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The WELL Building Standard considers both design and operational excellence, focusing on 10 key concepts that enhance health and wellbeing. Receiving this certification evidences the Academy’s commitment to supporting wellbeing through the design and construction process through to its usage. Commissioned by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Assura plc, the Northumbria Health and Care … Read more

FMS says it is ‘set to deliver significant benefits to the contamination control industry across the UK and Ireland through expanded service capabilities, cutting-edge cleanroom contamination control solutions, and a strengthened commitment to exemplary customer support’. ‘As part of the Trescal family’, FMS gains access to expanded resources, expertise, and a global network, enabling it … 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

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