RECENT NEWS

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.

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. The NHS Trust has confirmed the selection of Langdale Systems’ Permit Gateway and Parking Gateway solutions to maximise the efficiency of its traffic department.

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

Welconstruct, the health and sterile services contractor, has increased its dedicated team to an all time high and reveals it is on target to secure in excess of £10 million of projects in this specialist sector during the first half of 2007.

Flooring and wall cladding from Altro has been installed in rooms at The Junction, a young people’s mental health assessment and treatment centre near Lancaster.

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.

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.

Brandon Medical has announced its biggest ever research and development programme, with increased investment in a variety of new product developments.

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