RECENT NEWS

The Children’s Emergency Department and Obstetrics and Gynaecology services at Stoke Mandeville Hospital near Aylesbury have been moved into a new, purpose-built unit.

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has appointed Jackie Ducker as its Chief Customer Officer.

Joining the NHSPS Executive Board this month from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) – where she was Executive director for Customer and Product – she brings significant executive-level expertise in building key customer relationships, and business growth and improvement, as well as extensive leadership in customer experience.

An algorithm developed using artificial intelligence could soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with better speed and accuracy than ever before, according to new research from the University of Edinburgh, funded by the British Heart Foundation and the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and just published in the journal, Nature Medicine.

Following a fire which caused significant damage to the Paterson cancer research facility in 2017, building work on the new Paterson building at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester has been completed.

UK ‘top-100’ law firm, Bevan Brittan, has appointed four new Partners in its national Independent Health & Social Care team, as the practice ‘grows from strength to strength’.

Cygnus, a specialist in permanent, fully wireless, fire detection systems, is set to display its new EN54-compliant SmartNet range at FIREX 2023, ‘Europe’s leading annual fire safety event’, which takes place from 16-18 May at the ExCeL London Exhibition Centre.

Patients will be able to contact their general practice more easily and quickly – and find out exactly how their request will be handled on the day they call – as part of a major multi-million pound overhaul of primary care, the government and NHS will announce this week.

Work has begun to fit out a new health centre at Beam Park in Rainham, Essex which will provide GP and community health services for thousands of local people.

The use of Modern Methods of Construction principles by NHS construction specialist, MTX, is driving progress on the new £64 m Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital.

Health law firm, Hill Dickinson, has announced the appointment of real estate Partner James Atkins, who joins the firm’s Leeds office as its National head of Health Real Estate.

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has designed and installed a new radiopharmacy suite as part of the major 3Ts (Teaching, Trauma, and Tertiary care) redevelopment at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

Fit-out and refurbishment specialist contractor, Willmott Dixon Interiors, has been chosen to deliver two new endoscopy suites at Mexborough's Montagu Hospital.

A collective failure to retrofit commercial buildings to meet Net Zero targets threatens to ignite a new energy crisis, says the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).

As hospitals grapple with staff shortages, video software company, Milestone Systems, has launched a remote patient monitoring technology that aims to assist healthcare workers and improve overall patient care.

Finance and accounting, procurement and workforce services provider, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has unveiled a new £1.7 bn framework agreement designed to support NHS hospitals and theatres in managing sterilisation, decontamination, and repair of surgical equipment efficiently, and in turn help them meet clinical demand.

Nine new bespoke ambulances have been delivered to London Ambulance Service – with dozens more set to arrive in the next few months.

A team of researchers has created an edible and rechargeable battery, using materials found in common foods, a story in Professional Engineering, the magazine of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) reports.

In any accessible bathroom, space is key, and with its new height and sideways adjustable MATRIX washbasin, Pressalit says that ‘creating space quickly and hygienically has just got easier’.

RFiD Discovery, a provider of identification and location tracking solutions, has partnered with BuzzStreets, an award-winning indoor navigation platform provider, to offer a combined wayfinding and asset tracking solution for healthcare providers.

Paul Bailey has been appointed as the new CEO of the Engineering Council, and will take up the role in May following the retirement of Alasdair Coates.