RECENT NEWS

Estates and facilities teams in hospitals are being urged to reassess the resilience of their cooling and pumping infrastructure.

The Neighbourhood Health Forum – a collective voice of private sector organisations in health infrastructure delivery – has welcomed Vercity as its latest member.

Four projects at Community Health Partnerships (CHP) LIFT facilities have been delivered that will increase patient appointments by 41,000 per year.

Bath’s Sulis Hospital in Bath will reinvest £1m back into the local NHS in its fifth year – marking its largest total to date.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Meridiam have announced a strategic energy partnership aimed at modernising the Trust’s energy infrastructure.

Construction work has commenced on a new state-of-the-art research facility at Devon Partnership NHS Trust's Wonford House site in Exeter.

NHS trusts have a significant opportunity to use public funding to deliver low-carbon estate upgrades, according to planning and development consultancy Lichfields.

Development of the Active Neuro Stoke Mandeville Private Rehabilitation Hospital will commence following an agreement between Active Care Group and WheelPower.

Kier will deliver a new, purpose-built OT extension for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust at Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds.

Harmony Fire has completed a fast-track, eight-week fire door replacement programme for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

The HELP Appeal has announced that there have been more than 35,000 helicopter landings on HELP Appeal-funded helipads across the UK.

NHS England representatives have praised work being undertaken by AGH Solutions to manage RAAC at Airedale General Hospital.

Morgan Sindall Construction has delivered a new Community Diagnostic Centre at St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

Two-thirds of healthcare organisations expect their AI budget to grow, according to the fourth annual 2026 Wasabi Global Cloud Storage Index.

Ergéa UK has announced the successful completion of the new £17.8m Bridgwater Community Diagnostic Centre.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is overseeing a £5m refurbishment of the MacArthur Centre Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.

NHS Property Services’ flexible space management solution NHS Open Space has generated data from 8,000 utilisation sensors installed across the NHS estate.

BESA has launched a training programme for fire damper inspection and maintenance as part of an ongoing campaign to improve fire safety standards in all UK buildings.

The cost of repairing NHS buildings is on course to exceed £16bn according to new analysis by Property Inspect.

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has completed the first phase of a major solar panel installation programme that is expected to save around £74,000 a year in energy costs.