RECENT NEWS

MTX Contracts has handed over a new Urology Outpatients Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.

Daikin Air Conditioning UK has acquired Saltire Facilities Management, a Glasgow-based heating services company, in what it dubs a ‘strategic acquisition’ that it says will enhance its residential heat pump service network in Scotland – a region with significant growth potential for heat pump heating.

Sika, ‘a global leader in construction solutions’, has officially opened its new 280,000 ft2 Leeds Distribution Centre in Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, with the event attended by local community members, regional stakeholders, and invited guests, for a celebratory afternoon marking what Sika UK describes as ‘a major milestone’ in its growth strategy.

Families will see further improvements in end-of-life care, the Department of Health & Social Care has announced, as the government releases £75 million for hospices ‘to deliver major upgrades and enhancements to facilities – including separate family rooms, solar panels to reduce energy costs, and communal lounges’.

Cleveland Clinic London will expand its cancer services to offer medical oncology and haematology care – including systemic cancer therapies, such as immunotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapies and radiotherapy – with the construction of an 81,000 ft2 cancer centre at 40 Grosvenor Place in Belgravia, London.

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’.