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Acute cardiac care to be ‘transformed’ in Gibraltar

For the first time, patients will no longer need to travel abroad for treatment of acute cardiac diseases, as the Gibraltar Health Authority prepares to provide local coronary angiography and angioplasty services in a new interventional cardiac suite at the city’s St Bernard’s Hospital.

UK’s ‘most sustainable and efficient primary care centre’ completed

Caddick Construction has completed United Healthcare Developments’ ‘state-of-the-art’, four-storey healthcare centre in Carlisle, which it says is the UK’s most sustainable and energy efficient primary care centre.

£40 m Urgent and Emergency Care Centre opens in Walsall

A new, modern Urgent & Emergency Care Centre for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, designed by BDP, and built by Tilbury Douglas, has opened at Walsall Manor Hospital.

Consett community hospital plans approved

Proposals for a new community hospital in Consett, designed by Medical Architecture for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, and sited on the edge of Consett at a gateway to the County Durham countryside, have been unanimously approved by Durham’s strategic planning committee.

Webinar will address ‘knowledge gaps’ in healthcare ventilation

Clean air engineering specialist, Howorth Air Technology, says it feels ‘compelled as a business to address the knowledge gaps among clinical staff, engineers, and contractors, in both public and private health organisations, to help them fully understand the specific and detailed requirements of air ventilation systems’.

Merivaara Q-Flow now available in three variants for ease of specification

The award-winning Merivaara Q-Flow range of LED operating lights is now available in three model variants to simplify specification for new-build theatre projects or upgrades.

Plans for new Hillingdon Hospital unanimously approved

Hillingdon Hospital in north-west London is set to be transformed into a ‘new, state-of-the-art’ healthcare facility following unanimous approval by the London Borough of Hillingdon’s Major Applications Planning Committee.

Abloy solution secures Inverness hospital’s estate

Security specialist, Abloy UK, has supplied Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, which serves the population of the Highlands, with the eCLIQ electromechanical solution for its on-site facilities management and security.

COVER STORY: Award-winning medical gas installation, maintenance, and innovation

SHJ Medical Gas Specialists, awarded the title of Healthcare Supplier of the Year at the 2021 Healthcare Estates IHEEM Awards, has been supplying the NHS and private sector with medical gas pipeline systems and services for over 50 years.

Celebrating the positive experiences of women in construction

Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, says it is celebrating Women in Construction Week and International Women’s Day by focusing on the positive experiences of women within its workforce.

Gradus wall protection for Countess of Chester

Gradus has supplied and installed a range of bespoke wall protection solutions throughout the new Same Day Emergency Care building at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester.

Construction of replacement for Berwick Infirmary begins

Construction of Berwick’s new £35 million hospital has begun, after the appointment of Merit as lead construction partner by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

£70,000 investment to provide ‘complete recycling solution for all business waste’

Leicestershire-based B-Sure Installations has invested over £70,000 to launch a new waste management company, B-Sure Recycling, to help customers reach waste management targets via ‘a complete collection and recycling service of all types of business waste’.

'Market-leading’ MES companies merge and rebrand as Ergéa

Althea UK and Medipass Healthcare – two of the UK’s leading Managed Equipment Services (MES) companies – have announced that they have merged operations and been re-branded as Ergéa.

Linac at Oxford’s Churchill will provide ‘state-of-the-art’ cancer therapy

A new Varian radiotherapy treatment machine has been installed by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) ‘to provide state-of-the-art care’ for cancer patients.

Chief Medical Officer calls for regular air quality monitoring in public buildings

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed another intervention by England’s Chief Medical Officer in the controversy surrounding poor air quality in buildings.

Electrical infrastructure upgrade at Woolwich’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital

McLaren Construction has been appointed on behalf of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust to deliver site-wide infrastructure works to the 482-bedded hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich.

Gerflor flooring and Gradus wall protection for Whitby hospital redevelopment

Gerflor has supplied over 7000 m2 of its ‘high-quality flooring’, and a selection of Gradus handrails and corner guards. for a complete re-development and refurbishment of the site and building at Yorkshire’s Whitby Community Hospital, undertaken under a ProCure 22 project.

How to free up space for over 10,000 extra beds

The NHS could ‘make space for at least 10,000 much-needed beds’ in the UK by moving more patient records off site, claims information management specialist, Restore Records Management -- which counts many NHS Trusts amongst its clients.

New Powerstar CEO to ‘drive forward innovation in energy resilience solutions’

‘Smart energy solutions’ manufacturer, Powerstar, has appointed Solon Mardapittas (pictured) as its new CEO ‘to drive forward innovation in energy resilience solutions’.

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