Webinar: Helping Trusts with their ‘digital transformation journey’

It will examine how these can be addressed using the real estate software specialist’s ‘single source of truth technology platform’. MRI Software says managing multiple applications (‘often 80-120 per Trust’) is ‘creating data silos, increasing operational costs and inefficiencies, and hindering decision-making’. It said: “NHS England has recently confirmed £1 bn in duplicate spending as … Read more

Helping Trusts with their ‘digital transformation journey’

It will examine how these can be addressed using the real estate software specialist’s ‘single source of truth technology platform’. MRI Software says managing multiple applications (‘often 80-120 per Trust’) is ‘creating data silos, increasing operational costs and inefficiencies, and hindering decision-making’. It said: “NHS England has recently confirmed £1 bn in duplicate spending as … Read more

Assa Abloy acquires aluminium fenestration supplier

Assa Abloy is an international group with around 61,000 staff and sales close to €12.3 billion, and in the UK is best known for the Yale and Union brands, with its head office and main manufacturing centre in Willenhall. “SAS is an exciting addition to our UK business, and I am delighted to welcome its … Read more

Still time to register for the CPD-accredited Webinar will cover UPS systems in medical settings

Kohler Uninterruptible Power said: “The CPD-accredited webinar will cover the fundamentals of designing a UPS system, enabling healthcare engineers to explore the various UPS options available to suit their requirements, since with medical IT systems, there is no standard ‘one-size -fits-all solution.” Alex Emms, Technical director at Kohler Uninterruptible Power (pictured), who will be running … Read more

NHS England to be abolished in move to ‘cut bureaucracy and red tape’ and reduce duplicated activity

The Prime Minister said the move would ‘put an end to the duplication resulting from two organisations doing the same job, in a system currently holding staff back from delivering for patients’. ‘Stripping back layers of red tape and bureaucracy’ would, he said, ‘mean more resources being put back into the frontline, rather than being … Read more

Saba UK’s parking contract win with Dorset Trust

The 10-year deal, with the potential for a five-year extension,  includes management of car parking facilities at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Poole Hospital, Christchurch Hospital, and Alderney Hospital, with the additional future development of a multi-storey car par at Royal Bournemouth Hospital. It will see the expansion of car parking operations and services across the Trust, … Read more

Community care shift may not be achievable without greater capital investment, senior health leaders say

Nearly nine in 10 community provider leaders say they don’t have access to the capital funding they need, and that this is impeding their efforts to improve productivity, and will make it harder to achieve the government’s ambitions to deliver more care out of hospitals, and instead in the community. The NHS Confederation says capital … Read more

CHEC confirms it will opening a new hospital in Canterbury

The new hospital will be located at The Riverside, with free underground parking and ‘excellent public transport links’. CHEC says it is currently fitting out its new building into a ‘state-of-the-art clinical’ facility complete with one ophthalmology theatre. The company says the new facility will help reduce NHS waiting times and increase patient choice by … Read more

State-of-the-art ‘linac’ marks ‘major advance’ in UHL’s radiotherapy services

Ergéa says the development ‘marks a major advancement’ in UHL’s radiotherapy services, ‘boosting treatment capacity, and ensuring that patients have access to cutting-edge cancer care’. Attendees at the opening ceremony for the new ‘linac’ — which has been installed at Leicester Royal Infirmary – included Jon Melbourne, COO, Suzanne Nancarrow, associate director of Operations – Cancer, … Read more

New Chair of NHS England is former NHS doctor

Dr Dash is currently the Chair of the NHS North West London Integrated Care Board, and is leading a major review into the regulation of health and social care quality in England. The Department of Health and Social Care says her interim report, published last year, ‘shone a light on the scale of the failure … Read more

Government announces 7.7 per cent funding rise for nursing care in the community

The funding boost will be for care homes providing nursing care in the community, ‘which is tailored to an individual’s needs and health outcomes’. This includes administering medicines’ and performing procedures. The DHSC says the extra funding will ‘help reduce the pressure on hospitals – by preventing unnecessary admissions’, and supports the discharge of individuals … Read more

Sodexo nutrition report outlines ‘collaborative approach’ to tastier meals

Sodexo is reportedly the world’s largest employer of dietitians, ‘with 5,402 experts globally, bringing deep food expertise to diverse markets’. With ‘a strong heritage’ in food, it says it ‘provides tailored solutions’ through its food brands, including Modern Recipe – which it claims ‘transforms corporate dining into dynamic social spaces with contemporary menus’, and Kitchen … Read more

Mace and Turner & Townsend’s key NHP appointment announced

The NHP was first established in October 2020 to build a series of new hospitals across the UK, alongside replacing or refurbishing existing facilities and improving access to modern healthcare nationwide. Following a strategic review last September, the Health Secretary announced a rebalancing of the portfolio of hospital schemes, with secured funding in five-year waves … Read more