RECENT NEWS

Carl Bridgwood has been appointed as the new manager of Abloy UK’s Digital Access Solutions Academy, a purpose-built facility to educate, install, and test the company’s range of products, with a particular focus on a new digital solutions and ecosystems portfolio.

Following a RIBA competition, a team from London-based design studio, Stanton Williams, has been selected to design the Fleming Centre – a ‘pioneering’ research and public engagement facility to be built on the St Mary’s Hospital campus in Paddington, London.

As part of a Managed Equipment Service (MES) contract, and in collaboration with North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust (NCIC), Ergéa has supported the development of a new endoscopy unit at Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.

Kier has completed the construction of a new surgical centre at NHS Golden Jubilee in Clydebank (see photo), increasing the hospital’s patient capacity and enabling the treatment of thousands of people waiting to access important care and procedures.

A ‘revolutionised’ NHS app is among a raft of proposals just announced by the Department of Health & Social Care aimed at ‘giving patients greater power over how and when they receive elective treatment’, as the Government sets out its roadmap to cutting waiting times, as confirmed in the Plan for Change.

A new Urology Outpatients Department is being constructed at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading by MTX Contracts, which says it employs Modern Methods of Construction ‘to deliver projects faster, safer, greener, and more cost-effectively’ than conventional building methods.

BeaconMedaes understands that no two healthcare settings are the same. Clinical design expertise ensures that its comprehensive patient environment product portfolio can be tailored to meet the specific and unique needs of every setting, ‘enhancing efficiency, optimising workflow, and supporting optimal patient care’.

Queen’s University Belfast has awarded Graham a £39 m construction contract to build two new buildings described as ‘state-of-the-art’ beside the Belfast City Hospital as part of the planned 8,500 m2 iREACH Health facility.

The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) is urging buyers and wearers of PPE to review their PPE stock and replace old and damaged items after a member survey showed what the Federation describes as ‘outdated and poorly maintained’ personal protective equipment is in use across UK workplaces.

Healthcare businesses could save over £200,000 a year on average from solar energy applications on previously unused car park space, according to research from Solspan, which claims to be the only UK company specialising in solar car port installations,

Dr John Lazar CBE, FREng, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering (pictured), has received a Knighthood in His Majesty The King’s New Year Honours List, for services to engineering and technology.

Product development consultancy, Wideblue, has urged medical device innovators to consider health system economics when embarking on a project.

Bury-based door hardware specialist, UAP, has announced the acquisition of Armadillo Metal Coatings, marking what it describes as ‘another milestone in its ambitious growth journey’.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) says Trafford General Hospital (pictured), the ‘iconic birthplace of the NHS’, will be making history once again when work begins in January on a £20 million initiative to ‘transform’ it into the UK’s first inpatient hospital with a Carbon Net Zero energy system.

The new home for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London has reached a significant construction milestone.

People recovering from life-changing brain and spinal cord injuries in Plymouth and the surrounding areas will now have their rehabilitation needs supported in a modernised space, thanks to a £6.9 m redevelopment of the Plym Neuro Rehabilitation Unit at Mount Gould Local Care Centre (LCC).

Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, has handed over the new Endoscopy Unit, which forms Phase 2 of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Oldham, one of the UK’s largest such diagnostic facilities.

NHS Property Services and NHS Frimley ICB have collaborated on a refurbishment project at Camberley Health Centre in Surrey to maximise space in order to expand the range of GP and primary care services offered at the site.

The new Sulis Elective Orthopaedic Centre is entering its final build stages, as the team readies the new wing for a launch this month.

A new £32 million neonatal unit, the largest in the East Midlands in terms of cots and footprint, has opened at the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham.