RECENT NEWS

Working closely with the clinical team at Poole Hospital, University Hospital Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, and Premier Modular, P+HS Architects has designed a bespoke new endoscopy facility to expand elective diagnostic services and help meet the growing demand for high-quality endoscopy care in Dorset.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has launched in-depth research to measure how well the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) sector is adapting to the new building safety regime.

The new NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), due to open later this year near Loughborough, Leicestershire, is to deploy ‘intelligent’ bedside terminals to help patients maintain their independence while recovering from life-changing conditions, such as brain injuries, and illnesses.

The New Hospital Programme (NHP), in collaboration with the NHS Strategy Unit, has launched what it describes a ‘powerful’ new, free-to-use demand and capacity model ‘to transform how the NHS plans future hospital and community services’.

Specialist in demountable modular panelling systems, Norwood, has been appointed by Bouygues UK to deliver a ‘state-of-the-art’ Grade B cleanroom at Oriel, a new centre for eye care, research, and education being built in Camden, London.

Healthcare workers who wash their uniforms at home could unknowingly be contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections, new research has revealed.

Kier has signed a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) with Haleon to deliver a ‘state-of-the-art’ global Oral Health Innovation hub in Weybridge, Surrey.

The Water Management Society’s latest course focuses on the requirements for water hygiene training, as detailed in HTM 04-01: Safe water in healthcare premises, and the NHS Estates Technical Bulletin (NETB) No. 2024/3, 'Designing safe spaces for patients at high risk of infection from nontuberculous mycobacteria and other waterborne pathogens'.

Clubs, schools, day centres, and other community settings, could help make health and care more accessible, new research suggests.

The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) has warned that a recent recall of safety shoes sold via TikTok highlights ‘the alarmingly wide availability of substandard personal protective equipment (PPE) in the UK market’.

Assa Abloy Opening Solutions UK & Ireland Door Group (Door Group) has appointed Cormac Hardy as an Electronic Design engineer, through the Knowledge Transfer (KTP) Programme Associate initiative from Ulster University.

The new £80 million Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre (ADC) at West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, being constructed by Bouygues UK, has been topped out, marking the completion of the main structure, in what the contractor dubs a ‘transformative healthcare project’ set to enhance diagnostic and treatment services in the local community.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has secured a £6.588 million Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme grant to support it in its Route to Net Zero by 2040.

The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) and the government property profession (GPP) have established ‘a strategic partnership’ to drive up standards and innovation across the government estate and workplace and facilities management (WFM) more widely.

Community Health Partnerships (CHP) has published Transforming Neighbourhood Health – a report into how its place-based estate, developed via LIFT Public Private Partnerships, is – as it puts it – ‘already enabling the delivery of neighbourhood care in local communities’.

BDP’s design for the Birmingham Centre for Anatomy, Surgical and Clinical Skills (B-CASCS) has been granted planning permission.

The doors have officially opened to a new radiotherapy centre in Milton Keynes, sparing thousands of cancer patients each year from a lengthy 70-mile round trip to Oxford for vital treatment.

Construction is underway on the National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT) in Sheffield – described as ‘a pioneering research and technology centre that will tackle some of the biggest challenges in children’s healthcare’.

A new multi-million pound diagnostics centre to help diagnose and treat a range of health conditions while improving waiting times for Warrington and Halton residents, delivered by Kier on behalf of Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has opened its doors.

Leading offsite manufacturer, McAvoy, in partnership with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, has achieved zero landfill waste during the construction of a new Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) extension at Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham.