This comes after the Final Business Case was approved by the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Board in Common. Construction work is due to start soon, and aims to complete by summer 2026. The Trust says the new five-storey facility will ‘provide vital diagnostic and treatment services’ in cancer, renal, and imaging for local

The Modern Methods of Construction specialist says the application of MMC principles and the use of structural modules – pre-manufactured offsite while the groundworks are under way, are enabling it to deliver the high-quality healthcare facility ‘faster, safer, greener, and more cost-effectively’ than traditional building techniques. Preparing foundations for the new two-storey Endoscopy unit involved

With the installation set to take place in an extremely busy department at the pandemic’s peak, seamless collaboration between the selected supplier and the other project stakeholders was critical to minimise disruption to the work of the Emergency Department and operating theatres. Due to the project’s complexity, critical infrastructure specialist, Hanevo, was brought in to

Coming from larger corporate organisations, the founders of Fire Safe Services set up the business in 2004 with the main objective being to offer excellence in customer service. Compliance Group said: “In doing this, Fire Safe Services has formed many long-lasting client relationships, offering a wide range of products and services across a large geographic

Against the backdrop of ‘many dilapidated buildings’ the Confederation says that in England such spending needs to rise to at least £14.1 billion annually at the next three-year Spending Review – a £6.4 billion increase from the current budget of £7.7 billion, ‘so the health service can carry out essential maintenance and repairs to its

The project will entail refurbishing one of the unoccupied areas of the site, retrofitting it, and adding two extensions, to create a modern healthcare building to house state-of-the-art technology. Once open, the CDC will offer MRI and CT scanning, X-rays, and various tests, saving local people a journey into the city to a large hospital.

The webinar, titled ‘Critical Ventilation Validation & Sustainability Strategy. Considerations for Construction, Handover & Clinical Use’, will be presented by Howorth Service & Aftersales Technical manager, Mike Dunne (pictured), and among the topics covered will be: Ventilation system design and commissioning for validation in accordance with HTM 03-01 Part A and BSRIA BG49:2015; Air-handling units

The security specialist said: “The user-friendly system is convenient for storing medication in hospitals, and a secure way for patients to store possessions without the need of physical keys.” In one NHS Trust alone, Abloy UK says, it was revealed that more than £273,000 was paid to patients and their families as compensation for lost

The Engineering Council and the USA’s National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) held a roundtable hosted by the Department for Business and Trade. The Engineering Council was represented by Prof John Chudley (Chairman – pictured), Paul Bailey (CEO), Katy Turff (Deputy CEO and Head of Policy & Standards), and Dr Dave Clark

Around £1 million has been awarded to these Trusts as part of NHS England’s Wireless Trials programme, which seeks ‘to make the most of cutting-edge wireless technologies to provide the best care and experiences for patients, while freeing up more staff time to spend with their patients’. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust will trial combining

A Kitten Scanner is being used at Grantham and District Hospital to help children understand how an MRI scanner works, what it feels like to have a scan, and how the results can help them in their recovery. In the first few months, the ‘mini-scanner’ has enabled dozens of children to have their scan without

Demolition work started on 12 February to make way for three new operating theatres and a surgical procedure room at St Albans City Hospital, all due to open their doors this winter. Patients from across Hertfordshire and west Essex awaiting non-complex orthopaedic surgery, spinal injections, or ear, nose and throat (ENT) procedures will be invited

John Kinstrie, Energy Solutions director at DTGen, said: “TEDOM is one of the top businesses in the cogeneration sector, and we’re pleased to have forged this official partnership that further strengthens our energy solutions business by supporting our aim to reduce the cost of energy for customers, and their impact on the environment.” TEDOM has

Its participation in the programme will be focused on its infection diagnostic test, which it says can be used ‘at an early stage to rule out the presence of infection and enable clinicians to delay or eliminate antibiotic use’. Presymptom’s technology was developed via the application of machine learning and AI analytics to derive insights

Beccy Baird, Deborah Fenney, Danielle Jefferies, and Dr Andy Brooks, say England’s health and care system in must be ‘radically refocused’ to put primary and community care at its core to be effective and sustainable – with a ‘need for clear vision, with funding, staff and political energy directed at general practice, pharmacy, community services,