RECENT NEWS

The Healthcare Facilities Consortium has announced the programme for its annual conference.

Asteral, the vendor-independent Managed Equipment Service (MES) provider to the NHS, has announced the financial close of a £130 million, 35-year MES partnership with Peterborough (Progress Health) PLC for provision of a MES to three new hospital sites in Peterborough and the existing Stamford site.

Training and conference specialist Eastwood Park is introducing a new Energy Management course in the autumn.

Sodexho Healthcare has been awarded a five-year contract to provide the catering services for 38 Nuffield hospitals across the UK. The total estimated turnover over the five years will be around £50 million.

The Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH) is launching new Level 2 qualification in decontamination.

The £311m Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals Development Project reached financial close on 2 July enabling the construction of new hospitals at Wakefield and Pontefract.

A new system to manage more than 3,000 parking permits and provide effective enforcement procedures for all of its car parks has been adopted by Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals.

NHS suppliers have been warned that their medical products risk being overlooked unless they meet greater environmental standards.

A major European project has been announced to enable engineers in the aerospace, automotive and construction industries across the globe to interact using virtual reality technology.

Healthcare Security is set to be the leading platform for the development and delivery of security issues affecting people, property and assets within healthcare facilities in the UK.

Devon Primary Care Trust has contracted healthcare development specialist Ryhurst to act as the private sector partner on the £25m PFI project to redevelop Newton Abbot Community Hospital.

The NHS has announced the 200th new health centre to be built under the Government's NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) programme.

Regionally based MLM Consulting Engineers is launching a new stand-alone division dedicated to working with clients, developers, design teams and contractors to satisfy the growing number of renewable and sustainable requirements demanded from the green agenda and new legislation affecting development projects.

Brandon Medical has announced its biggest ever Research & Development programme, with increased investment into a variety of new product developments.

Specialist contractor Thermal Transfer (TT), a subsidiary of ETDE, has completed a £4.5 million turnkey package for a new sterile services decontamination supercentre in West Yorkshire.

Total Gas & Power has been named as the NHS’s natural gas supplier, following a competitive tender process.

Devereux Architects has merged with PM Group, the project delivery specialist based in Ireland.

Sir Digby Jones, UK Skills Envoy and former director general of the CBI, launched the new Work Wise UK Quality Mark during the Work Wise UK Summit at the QEII Conference Centre in London in mid-May. The new quality mark will allow any organisation to gain recognition for its successful introduction of new smarter working practices in the workplace.

A new £5.4 million health centre in Leicestershire is to be paid for by the 10 doctors who will practise there.

Hundreds of tonnes of waste electrical devices used by the Plymouth Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust are to be recycled thanks to a new agreement with a local specialist recycling company.