RECENT NEWS

SterilPlus is providing a complete decontamination service for medical instruments used in BMI Healthcare’s three hospitals in Scotland.

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

Barnsley Community Solutions (BCS) has marked the commencement of building work on its state-of-the-art Grimethorpe and Cudworth developments with a turf-cutting ceremony at each site in early August 2007.

Welconstruct has been awarded a multi-million pound fit out and process scheme for Synergy Healthcare’s new Super Centre at Wythenshawe in Manchester.

Patients across South East Essex will soon benefit from a range of state-ofthe- art new primary and social care centres after a significant contract was signed forming a new LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) company that will develop up to 11 new health and social care buildings across the region.

Clean Modules, the healthcare clean room constructor, has built a new 325m2 aseptic processing facility featuring the latest rapid-gassing sterilisation technology in Brentwood, Essex for Martindale Specials, part of Cardinal Health.

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.

Details of a conference titled Reducing the NHS Carbon Footprint have been announced.

IHEEM is staging special seminars focusing on new waste guidance and regulations.

IHEEM’s London Branch has visited Brooklands where Mercedes has opened its UK Centre on the site of the Brooklands Motor Museum.

There is now only just over a month to go before this year’s Healthcare Estates Conference and Exhibition (Harrogate, 16-17 October), and delegate numbers have significantly increased on last years’ figures.

Jarvis FM has contracted DDC Dolphin to confirm compliance to HTM2030 of the bedpan washer disinfectors installed at Whittington Hospital in Highgate.

Following Siemens’ acquisition of Bayer Diagnostics and DPC to create Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, a new combined service and support structure has been put in place to optimise the quality of after-sales support for customers.

Dr Tom Makin, directorate manager, medical microbiology of the Royal Liverpool University Hospitals will be presenting the most up to date information on this subject at a seminar hosted by the North West IHEEM group, at Ellen House in Oldham.

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

Hayes Cottage Hospital in Middlesex was founded in 1875 on the site of the old Hayes Workhouse – closure of the premises was due in 1983, but a sit-in occupation by staff delayed it for two years.

The Leeds office of Faithful+Gould has completed a new build £3 million care home in Harrogate.

MTX Contracts has completed the installation of new mortuary body stores at Macclesfield General Hospital.

Regionally based MLM Consulting Engineers is launching a new standalone 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.

Figures released by Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, the UK supplier of recycled and refurbished modular buildings to the healthcare sector, indicate that the demand for this highly sustainable approach to construction is increasing dramatically.