RECENT NEWS

Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting (pictured), has announced what he dubbed ‘a comprehensive support package to tackle violence and improve the working lives of NHS staff’.

Gleeds has been named project manager for the ‘billion-pound redevelopment’ of Airedale General Hospital in Keighley, West Yorkshire, on behalf of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

The completion of two advanced healthcare facilities at Southampton's Adanac Health and Innovation Campus, ‘marks a significant step forward in improving regional healthcare services’, the project partners say.

The simple act of looking at a piece of visual art can boost wellbeing, a new research study has found – with the benefit gained just as much in a hospital setting as in an art gallery.

The development of the University of Huddersfield’s National Health Innovation Campus (NHIC) recently reached a significant stage, with a topping out ceremony for the Emily Siddon Building (pictured), which is currently under construction by Kier Construction.

Prime has been appointed as the Commercial Developer Partner for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust following a competitive tender process.

Offsite manufacturer, McAvoy, has been awarded a contract to deliver a two-storey modular CSSD building at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn.

Allianz Engineering has introduced a new inspection service for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.

New Jersey-headquartered, The Clarient Group, which describes itself as ‘a leader in smart building consulting and technology engineering’, has joined architecture, engineering, and design firm, CannonDesign.

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched its vision for ‘Future Paget’, showing the latest designs for its new hospital in Great Yarmouth, and where it will be situated on the hospital’s estate.

A webinar to be held by MRI Software in association with Health Estate Journal at 11.00 am on 1 May will focus on ‘the significant challenges the NHS faces in estate and facilities management due to fragmented systems, manual data collection, and inefficiencies’.

Roads, railways, schools, and hospitals, will be delivered more efficiently as the government ‘gets a grip’ on vital infrastructure delays, and ‘goes further and faster to kickstart economic growth and improve the lives of working people across the country’, with the recent announcement of the creation of the new National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA).

VES, which supplies and manufactures air-handling, heat recovery, and supply and extract units for public, commercial, and industrial buildings across the UK, has announced the recent addition of Ben and Will Peters as shareholders and directors of its holding company, Ventilating Equipment Supply Holdings.

A new £49 million ‘state-of-the-art’ three-storey diagnostic and inpatient centre, built by MTX, has opened to patients at Frimley Park Hospital.

Compliance Group, a UK specialist in integrated safety and regulatory compliance across electrical, fire, and water, has announced the appointment of Sarah Dixon (pictured) as its new CEO.

With the roll-out of GB Energy funding, public sector estates – including NHS Trusts, have a clear opportunity to reduce energy costs and carbon output through rooftop solar PV systems. However, to make the most of this investment, it’s essential to start in the right place: the roof. Rob Wall, Technical manager at Garland UK, explains why roofing condition is a critical factor in solar success, and how the right approach can maximise value, avoid disruption, and futureproof estates.

Pinpoint, which manufactures staff alarm systems ‘for high-risk workplaces’, has launched a new website to mark what the Leven-based business says is a ‘fresh direction’ as it seeks to drive sales of its ‘cutting-edge’ P2 System.

Merit, a leading UK industrialised construction and digital manufacturing specialist, has announced ‘a significant investment’ in research and development (R&D), machinery, and automation technology, as part of its ‘ambitious growth strategy’.

Plans for Snowsfields Quarter, ‘a new world-class life sciences hub’ in south central London, have taken a major step forward.

Almost 3,000 extra procedures a year will be offered to patients thanks to a new procedure room opening at Braintree Community Hospital, doubling its current offer.