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PM confirms £3.7 billion for 40 hospitals in major building programme
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that 40 hospitals will be built by 2030 as part of a package worth £3.7 billion, while the proponents of further eight schemes have been invited to bid for future funding.- News
Long-lasting, hygienic finish for new Liverpool cancer centre
Building Design Partnership, architects for the new Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool specified a range of Johnstone’s Trade paints for the building, on the the recommendation of main contractor, Laing O'Rourke.- News
Forty sites offering ‘flexible space’ UK-wide
Following a successful reopening of sites post-lockdown, NHS Open Space has announced the launch of 40 new sites, now offering over 500 rooms across 60 locations – ‘from Sunderland to Portsmouth’.- News
Rambam opens Israel’s largest COVID-19 facility underground
Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in Israel, Rambam Health Care Campus has opened the largest COVID-19 treatment centre in Israel.- News
Welsh Government Invests £250,000 in ‘pop-up’ isolation tent
AerosolShield has secured £250,000 investment from the Welsh Government to help it develop and scale production of the AerosolShield 'pop-up' isolation tent.- News
Change of leadership and ‘re-shaping’ at Imtech
Imtech, jointly owned by EDF and Dalkia, has announced changes to its leadership and organisation as it ‘re-shapes’ 'to better meet the rapidly evolving market conditions' across its business sectors and build on its diversified growth strategy.- News
Latest designs unveiled for ‘world-leading’ St Pancras eye care centre
The design team behind Oriel, a joint initiative which would see Moorfields and UCL IoO services move from Islington to a purpose- built centre in Camden’s Knowledge Quarter, have revealed ‘the latest iteration’ of how the building could look.- News
Manufacturers urged to digitise product data to reduce risk
A new initiative aims to get manufacturers in the construction industry to take ownership of their product information with a series of articles being produced, and manufacturers being encouraged to join a discussion group to share their views.- News
CIC launches Design Quality Indicator for Health 2
The Construction Industry Council has launched an updated version of its design quality evaluation tool, the Design Quality Indicator for Health 2 (DQIfH2).- News
Milestone reached for critical care at Musgrove Park
A ‘major milestone’ has been reached in a key project to transform and modernise critical care and assessment buildings and services at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.- News
Seismic II set to ‘transform the way healthcare facilities are built'
A £6 m project which the protagonists say will ‘transform the way that schools and healthcare facilities are built’ has been granted £2.9 m of funding ‘to showcase the future of modern methods of construction (MMC)in the UK.- News
Legiolert’s UK SCA acceptance for L. pneumophila testing
IDEXX, reportedly the global leader in rapid microbiological testing for water, has announced that its Legiolert culture testing method for Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila), has been accepted by the UK’s Standing Committee of Analysts.- News
New £500 m soft FM framework open for the NHS and public sector
A new £500 million procurement framework has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) to offer high-quality soft facilities management services to the NHS and wider public sector.- News
PM visits MTX fast-track ward project in Hereford
After declaring the Government’s intention to deliver ‘Project Speed’, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was welcomed by healthcare construction company, MTX, to its latest £12 million, 72-bed, fast-track ward project at Hereford County Hospital.- News
Adapting medical gas training under the ‘new normal’
Eastwood Park – which has recently welcomed back learners, says that, unsurprisingly – given the crucial role that oxygen has played in treating patients with COVID-19 – medical gas training has proven especially popular.- News
New MD appointed at specialist consultancy
Specialist consultancy, ETL, has announced the appointment of Jonathan French to the position of managing director and executive director of Client Services.- News
Strong results for Academy programme to enhance diversity
An award-winning Royal Academy of Engineering programme to boost the employment prospects of engineering graduates from diverse backgrounds has resulted in at least 250 engineering employment opportunities over the last five years.- News
Second HEJ webinar will address nurse call systems' important role
How nurse call technologies have evolved, and ‘how they came to the fore during the height of the pandemic’, will be among topics discussed in an HEJ webinar presented by Dave Hewitt, Sales & Marketing director at Courtney Thorne, on 20 August.- News
New modular SSD for Stoke Mandeville hospital
Cheshire-based modular construction company, ModuleCo Healthcare (MCH), has delivered a new modular sterile services department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, which is part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.- News
Pick Everard wins £5 m Midlands backlog maintenance contract
Independent construction and infrastructure consultancy, Pick Everard, has been awarded a £5 m programme of backlog maintenance works under the framework for healthcare facilities in the Midlands owned by NHS Property Services.- News
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