RECENT NEWS

X-rays can be a daunting experience for patients, especially children, and to help reduce ‘scanxiety’ – the increased level of anxiety patients may feel before, during, and after a scan – Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, Brighton has recently partnered with Canon Medical Systems UK ‘to reimagine the whole X-ray experience’.

Information Commissioner, John Edwards (pictured), has urged organisations across the UK to recognise the real-world impact of data breaches – ‘and the devastating effects they can have on people’s lives’.

The Howard de Walden Estate (HdWE) has announced a £52 m investment in what it dubs ‘flagship’ buildings for health innovation and discovery, centered’ on Hale House in London’s Portland Place.

Mitie, which claims to be the UKs ‘leading technology-led facilities transformation company’, has welcomed three new apprenticeship cohorts to its business in one recent week, in a move that it says further reinforces its commitment to nurturing a diverse and skilled workforce.

The UK’s 9.4 million STEM workers are wasting on average six hours every week thanks to a lack of access to advanced AI tools, according to a new ‘in-depth’ study, How the STEM world works, by STEM specialist, SThree.

Prague-based investment firm, Reinsberg Group, the ‘medtech’ arm of BHM Group, a Prague-based private equity company, has acquired a majority stake in Brandon Medical, the UK-based specialist in the development and manufacture of medical equipment.

Artelia says it has ‘strengthened its position as one of Europe's top 10 engineering companies’ with the acquisition of Pick Everard, a long-standing player in the UK consultancy sector.

When the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board decided on a complete refurbishment of the flooring and wallcoverings at The Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, staff turned to Gerflor to ‘transform’ several key areas – including the main reception, corridors, and the sexual health clinic.

North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative (NENC) has appointed Northumberland-headquartered Merit to design and fit out a new multi-million pound NHS Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC), hosted by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at its Manufacturing & Innovation Hub in Seaton Delaval.

As part of the Group's GreenUp strategic plan, Veolia Water Technologies has opened a new Life Science Centre of Excellence near Dublin to ‘drive water treatment innovation, growth, and training in Europe and beyond for the pharmaceutical, science and healthcare markets’.

The investigative journalist who raised concerns about combustible cladding and high-rise buildings before the Grenfell Tower fire has warned the building services sector not to ignore new building safety regulations ‘despite growing frustration over project delays and rising costs’.

Fusion21 has announced the renewal of its national Workplace and Facilities Management Framework, worth up to £800 million over four years, and is inviting bids from interested suppliers providing regional or national coverage.

GEZE UK, a leading manufacturer of door and window control systems, has welcomed two new members to its management team – Allan Randall (pictured right) as National Specification manager, and Lewis Tandy (left) as Marketing manager.

The Department of Health and Social Care has launched what its dubs ‘a major crackdown on waste in the NHS to save millions of pounds a year’, with the publication of a new strategy – the Design for Life roadmap – designed to ‘radically cut the number of single-use medical devices in the health service and reduce our reliance on foreign imports’.

Morrison Construction Building Central has hosted a topping out event for the Health Innovation Hub project in Glasgow.

A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction for a new medical and dental centre for the British Army at Leuchars Station in Fife.

A new centre set to improve diagnostic care for local people has received its official opening with a ministerial stamp of approval.

The Institute for Neurological Sciences in Glasgow has performed what is reportedly the first operation in the UK – and only the third centre worldwide – to use Mixed Reality (MR) technology to allow the surgeon to ‘see inside’ a patient’s body during surgery.

Construction has commenced on an ‘energy-efficient’ Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) in Hereford, which will provide a calming and reassuring environment for diagnostic imaging and testing.

At Healthcare Estates 2024 in Manchester, Kemper was particularly keen to talk to visitors about its Hygiene System KHS, which uses ‘innovative valve technology and intelligent pipe routing’ to maintain continuous water flow and prevent stagnation, and the resulting impairment of drinking water quality, and its Multi-Therm product – ‘a solution for wireless, digital hot water circulation systems’. HEJ’s editor, Jonathan Baillie, met with General Manager, Matt Camm, to find out more about these products, and other recent technology developments at a business first established in Germany in 1864.