RECENT NEWS

Product development consultancy, Wideblue, has urged medical device innovators to consider health system economics when embarking on a project.

Bury-based door hardware specialist, UAP, has announced the acquisition of Armadillo Metal Coatings, marking what it describes as ‘another milestone in its ambitious growth journey’.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) says Trafford General Hospital (pictured), the ‘iconic birthplace of the NHS’, will be making history once again when work begins in January on a £20 million initiative to ‘transform’ it into the UK’s first inpatient hospital with a Carbon Net Zero energy system.

The new home for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London has reached a significant construction milestone.

People recovering from life-changing brain and spinal cord injuries in Plymouth and the surrounding areas will now have their rehabilitation needs supported in a modernised space, thanks to a £6.9 m redevelopment of the Plym Neuro Rehabilitation Unit at Mount Gould Local Care Centre (LCC).

Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, has handed over the new Endoscopy Unit, which forms Phase 2 of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Oldham, one of the UK’s largest such diagnostic facilities.

NHS Property Services and NHS Frimley ICB have collaborated on a refurbishment project at Camberley Health Centre in Surrey to maximise space in order to expand the range of GP and primary care services offered at the site.

The new Sulis Elective Orthopaedic Centre is entering its final build stages, as the team readies the new wing for a launch this month.

A new £32 million neonatal unit, the largest in the East Midlands in terms of cots and footprint, has opened at the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham.

Birmingham Women’s Hospital is now home to what is reportedly the NHS’s first simulation suite dedicated to maternal and neonatal health, thanks to a £1 million donation from high street fashion entrepreneur, George Davies, via the George Davies Charitable Trust.

Housed in a refurbished supermarket which had been derelict for nearly a decade, a locally built community space, which will include GP facilities, is set to breathe life into the Cornish town of Helston, says the clinical designer on the project – MJ Medical.

The Howard de Walden Estate (HdWE) says Re:Cognition Health (RCH) has signed a new 20-year lease for 62-64 New Cavendish Street in London’s Harley Street Health District for a new ‘brain and mind clinic’.

Arcadis, a leading global company that delivers sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets, has been appointed on the NHS Building for Wales 2 Framework (BFW2) Lots 1 and 2, as a design partner for Principal Supply Chain Partner, Kier.

Vernacare, a UK-based global healthcare product provider, is celebrating 60 years of supporting patient care through their medical pulp manufacture this month.

Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting (pictured), has asked NHS leaders to prioritise patient safety as the health service battles record pressures heading into winter, the Department of Health & Social Care reports.

Advanced nurse call specialist, Wandsworth Healthcare, has opened a new Digital Patient Journey Experience Centre at its Woking headquarters, ‘showcasing the latest integrated digital solutions designed to streamline healthcare operations and enhance the patient journey – from the point of arrival through to discharge’.

The Industry Competence Steering Group (ICSG) has announced ‘a comprehensive restructure’ to enhance competence and safety standards across the built environment.

‘After considerable negotiations’, the locations of two potential sites for new hospitals to be built as part of the New Hospital Programme to replace Royal Preston Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary have been revealed.

The impact of legislative and design changes and the drive towards Net Zero on the standby power generation market will be the focus of a webinar being hosted by Health Estate Journal on 10 December, presented by Business consultant at WB Power Services, Geoff Halliday.

A new general medicine ward has been opened at North Tyneside General Hospital in North Shields to ease capacity challenges and improve patient experience during their time at the hospital.