RECENT NEWS

Zipit Wireless, a US ‘pioneer in connected platform solutions’, and Atus Systems, a Hereford-based supplier of paging and lone worker systems, have announced an exclusive partnership to bring the Zipit Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution to UK healthcare and enterprise customers.

Construction and engineering specialist, MTX Contracts, is on the move to Brooke Court in Handforth, Cheshire, following 30 years at its previous site in High Lane, Stockport.

Supplier of industrial humidifiers, Humidity Solutions, has warned that when assessing operating theatre humidity control requirements, ‘engineers need to be sure they have fully understood both the engineering and the clinical considerations’.

An online scheme that has helped NHS Trusts save £517,000 in two years by sharing resources such as furniture and medical equipment has set itself the target of supporting NHS clients in saving £1 m this year.

As part a major refurbishment programme, Lanes Group was recently commissioned to carry out a comprehensive CCTV drainage survey at Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Static Systems Group has added additional facilities to its Fusion-IP Aspire wireless nurse call system to bring its capabilities ‘more in line’ with those of its wired systems.

A new acoustic baffling sculpture designed by London-based architectural practice, Studio Weave, for the atrium of a new seven-storey ward block at Bristol Royal Infirmary, not only provides interest and distraction, but also, say the arts and health consultants who managed the installation, Willis Newson, reduces noise levels and provides patient privacy.

Multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, Cundall, has harnessed the technology and features of the new Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset to launch a system that enables project design teams on a new building to obtain a clear idea – before it is built – of how the acoustics will be affected by structural elements, internal, and external, noise.

PC Coaching says it offers NHS Trusts and other healthcare providers seeking an efficient way to offer staff training on constrained sites a highly practical solution – with the rapid deployment of hireable, ‘low cost’, spacious temporary classroom facilities.

Exhibiting recently at The Arab Health Congress and Exhibition 2016 in Dubai – the Middle East’s largest healthcare exhibition, Brandon Medical showcased a number of its products

‘When you recall the most effective training you have experienced, it is likely to be due to the trainer’s expertise and delivery’, argues Eastwood Park, which says it ‘continues to ensure an effective balance of highly qualified in-house and associate healthcare sector experts’.

Honeywell and demand response aggregator company, Pearlstone Energy, have teamed up to provide a ‘smart grid programme’ for industrial and commercial facilities in the UK, including hospitals.

Icopal’s Monarfloor Tranquilt lightweight acoustic isolation system for floating screeds has helped create a peaceful environment within The Sick Children’s Trust’s Scott House, an on-site ‘home from home’ for family members of sick children being cared for at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne

A new benchmarking survey initiated by point-of-care systems provider, Hospedia, harnessing the company’s Bedside Terminals, and designed and run by Picker Institute, an international charity ‘dedicated to the pursuit of health and social care quality improvement’, has successfully gathered near-real-time patient feedback from 75 UK NHS Trusts.

A manufacturing company which specialises in protecting doors, people, and places, has consolidated its ongoing growth with the appointment of an experienced business development manager for its South West Region, covering Birmingham, Mid and South Wales, and South West Counties, a production design engineer, and a trainee finance co-ordinator based at its head office.

Lancaster-based Rinicare has received £99,694 through the Small Business Research Initiative for Healthcare (SBRI Healthcare) to develop a system to prevent older patients falling from their beds.

A specialist company that offers independent Authorising Engineer services, primarily for electrical systems, but can also provide guidance on compliance in areas including lifts, water, ventilation, fire, and pressure systems, has been launched.

Work has begun on what will be the UK’s first high beam proton beam therapy cancer treatment centre – at Celtic Springs Business Park in Newport, South Wales.

Pland Stainless has been appointed stainless steel supplier for the new Royal Liverpool Hospital – scheduled to open in 2017.

Kawneer has renewed its preferred supplier status with Balfour Beatty, one of the UK’s largest construction companies, signing a new UK-wide supply chain framework agreement to the end of 2017.