Colleagues from NHS Greater Manchester, Hawthorn Medical Centre, and representatives from Manchester City Council and project partners marked the start of work on the new health centre, which will provide modern, expanded facilities for 6,000 patients. The new facility will offer at least five additional consulting and treatment rooms and onsite parking. It is expected … Read more
The programme is a public-private-partnership that has delivered high-quality neighbourhood health facilities across England for the last 25 years. Established in 2001, with public infrastructure in need of radical investment, the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (NHS LIFT) brought together the private and public sectors to deliver high-quality Primary healthcare and community facilities via long … Read more
At Healthcare Estates 2026, Willmott Dixon convened healthcare, local government, and industry leaders to explore the opportunities and challenges ahead. The roundtable discussion highlighted four key themes: keeping clinical need at the heart of decision-making, strengthening collaboration, engaging primary care, and creating funding models that support long-term transformation. Keeping clinical need at the heart of … Read more
The redevelopment would replace an ageing hospital estate, some of which dates from the 1940s, delivering a larger, purpose-built hospital with modern facilities designed to improve care, patient experience, and the working environment for staff, supported by the latest medical and digital technology. The new hospital will have 538 overnight beds, all in single rooms … Read more
The City of Wolverhampton Council, working in partnership with The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, the Black Country Integrated Care Board, and Walsall Council, has secured £25m from NHS England to establish the centre in the town. The CDC will improve access to diagnostic tests for people across Wolverhampton and Walsall, complementing … Read more
The department was opened by 12-year-old patient Antony, alongside Chair of Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) Sir Andrew Morris, Jamie French from the Horton Hospitals Charity, and Head of Audiology Rachel Humphriss. Children and young people in Banbury and north Oxfordshire are now able to access specialist hearing assessments closer to home, thanks to the creation … Read more
As many as 140,000 lifts across the UK could still require emergency communication upgrades ahead of the retirement of the UK’s Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) on 31 January 2027, according to estimates from the Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA). LEIA is issuing an urgent call to building owners, property managers, and facilities management … Read more
The Neighbourhood Health Forum was formed in 2025 to offer a collective private sector voice to support Government and the NHS in the delivery of a neighbourhood health service and the creation of new public-private-partnership (PPP) models in health. Over the last nine months, the Forum’s membership has grown to 16 private sector organisations with … Read more