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COVER STORY: Delivering ‘world-class training’ for over 50 years
Eastwood Park says it has delivered ‘world-class training’ for over 50 years.
Devon entrepreneurs develop new sanitising ‘orb’ with bank funding
Two Devon-based entrepreneurs have developed a touch-free sanitising station which they say ‘reduces the consumption of single-use plastic bottles and messy alcohol gels’, with the support of HSBC UK funding.
Water Kinetics announces ‘strategic partnership’ with press-fit specialist
The award-winning pipework manufacturing company, Water Kinetics, has announced a ‘strategic supply partnership’ with the SANHA group, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of press fit-pipe systems.
£3.5 m refurbishment for Bath hospital’s theatres
Operating theatres and patient recovery facilities at a private hospital in Bath are undergoing a £3.5 m major refurbishment.
New surgical hubs will ‘help to bust the COVID-19 backlogs’
Over 50 new surgical hubs will open across England ‘to help bust the COVID-19 backlogs’ and offer hundreds of thousands more patients quicker access to vital procedures, Health and Social Care Secretary, Steve Barclay, has announced.
Clarifying confusion about use of pre-insulated pipework
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and the British Plastics Federation (BPF) have issued a joint statement to clarify confusion around the use of pre-insulated pipework in buildings.
Refurbished NICU opens at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has reopened at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn following a modernisation and refurbishment project (see photo).
Disaster as opportunity: a brighter pathway 'when the lights go out'
Ummanu, a technology company that provides a telemedicine platform focused on remote consultations, and Birmingham and District GP Emergency Room (Badger), which provides around 1.4 million people with out-of-hours and urgent care, recently provided a rapid ‘fix’ when a cyber-attack took down health IT systems used by the most of the UK’s NHS 111 services.
Environmental strategy launched at low-carbon Orkney hospital
A new national strategy aimed at making the country’s NHS environmentally sustainable has been launched at Scotland’s first low-carbon new-build hospital by Scottish Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf.
Aiming to make MRI diagnostic more accessible in community settings
King’s College London says it is ‘driving efforts to make new MRI technology more accessible in community settings’ through helium-free MRI research with the first such system in the UK from Siemens Healthineers.
Ramboll completes multi-disciplinary science sector leadership team
Global engineering and consultancy company, Ramboll, has announced the appointment of Bernard Conroy to its science sector leadership team as Building Services (MEP) director, ‘strengthening its multi-disciplinary offer’.
Cambridge cancer research facility gets Government go-ahead
The Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital (CCRH) project has been given ‘the green’ light by the Government’s New Hospital Programme to commence the process that will lead to the appointment of a construction partner.
Industry must take circular route says BESA
The Circular Economy could play a crucial role in helping the building services sector develop more effective net zero strategies, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).
Eco vapour-phase technology for sanitary and PPE disposal units
A UK-developed antiviral and antibacterial PPE and sanitary waste bin liner has become the first of its kind to be launched worldwide, says its creator, Genesis Biosciences.
‘Thought-leaders’ discuss new water safety standard
Thought-leaders from across the healthcare and water safety sectors recently joined Armitage Shanks to discuss the impact of a new British Standard, BS 8580-2, and its implications for those involved in preventing the spread of waterborne infection.
Mitie appointed as supplier on the National Framework Agreement
Mitie has been appointed as a supplier on the Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) National Framework Agreement for the provision of Carbon and Energy Infrastructure Upgrade Services.
Integral blind ‘balances privacy and observation’
One of the UK’s leading integral blind manufacturers, Morley Glass, has launched a new system designed specifically for hospitals, medical schools, and other health and social care facilities.
Musculoskeletal diagnostic treatment hub completed in Rochdale
Nye Bevan House in Rochdale is now home to a musculoskeletal (MSK) diagnostic treatment hub, including a gym for patients, and offices for the clinical teams.
Three-storey elective Colchester orthopaedic facility to house eight theatres
Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, is to deliver Colchester Hospital’s new three-storey Elective Orthopaedic Centre.
New Hospital Programme hosting ‘Industry Day’ to encourage participation
The New Hospital Programme (NHP) is hosting an ‘Industry Day’ on Tuesday 20 September at the Vox Conference Venue, Resorts World, Birmingham, ‘to outline how businesses across the supply chain can play a role in the biggest hospital building programme in a generation’.
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