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Howorth has extended the range of equipment and service it offers to the healthcare sector by becoming the distributor for Trumpf medical operating lights and service pendants throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and the associated Islands.

Simulated fault-finding will play a key part in the high voltage (HV) training now being offered at Eastwood Park’s new in-house HV facility at its Falfield, Gloucestershire site.

A collaborative approach to creating new healthcare facilities in North Lanarkshire, which has transformed health services provision and access for people across East Kilbride, Wishaw and Kilsyth, has demonstrated how local communities can reap expansive benefits when locally based, sustainably focused supply chain partners are appointed.

Construction at a major Yorkshire hospital has received a 90% assessment rating following an independent inspection of how the team involved is ‘respecting’ the community, and working around a challenging live environment.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest acute hospital trusts in England, has selected Harland Simon to supply a STANLEY Healthcare real time location tracking system (RTLS) to improve the management of mobile medical devices.

Mitie’s pest control business has introduced a new drain survey service specifically to identify pest breaches and infestations that would not ordinarily be detected in clients’ pipes and sewers.

Precious metals specialists are calling on NHS trusts to assess their stocks of x-ray film and organise a cull of out of date records, to take advantage of a staggering 63 per cent rise in the price of silver in just five months. Many recycling firms offer a rebate based on the silver embedded in the film which, in the right market conditions, can generate a sizeable income.

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.