RECENT NEWS

Cleanroom microbiology solutions provider Cherwell, part of AnalytiChem, has announced the retirement of its Managing director, Andy Whittard, and the appointment of Stuart Hall, Cherwell’s current director of Finance, as his successor.

Those working with pesticides can be at higher risk of respiratory illnesses, and may often go undiagnosed, new research suggests.

University Hospitals Tees have repurposed vacant spaces in Redcar Primary Care Hospital by building new MRI, CT and cardio exam rooms.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Sodexo Health & Care an eight-year extension to its patient dining contract, following a competitive tendering process.

Accessible architects Adaptation Design have appointed occupational therapist Kate Sheehan to enhance its clinical expertise.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have released their new Green Plan for 2025-2028, developed to guide the Trust on their route to Net Zero by 2040.

Medical Architecture transformed a former retail space into SEON Vision’s ophthalmic clinic.

MHRA’s latest blog outlines new post-market surveillance rules, plans to consult on CE-mark recognition, and progress on early-access pathways for medical technologies.

Barts Health NHS Trust said its A&E department is undergoing major improvements, as part of more than £21 m being invested across Whipps Cross Hospital this year.

A new briefing from the Centre for Mental Health highlighted the most effective ways of supporting people in a mental health crisis. The recommendations include ‘updating estates which are no longer fit for purpose’.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust said it plans to invest £115 m across its five hospitals in 2025/26 to reduce estate risks and improve experience in response to redevelopment delays.

With the UK set to record its warmest summer on record, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for urgent action to tackle the growing number of buildings that overheat.

UK-based lighting supplier Knightsbridge has named Dave Dawkins as its new chief executive officer.

Manufacturer Polar says its anti-ligature windows and doors are enhancing the safety, wellbeing and dignity of NHS patients in mental health sites.

Neurodivergent staff could help businesses become more successful if the right steps are taken to make workplaces more inclusive, new research suggests.

Resource management company Veolia aid upgrade project at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust’s Coombe Park estate.

With help from artificial intelligence, researchers at the world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered novel antibiotics that they say can combat two hard-to-treat infections: a drug-resistant form of gonorrhoea, and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is supporting a series of industry consultations that it says will ‘help to create the competence standards needed to make UK buildings safer and more sustainable’.

Seven leading design and construction organisations are co-signatories for the next edition of The Silent Pandemic whitepaper led by the Healthcare Infection Society exploring how the built environment can help prevent healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) and tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Facing increased surgical demand, and having initially planned only a cosmetic refresh of its operating theatre, Alnwick Hospital in Northumberland consulted with Bender UK, and it became clear that the theatre’s underlying electrical infrastructure was ‘dangerously outdated and non-compliant with modern HTM standards’.