RECENT NEWS

Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, has secured the dual contract to build Community Diagnostic Centres in Lincoln and Skegness (see artist’s impression), giving patients in Lincolnshire improved access to NHS diagnostic procedures including CT, X-ray, and ultrasound.

Airedale General Hospital near Keighley is using a new geospatial system to help manage its RAAC (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete) monitoring and repairs programme.

Procurement organisation and social enterprise, Fusion21, has announced the renewal of its national Materials Supply and Associated Services Framework, worth up to £250 million over four years, and is inviting bids from interested suppliers providing regional or national coverage.

Crown Dale Medical Centre in Norwood, south-east London, is celebrating one year of success following a £3 million refurbishment commissioned by the former Clinical Commissioning Group – now NHS South East London Integrated Care Board – after the previous site was deemed unfit for purpose.

The striking new Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) created offsite for Derriford Hospital in Plymouth by Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, is helping to meet the increasing demand for eye surgery and treatment from across Devon and Cornwall.

ICS Cool Energy, an international temperature control solutions specialist for manufacturing process and facilities applications, has opened a new training suite at its facility in Totton, Southampton.

A safety system for plant said by the company to be the market’s ‘most advanced AI human form recognition device’ has won technology solutions specialist, Safety Shield Global, the King’s Award for Enterprise.

Construction firm, Morris & Spottiswood, has completed a large-scale refurbishment project with Circle Health Group as part of a multi-million pound investment at Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow.

Aztec Solar Energy has become a Centrica Business Solutions energy partner, and will complete its first solar PV design and installation project at Poole Hospital in Dorset, as part of University Hospital Dorset NHS Foundation Trust’s transition to Net Zero.

Abloy UK has further strengthened its team with the appointment of Simon Wilson as Business Development manager for the Healthcare Sector.

Northwood and Pinner Cottage Hospital is set to be redeveloped after achieving full planning permission, with around £11 million to be injected into the project ‘to cement better health outcomes for the 20,000 patients who access the facility’.

With NHS repair backlogs reaching record levels, and – as they put it – ‘the New Hospital Programme facing an uncertain future’, modular construction firms, Darwin Group and Portakabin are calling for ‘a re-think’ around how healthcare estates are planned and funded.

Assa Abloy Door Group has announced a new internal restructure that sees the company joining forces with all comparable business units across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa, to form a new global division – the Assa Abloy EMEIA Door Business Segment.

NHS Property Services is celebrating the delivery of 25 new social prescribing sites to its partners across the country, achieving its goal of 100 sites being made available for patients.

Northumberland-based Merit, a UK industrialised construction and digital manufacturing specialist, has delivered ‘a major milestone’ for the new £25 million Elective Hub (Operating Theatre Block) at Solihull Hospital, designed to significantly enhance patient care and treatment capacity.

Water testing specialist, Alpha Scientific says that its relocation to a new, UKAS-accredited, microbiological water testing laboratory in Manchester further supports its ongoing commitment to support clients with their testing needs, and underlines its growth and expansion.

A webinar being held at 12.00 pm on 12 June in association with Health Estate Journal will see Alex Emms (pictured), Technical Director for Kohler Uninterruptible Power – who has over 30 years’ experience in the UK power protection sector, discuss the topic, ‘Powering Safety: Uninterruptible Power Systems for Life Safety in Healthcare Buildings’.

Amethyst Radiotherapy, a ‘leader in cutting-edge cancer treatment’, and specifically Stereotactic Radiosurgery, has announced the successful upgrade of its Gamma Knife machine at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square, in central London.

A £9.7 m project to help keep patients and staff warm, as well as provide hot water, has been successfully completed on time and on budget at Hillingdon Hospital.

On 18 April, Per Mertesacker, current manager of the Arsenal Academy (pictured), officially opened 1 Lowther Road, a new NHS Integrated Community Mental Health Centre in Islington.