RECENT NEWS

At P4 we have been manufacturing self-testing emergency lighting for over 35 years, starting out in Bedfordshire in The Warner family home. In 2011, following several strategic growth steps, we moved into our current purpose-built factory in Fakenham, Norfolk.

More than 1,000 newly qualified GPs will be recruited across England thanks to government action to – as the Department of Health & Social Care puts it – ‘remove red tape currently preventing surgeries from hiring doctors’.

Security services specialist, Magenta Security Services, has launched a programme to provide mental health and 'general wellbeing' support to staff.

Global resource management company, Veolia, is set to deliver Specialist Estates Engineering and Maintenance Services to a range of NHS and public sector authorities, after securing a place on the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) Hard FM Framework.

Zentia, a UK specialist in complete ceiling solutions, has spent £2 million on upgrades and refurbishments at its two manufacturing sites in Team Valley, Gateshead, in an investment that reflects its commitment to UK manufacturing.

Contractor, Henry Brothers Construction, has been appointed to build a new £15 m centre for community health services in Belper, Derbyshire, on the site of the former Belper Clinic, as part of the Babington Hospital site on Derby Road.

In a recent major operating theatre design-and-build project for Whiston Hospital, specialist in critical ventilation systems for healthcare and life science projects, Medical Air Technology (MAT), joined main contractor, Warden Construction, to deliver ‘an outstanding new theatre suite’.

Mitie has secured a new contract with Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, to provide waste services across the city’s Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital, initially for three years, but with the option to extend for a further two.

Pipeline nitrous oxide should no longer be considered as a means of supplying nitrous oxide in modern anaesthetic practice, according to leading anaesthetic organisations in the UK and Ireland, who are calling for decommissioning of nitrous oxide manifolds.

Building work on Assura’s new surgery in Shirley near Southampton has officially completed, and the new facility is ready to welcome patients.

Security and access control solutions specialist, Abloy UK, has launched a new ‘white paper’, titled Securing the Future: Revolutionising Critical Infrastructure Access Control with Digital Solutions, which it says ‘investigates the transformative potential of digital access control technologies’, specifically focusing on the comparative strengths and weaknesses of Near Field Communication (NFC) and Bluetooth.

Willmott Dixon Interiors to deliver next phase of £11 m refurbishment at Brighton’s Royal Sussex County Hospital through SCAPE – one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement framework providers.

Healthcare engineering and construction specialist, MIG Medical, has launched what it says is the UK’s first healthcare design and innovation hub – its Healthcare Innovation Centre – at its Union House building in Altrincham.

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Cardiff team has been appointed by the NHS to deliver an extension to The Grange University Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) in Cwmbran, near Newport.

A new NHS Supply Chain regional distribution centre that will support 115 NHS Trusts is now fully operational at Gorsey Point strategically located within 3.5 miles of junction 7 of the M62, five miles from junction 12 of the M56, and close to the access point onto the Mersey Gateway Bridge, which links Runcorn and Widnes.

Medical Architecture has developed a carbon reduction plan in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Policy Note PPN 06-21.

As part of the New Hospitals Programme, major work has begun at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital to deliver a new hospital building that will increase patient ward capacity across the region.

Chief Executive of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation, Dr Richard Kirby, has been given an honorary doctorate (DSc) from Aston University in recognition of his significant contribution to healthcare leadership.

Representatives from NHS Property Services (NHSPS) attended a recent ground-breaking ceremony held recently to mark an important milestone for a new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Hinckley, Leicestershire, set to open in early 2025.

Carrier has officially opened a new training academy at its Bracknell service and rentals depot, reinforcing its dedication to training, and ‘inspiring the next generation of engineers and technicians while helping to address the skills gap in the HVAC sector’.