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Work has completed on what the architects describe as ‘a tailored package of upgrades’ to improve the internal environment at the Alnwick Infirmary Day Surgery.

Offsite manufacturer, McAvoy, in partnership with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, says it has achieved ‘zero landfill waste’ during the construction of a new Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) extension at Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham.

Construction has started work on a refurbished and expanded endoscopy unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s Queen’s Medical Centre.

Plans to rebuild Watford General Hospital have taken a major step forward, after the government committed to fund almost £12 million of the scheme.

Aerocom (UK) is on its way to installing one of its biggest ever pneumatic tube systems (PTS) at the 150-acre Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Sodexo Health & Care has been appointed as one of only 15 strategic suppliers to the NHS, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and wider health organisations, as part of the newly launched National Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SSRM) programme.

MTX Contracts has delivered one of Europe’s largest Elective Orthopaedic Centres at Colchester Hospital using modern methods of construction. The new 11,000 m², three-storey facility for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) includes eight dedicated orthopaedic operating theatres and 72 patient beds.

Following a competitive tender process, Fusion21 has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Decarbonisation Framework, worth up to £1.5 billion over four years.

Urgent care in Newcastle is set to be ‘transformed’ through the construction of a purpose-built facility next to the Royal Victoria Infirmary’s Emergency Department, say the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Robertson Construction, which has been appointed to build the centre.

A new worldwide survey conducted by global delivery consultant and construction expert, Mace, for its latest report, 'State of Sustainable Assets', reveals that while 97% of asset managers feel able to keep pace with environmental regulations and reporting requirements, 80% are not yet implementing strategies or thereby achieving sustainable outcomes.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust says it has ‘reached a milestone’ on the construction of the Plymouth Community Diagnostic Centre, with the new facility’s concrete frame having taken shape.

The University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton-on-Tees has unveiled its new £4.3 million robotic and emergency maternity surgical theatre.

Assa Abloy Door Group is drawing attention to what it describes as ‘a critical update in fire safety standards that significantly impacts the design and specification of steel fire doorsets’.

Newly released computer-generated images show the future vision for London Cancer Hub in Sutton, which – it is claimed – once built, will create thousands of jobs and contribute £1.2 bn to the UK economy

Thurrock is one step closer to faster, more accessible healthcare, with MPs Jen Craft and James McMurdock having laid the final bricks in the area’s ‘warmly anticipated’ Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), which is due to open this summer.

A continued capital funding boost for primary and community services is ‘vital’ if the NHS is to achieve the government’s plan to move more care out of hospitals, and develop a neighbourhood health service, health leaders have warned.

The government could tighten up the rules restricting the use of global warming refrigerant gases – including speeding up phase-out programmes and introducing new bans, according to a spokesman from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

The trade body for Britain’s pest control industry says tackling issues with vermin in hospitals will become a greater challenge, ‘due to legislation affecting control methods in the sector’.

Royal Bolton Hospital will be ‘transforming’ its Emergency Department throughout 2025, with the plans including creating a new ambulance handover area and a new modern waiting room to help with demand.

Philips has partnered with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a new ‘cutting-edge’ Interventional Radiology Suite at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford (see photo), in a move that the two organisations say ‘promises a significant boost to patient care, clinical efficiency, and both operational and financial sustainability’.