RECENT NEWS

Johnston Houston, reportedly ‘one of Northern Ireland’s leading building and construction consultancies’, has been acquired by Drees & Sommer UK – a ‘worldwide, partner-managed team of over 6,000 employees across 63 offices’.

Wynne Construction has secured the enabling works at the new £15.8 m orthopaedic hub at Llandudno Hospital, with the company already progressing with stage one of the project.

Ramboll has been appointed lead consultant for the design of the new Children’s Cancer Principal Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Speaking at the Future Surgery event in London today (Tuesday 1 October), Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, warned the Government it will ‘fail to make a sufficient dent in reducing waiting times without investment in crumbling NHS infrastructure and new technology’.

Keraflo, which specialises in water management solutions for commercial and public buildings, has officially joined the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA), in a move that it says signifies its commitment to enhancing fire safety standards in the UK.

Seeking to improve its inventory control so that its ambulances were always well stocked with the required medical equipment and consumables, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation turned to Medstor.

A Blossom Room has been created at Bedford Hospital for patients to spend their final days with their loved ones on Shand Ward.

Serco, the international provider of services, has retained a contract to continue providing soft FM services that support the delivery of care for patients at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert in southern Scotland for the next seven years.

Patients, visitors, and staff at Broomfield Hospital near Chelmsford hospital are benefiting from extensive Wi-Fi connectivity improvements following significant additions and upgrades to the hospital’s Wi-Fi network.

A new surgical centre that will treat patients across Hertfordshire and west Essex, meaning quicker access to non-complex operations and procedures for patients is on course to open its doors from spring 2025 as construction work progresses.

Sodexo Ambassador, Matt Dawson MBE, recently joined Karin Smyth MP, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, and other influential figures from NHS England, at the 2024 NHS Estates and Facilities Forum.

The neurosurgery team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is introducing what it describes as ‘cutting-edge’, mixed reality technology into parts of its day-to-day work to improve training and patient care.

NHS Property Services has announced that the first phase of restoration works at the historic, grade-one listed Finsbury Health Centre in Clerkenwell has been completed.

Multidisciplinary specialist contractor, Dowds Group, in partnership with McLaren and DSSR, has successfully completed what it dubs ‘a transformative’ £30 million infrastructure upgrade at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich.

Work is due to start on an £8.5 million scheme to transform Sutton Cottage Hospital in North Birmingham into an integrated hub for healthcare services for older people.

Cundall, an international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with over 1,000 staff in 27 locations worldwide,  has appointed Andrew Somerville as Partner to head the practice’s ‘rapidly growing’ science and technology sector.

Insulating hundreds of miles of pipework in commercial and industrial buildings would give an immediate boost to the UK’s net zero ambitions and dramatically cut running costs, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and the Thermal Insulation Contractors’ Association (TICA).

A recent project at Peterborough Hospital undertaken to address winter pressures highlights the versatility and efficiency offered through modular construction, says specialist in the field, Wernick.

MTX has created a six-bed discharge lounge and five-bed palliative care ward in a new facility at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to deliver the build within timescales supporting RAAC recovery work on the site.

West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, part of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC), is set to open its doors following a £40 million redevelopment. This marks the practical completion of a new 55,860 ft2 two-storey extension, delivered by Graham through the ProCure22 framework.