RECENT NEWS

Veolia have loaned an eco-vehicle to Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust by to help reduce fuel emissions around its estate.

Bender UK has appointed David Williamson as National Sales Manager for its advanced range of products and services designed for the medical sector.

A new independent consulting practice specialising in water quality in the built environment of London has been established by Dr Nick Hill BSc MSc MBA (Oxon) PhD DIC CBiol MSB FIHEEM (see also pages 29-35), chair of IHEEM’s Water Technical Platform.

Ingenica Mobility, a real-time barcode scanning ‘app’ for use by clinicians recently launched by Ingenica Solutions, is claimed to be the first application in the healthcare market designed on an Android platform for the Zebra MC18 mobility device, and enables the track and trace of inventory ‘to patient level’ in hospitals.

Over the past year, mobile fleet operator, Vanguard Healthcare, has been providing additional clinical capacity to Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and both parties have acknowledged the partnership’s success.

Being held at London’s Royal College of Physicians from 27-28 June, the European Healthcare Design Congress and Exhibition promises to be ‘an interdisciplinary forum for policy advisors, researchers, and practitioners’.

Registration is now open for a series of CPD electrical workshops being delivered by Eastwood Park this year, led by electrical trainer and hospital Authorising Engineer, Peter Handforth.

Conditional planning approval has been granted for a new £9 m Integrated Care Centre in East Hull, designed by Medical Architecture, which will support patients with long-term health conditions and illnesses associated with older age.

Bryan Hill, an Authorising Engineer (Water) for clients across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the North of England, with a wealth of professional knowledge and experience in water systems, and over 10 years’ experience in Legionellosis and water hygiene risk management, has joined the Water Hygiene Centre.

Compass Group UK & Ireland says it is ‘the first company in the industry looking to tackle the shortage in female chefs’ – through the launch of its ‘Women in Food’ Programme – and has committed to have female chefs form 50% of its workforce by 2020

Screwfix – the multi-channel supplier of trade tools, accessories, and hardware – has launched a range of antimicrobial copper light switches and sockets from award-winning British manufacturer Varilight, ‘making this innovative technology available over the counter, or deliverable within 24 hours, for the first time’.

A new Code of Practice for surface water source heat pumps has been launched by CIBSE, in a bid to help the UK meet targets to reduce its carbon emissions.

Olympus Medical has partnered with one of London’s busiest teaching hospitals, King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill, to deliver what is reportedly Britain’s largest 3D surgical endoscopy installation.

Medical Air Ltd has launched a brand new website, giving visitors more information than ever before about Medical Air Technology (MAT), Medical Air Technology Facilities Management (MAT FM), and the wide range of products and services the solution-driven medical engineering specialist has to offer.

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has appointed the GRAHAMBAM Healthcare Partnership, a joint venture between GRAHAM Construction and BAM, to deliver Ulster Hospital’s new £95 million Acute Services Block – currently Ireland’s largest live healthcare project.

Good observation while maintaining privacy and dignity, anti-ligature features, and the ability to incorporate artwork, were among the key factors in the recent specification of Vistamatic vison panels incorporating a different flower for each bedroom for the newly refurbished Suite 3 Dementia Ward at Tonna Hospital in Neath, South Wales.

With the NHS in England recently committing to ‘the biggest transformation of mental healthcare across the NHS in a generation’, this month sees the Design in Mental Health 2016 conference, exhibition, and dinner take place at the National Conference Centre (formerly known as the National Motorcycle Museum) in Solihull.

Construction and engineering specialist, MTX Contracts, moved in late March to new premises at Brooke Court in Handforth, Cheshire, following 30 years at its previous site in High Lane, Stockport.

edie Live 2016 – formerly known as Sustainability Live – which claims to be the UK’s largest exhibition and conference dedicated to sustainability, returns to the NEC, Birmingham this month.

Brandon Medical has contributed to the installation of patient entertainment units in the Yorkshire Regional Spinal Injuries Unit at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.