 years’ experience in safeguarding customers’ assets – the construction industry loses over £800 million annually due to plant theft, vandalism, water loss and fire. With its focus on ‘comprehensive, technology-enabled solutions for construction sites’, Davis Site Security ‘proved a perfect fit’ for VPS and its existing … Read more
The Coalition says reducing the use of single-use plastic (SUP) and waste within Canadian healthcare facilities will ‘reduce plastic waste exposure and impacts on the environment and humans on land and shorelines, animal ingestion of macro plastics, and the ingestion of microplastics by animals and humans. It said: “In addition, this project has many … Read more
It said the ‘credible timeline for delivery’ would ensure staff and patients had access to the facilities ‘they desperately need’ around the country as soon as possible. The news follows a review of the Programme which found that the previous government’s commitment to deliver 40 new hospitals by 2030 was ‘behind schedule, unfunded, and therefore … Read more
The company said: “Ben, originally a BEng (Hons), graduate from Durham University, has capably managed SHJ’s Plant Department for many years now, focusing on production, installation, and development of the SHJ Plant product line. With his detailed technical knowledge and hands-on leadership approach, he has now been promoted to also manage our Service Department.” Ben … Read more
