More ‘joined-up’ technology would aid EFM efficiency, roundtable hears

A key theme to emerge from the event – where senior NHS estates and facilities leaders from multiple Trusts and Integrated Care Systems came together – was that with EFM teams tasked with a diverse range of responsibilities – from managing car parks, to sustainability challenges, and from supporting patient flow to delivering critical projects, such … Read more

Main Board changes at Willmott Dixon

Rick Willmott moved from his current role as group CEO to become the company’s new Executive Chairman, with Chief Financial Officer, Graham Dundas, promoted to CEO. The company’s main Board will also include two new additions, with Roger Forsdyke, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Willmott Dixon Interiors, and Chris Tredget, COO for Fortem – the … Read more

Offsite modular-built unit for Norfolk Trust to be delivered in five months

The multimillion-pound facility, ‘designed with sustainability in mind’, will be delivered in just five months. News of Merit’s appointment follows NCH&C’s announcement last August as one of 30 NHS organisations awarded funding to provide more beds and increase capacity to help relieve hospital pressures and cut waiting lists. The Trust says the Willow Therapy Unit … Read more

£5.6 m laminar flow theatre at Newark Hospital will cut waiting times

The project, funded by NHS England’s Targeted Investment Fund (TIF), was procured through the ESPO Property, Building and Infrastructure Advice, & Management Services Framework, with multidisciplinary consultancy, Pick Everard delivering architecture, landscape architecture, and principal designer services, Hexa Consulting acting as structural engineers, and Pulse Consultants as project managers. Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust … Read more