RECENT NEWS

The St Austell Elective Surgical Hub has officially opened its doors, in what the facility’s constructor, ModuleCo, says ‘marks a significant step forward in providing accessible, high-quality healthcare for residents across Cornwall’.

VPS Group, which claims to be Europe’s leading temporary security specialist, has acquired Davis Site Security, a fast-growing security company that protects blue chip customers’ construction sites with monitored video technology and manned guarding.

The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (the Coalition), in collaboration with Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), is launching a new national awareness initiative to reduce and re-use plastics in healthcare settings, in a three-year project funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).

The Government has confirmed funding and what it describes as ‘a realistic timetable to put the New Hospital Programme on track to deliver all of its hospital projects’.

SHJ Medical & Lab Gas Specialists, a long-established supplier of medical and lab gas pipeline systems and services, has announced the promotion of Ben Slawinski to the role of Plant & Service manager.

Data scientists and clinical researchers in Scotland are working with high street opticians for what is reportedly the first time to develop a digital tool that can predict a person’s risk of dementia from a routine eye test.

Pinpoint, a leading UK provider of staff alarm systems to high-risk workplaces, has seen its P2 System installed in what is reportedly the UK’s first safe drug consumption facility, The Thistle, at the Hunter Street Health and Care Centre in Glasgow.

SPARK TSL has appointed David Hawkins as its new Sales director, to support take-up of the SPARK Fusion infotainment solution by NHS Trusts and Health Boards.

Plans to transform renal care in south west London and Surrey are one step closer to becoming reality, with Wandsworth Council having approved plans to build a new kidney facility at St George’s Hospital.

Willmott Dixon has secured a place on the new NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Decarbonisation of Estates Framework, which is set to run for four years, and expected to be worth £500 m.

After two years in development, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust says ‘it is well on its journey to Net Zero’ now that the multi-technology decarbonisation scheme at The Christie Hospital in Manchester – delivered through the Carbon and Energy Fund Framework – has ‘gone live’.

Underfloor heating and bedheads in bedrooms are the latest facilities being installed at the UK’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre, which will begin receiving patients later this year.

Scottish Borders-based Scotmas, a specialist in what it describes as ‘environmentally friendly’ water disinfection solutions, has secured £2.2 million in equity funding to support its international expansion plans.

BSN Group Construction has been chosen as the contractor for the ‘transformation’ of the new entrance at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

In a recent webinar held jointly by NHS Property Services (NHSPS) and health and social care charity and ‘think tank’ , The King’s Fund, 85 per cent of participating NHS Estates and Finance leads said they would be more likely to attempt to access alternative funding methods following the discussions.

Krista Halttunen, PhD, has been named the first CEO of Halton Group’s parent company, with the task of developing Halton Ventures into ‘a capable and active owner and investor, as well as an attractive development partner’.

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) says its annual report for 2023/24 demonstrates ‘a strengthening in its refreshed strategy to deliver a better estate, and brilliant service for our customers’.

Water management specialist, Cistermiser, has welcomed what it dubs the ‘ ambitious’ water-saving targets for commercial buildings recently set by DEFRA.

Carl Bridgwood has been appointed as the new manager of Abloy UK’s Digital Access Solutions Academy, a purpose-built facility to educate, install, and test the company’s range of products, with a particular focus on a new digital solutions and ecosystems portfolio.

Following a RIBA competition, a team from London-based design studio, Stanton Williams, has been selected to design the Fleming Centre – a ‘pioneering’ research and public engagement facility to be built on the St Mary’s Hospital campus in Paddington, London.