RECENT NEWS

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed the publication of the final report into the Grenfell Tower tragedy, saying that it should ‘add greater urgency to promised reforms of the construction industry and related engineering disciplines’.

Contractor, Henry Brothers Construction, and Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust have jointly held a turf-cutting ceremony to mark the start of work on site for a new Belper health centre.

RFiD Discovery, a leading UK provider of tracking solutions for healthcare, says its new Patient Discharge Management system is’ set to revolutionise how hospitals manage bed availability, offering a faster, more accurate solution that enhances patient care and operational efficiency’.

A ‘first-of-its-kind’ integrated care joint venture between the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and NHS has now topped out, completing the first main phase of construction of new facility expected to be operational by Autumn 2026.

New research by the Health Foundation provides what the Foundation describes as ‘the first robust causal evidence’ that NHS surgical hubs increase treatment volumes and reduce the length of time patients spend in hospital.

Altro has published its latest sustainability report, providing a comprehensive overview of the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainable practices.

Equipment tracking, artificially intelligent CCTV, and voice-activated environmental controls, are just some of the technologies being trialled at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) to support plans to create a national centre of excellence for rehabilitation.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) has partnered with Cinos to modernise its unified communications (UC) platform.

Infection prevention specialist, DDC Dolphin, has gained ISO 14001 accreditation – which it says will enable it to ‘further help hospitals and care homes to meet their environmental targets’.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says it is ‘excited to announce a new milestone’ in the development of the new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at the Mansfield Community Hospital site.

Newly released photos from Nottingham University Hospitals show the progress of the construction work on the expanded Neonatal Unit at the city’ Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), which is set to open in December.

Clinical engineering specialist, Avensys, has recently forged a ‘strategic partnership’ with Probo Medical to offer NHS and private hospitals a single provider of EBME and diagnostic imaging services.

Sustainable Energy First, a sustainability and utilities specialist backed by Beech Tree Private Equity, has announced its acquisition of business utility and sustainability consultancy, Inenco.

People living with dementia should have more power and creative freedom in collaborative design projects, new research from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh suggests.

Mace, the global consultancy and construction company, has been appointed to project manage the delivery of the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital, joining a wider design team which also includes Hawkins\Brown, White Arkitetker, Ramboll, MJ Medical, and Edge, as the scheme progresses into technical design.

Leading paint manufacturer, Dulux Trade, recently invited architects, specifiers, and interior designers to the Allermuir showroom in London for a panel discussion exploring inclusive design and ‘the power of colour and sustainability on wellbeing’.

The external structure of the new Elective Centre at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, which is being built by Darwin Group, has now been completed, with over 200 modules lifted into place by a crane over six weeks to create the building structure.

A ceremony took place in Carlisle on 14 August to celebrate the start of building of a £15m Endoscopy Unit on the grounds of the Cumberland Infirmary.

Work is now underway by contractor, Speller Metcalfe, on the new £4 million Edmonds Transplant Centre Birmingham for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, being created via the extensive refurbishment of the outdated existing ward and staff area on the ground floor of the old hospital building built in 1935.

CABE (the Chartered Association of Building Engineers) has announces that Dr Hywel Davies HonFCIBSE, has joined the Association as head of Technical Insight.