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Combined wayfinding and tracking solution launched
RFiD Discovery, a provider of identification and location tracking solutions, has partnered with BuzzStreets, an award-winning indoor navigation platform provider, to offer a combined wayfinding and asset tracking solution for healthcare providers.
Diversity, inclusion, and sustainability on new Engineering Council CEO’s agenda
Paul Bailey has been appointed as the new CEO of the Engineering Council, and will take up the role in May following the retirement of Alasdair Coates.
Tilbury Douglas marks start of construction at Yeovil District Hospital’s new Breast Cancer Unit
Tilbury Douglas has celebrated the official start of construction at Yeovil District Hospital’s new £2.5 m Breast Cancer Unit on behalf of Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Experience ‘live’ 3D construction printing ‘in real time’
COBOD, a global manufacturer of 3D construction printers, says its new ‘Virtual Reality (VR) solution ‘for 3D construction printing allows potential customers to experience live 3D construction printing in real time, ‘right in front of their eyes in virtual reality’.
Offensive waste stream roll-out could save NHS in England over £2 m annually
The roll-out of new mandatory measures across England designed to dramatically cut the amount of healthcare waste being needlessly sent to incineration is expected to save the NHS over £2 million annually, says independent healthcare waste management company, Anenta.
Tour will raise awareness of human-centric lighting’s importance
Leading lighting company, Glamox, is embarking on a tour of European cities to raise awareness with lighting designers, consultants, and architects, of the benefits of human-centric lighting (HCL) inside professional buildings.
Centre will explore the impact of empathy on patient satisfaction and pain reduction
The role empathy plays in helping to improve patient satisfaction and reduce pain is at the heart of a new healthcare research centre being created at the University of Leicester.
Portakabin acquires Darwin Group
Modular building specialist, Portakabin, has announced the acquisition of healthcare modular building specialist, Darwin Group, in a move that it says will offer ‘significant benefits’ to healthcare providers across the UK.
Engineering firm’s key energy and sustainability appointment
xburo, a mechanical and electrical engineering consultancy which has experienced rapid growth in demand, has appointed Sarah Peterson to head up its Edinburgh office and lead energy and sustainability services across its UK operations.
Modular NHS outpatient facility successfully delivered at King's College Hospital
A new ‘state-of-the-art’, modular 3,450 m2 outpatient facility completed at King’s College Hospital in London has opened to the public.
Major decarbonisation work at two Birmingham hospitals
Veolia has marked 85 years of providing energy management to the healthcare sector with major new projects to help decarbonise two acute hospitals for the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, one of England’s largest teaching hospital Trusts, which treats over 2.8 million patients annually.
Newcastle Trust’s long-term tenancy at The Curve
Independent property consultancy, Naylors Gavin Black, has secured Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a long-term tenant at The Curve in the city.
Carlisle appoints new MD for its cleaning and facilities business
Facilities management support services provider, Carlisle Support Services, has appointed Richard Jenkins as MD of its Cleaning and Facilities business.
Breast screening services boosted in Warrington
Breast screening services for Warrington residents are to receive what Community Health Partnerships describes as ‘a huge boost’, with construction work now underway to create additional screening capacity and clinical rooms at the town’s Bath Street Health & Wellbeing Centre.
‘New’ look restaurant at Royal Preston Hospital features ‘Wallace and Gromit’
The Charters Restaurant at Royal Preston Hospital has undergone a major makeover led by the award-winning design team at multidisciplinary construction development practice, FWP.
Engineering profession is too slow in developing a true culture of inclusion, says RAE report
Engineering culture in the UK needs to accelerate its drive to become more inclusive if the UK is to continue to be a key player in the global race for engineering skills, says a new report from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE).
New training centre officially opened by the Princess Royal
Over a decade of hard work, and challenges including difficulties obtaining building materials during the pandemic, complex planning issues, and getting the building comprehensively equipped, were all successfully overcome in the construction and fitting out of Eastwood Park’s impressive new 3,000 m2 Training Centre in Falfield, Gloucestershire, which was officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal on 4 April.
BESA calls for calm in face of F-gas 'furore'
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged the UK government to keep ‘a sense of perspective’ in the face of a growing row over the European Commission’s decision to speed up the phase-down of global warming gases used in refrigeration and air- conditioning equipment.
Resource Centre for local community opens at Fulbourn Hospital
A new Resource Centre has been opened at Fulbourn Hospital in Cambridge to provide the local community with ‘a modern and sustainable healthcare hub tailored to the needs of patients and staff members’.
Health Education England and NHS England complete merger
NHS England and Health Education England have legally merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England.
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