RECENT NEWS

North-west based Britplas, a leading commercial glazing specialist, has announced that the company’s owners have transferred their equity to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), ‘marking a momentous shift’ in the company’s ownership structure, and ‘a significant milestone in its journey towards sustainable growth and employee empowerment’.

The Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), designed by HKS, Cagni Williams, and Sonnemann Toon Architects, is complete, providing a new ‘state-of-the-art’ acute hospital for Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust.

With Modern Methods of Construction enabling new buildings to be completed significantly faster than via traditional construction, ‘green’ credentials such as reduced waste and fewer site deliveries, and the ability to manufacture the modules offsite in controlled factory conditions – for optimal quality and less disruption at hospital sites, MMC is increasingly being used by NHS Trusts to augment ward, ICU, and surgical capacity at a variety of locations. HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, interviewed David Hartley, MD of MTX – one of the UK’s leading exponents of healthcare MMC, at this year’s Healthcare Estates, discussing both some of MTX’s most notable recent MMC healthcare project successes, and why an increasing number of NHS clients now favour this form of construction

A new Surgical Elective Centre incorporating seven new operating theatres will be built at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford by Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX Contracts.

Delabie’s surgical scrub-up trough has been developed specifically for healthcare facilities. Available with a high or low upstand, the latter complies with the new Health Building Note 00-10: Part C – Sanitary Assemblies (formerly HTM 64).

On the eve of this year’s Healthcare Estates conference and exhibition, Jonathan Baillie, the Editor of the IHEEM monthly magazine, Health Estate Journal, caught up in Manchester with IHEEM’s outgoing President, Alison Ryan, Deputy Healthcare Lead at Mott MacDonald, and her successor as President, Nigel Keery OBE, who in his ‘day job’ is Head of Estates Operations at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

DRLC, which is exhibiting on stand B40, said: “Thank you for visiting DRLC at today’s opening day of Healthcare Estates 2024; it’s been fantastic to share our passion for Authorising Engineering with professionals and newcomers alike.

Many of you will by now have either seen, or picked up during today’s first day of Healthcare Estates 2024, a copy of the ‘new look’ October 2024 issue of the monthly IHEEM magazine, Health Estate Journal.

PPL Training, which is exhibiting on stand D1, has launched its range of newly accredited Fire Safety training courses.

MTX says it is delighted to once again be exhibiting at IHEEM's Healthcare Estates exhibition.

Among the latest innovations across its healthcare offering being shown by washroom product manufacturer, Armitage Shanks, on stand E30 at this year’s Healthcare Estates, is the newest addition to its Markwik 21+ range

As the day’s visitors make their way to the exit, the Delabie team is giving the products on the company’s stand (B26) a last polish, and putting away the demonstration models ready for tomorrow.

“We’re thrilled to report that the first day of Healthcare Estates 2024 has been a resounding success!,” says Trovex, the specialist in integrated plumbing systems, wall cladding, and fire-rated doors.

The first day of the exhibition proved to be an outstanding success, with our stand attracting significant interest from a wide range of attendees. Our theme for the event, “Technology for Life,” resonated strongly with visitors, eager to explore how our innovations are reshaping healthcare for both patients and professionals alike.

Johnston Houston, reportedly ‘one of Northern Ireland’s leading building and construction consultancies’, has been acquired by Drees & Sommer UK – a ‘worldwide, partner-managed team of over 6,000 employees across 63 offices’.

Wynne Construction has secured the enabling works at the new £15.8 m orthopaedic hub at Llandudno Hospital, with the company already progressing with stage one of the project.

Ramboll has been appointed lead consultant for the design of the new Children’s Cancer Principal Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Speaking at the Future Surgery event in London today (Tuesday 1 October), Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, warned the Government it will ‘fail to make a sufficient dent in reducing waiting times without investment in crumbling NHS infrastructure and new technology’.

Keraflo, which specialises in water management solutions for commercial and public buildings, has officially joined the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA), in a move that it says signifies its commitment to enhancing fire safety standards in the UK.

Seeking to improve its inventory control so that its ambulances were always well stocked with the required medical equipment and consumables, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation turned to Medstor.