A wonderful start for the BeaconMedaes team

This year’s focus is on Integrated Connectivity – a range of complementary products that integrate and communicate with each other and the BeaconMedaes management and lifecycle platform, MyMedGas, to empower superior identification of faults, ensure continuity of supply by enabling quicker remediation, and ultimately improve patient safety. Andy Tudor, marketing and communications manager, says: “Meeting … Read more

A busy first day at Healthcare Estates 2026

This year, the UK’s largest healthcare estates event asks the question: ‘Mind the Gap: Are We Heading Towards a Two-Tier Estate?’. Across five Conference streams, in-depth sessions are exploring the policies, technologies, engineering solutions, and operational strategies shaping the future of healthcare estates. Complementing the Conference are six Exhibition Theatres, extending the learning into practical … Read more

Beyond Modular: From Clinical Need to Healing Environment

Capacity pressures, changing patient pathways, workforce challenges, and uncertain future demand all call for more than extra space delivered faster. Healthcare environments have to work for the patients who are treated in them and the staff who run them every day. Hear from a physician and an architect who have devoted their careers to creating … Read more

Mobile endoscope decontamination unit installed at Welsh hospital

The works form part of a £130m investment to modernise healthcare facilities across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. As part of the redevelopment, Tilbury Douglas was tasked with refurbishing the hospital’s endoscope decontamination department. The work could not begin until the Health Board had vacated the building, but taking the department out of service … Read more

New neighbourhood health report published

The report also looks at how the government’s neighbourhood health centre plans can be delivered at pace. In summer 2026, the Neighbourhood Health Forum and Bevan Brittan hosted a roundtable discussion to consider the government’s neighbourhood health plans. Drawing on members’ collective experience in delivering public sector infrastructure over the last 20 years, the new … Read more

Solar lighting installed at Cirencester Hospital

The project for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has seen more than 100 permanent solar street lighting columns and solar bollards installed to replace ageing mains-powered lighting across the hospital’s car parks, walkways, and external areas. Chris Williams, group facilities manager at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Selecting the right … Read more

Medway NHS Foundation Trust digitises fire risk management

By taking data from multiple sources, the BIS Lens system created by BIS Consult provides the Trust’s Fire Safety Group with a new strategic tool designed to bring together and analyse fire risk assessment information centrally in a digital format. The new structured digital approach supports NHS guidance for managing fire safety, including HTM 05-03, … Read more

Milestones reached in Royal Bolton Hospital £38m maternity redevelopment

The £38m redevelopment programme by Robertson Construction North West is transforming maternity facilities while removing RAAC identified within parts of the building in 2023. Once complete, the unit will deliver modern facilities designed to support women, babies, and families in Bolton and beyond. One of the most significant developments is the redevelopment of one of … Read more

Making healthcare hydration strategies easier to deliver

The difficulty is rarely one of intent. More often, it is the gap between what estates teams want to provide and what has historically been practical to deliver across complex clinical estates. A healthcare estate may include acute wards, outpatient areas, staff spaces, visitor environments, administrative buildings, and lower-use areas, each with different patterns of … Read more

Architect images unveiled for Telford cancer treatment centre

The images showcase the proposed Lingen Davies Cancer Centre – a purpose-built facility designed around the needs of patients, creating a calm, welcoming, and therapeutic environment where people can receive treatment closer to home. Delivered through a partnership between the region’s primary cancer charity Lingen Davies Cancer Support and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS … Read more

ICB saves 2,220 days of administrative time

NHS Kent and Medway ICB’s primary care team rolled out Enlivio’s Contract Manager software in July 2022. It is now in use across 185 practices. Before the software was installed, teams ran searches manually, exported data to Excel, and created PDFs for the ICB to approve. This increased the risk of missed payments and provided … Read more

Work begins on £12m Urgent Treatment Centre in Bath

Once completed, the new purpose-built centre – which will provide improved facilities and a better environment and experience for patients with non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries – will replace the RUH’s current UTC, which is currently based within its Emergency Department. By providing a clear separation between patients needing life-saving care and those needing urgent but … Read more

Construction completed on new ward at Aintree Hospital

The project for NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group comprised a complex Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) roof replacement scheme and refurbishment carried out Aintree Hospital’s main entrance and ambulance drop-off bays. Kabir Salihi, regional director – North West at Tilbury Douglas, said: “Successfully delivering another project at the Aintree Hospital site reflects the strength … Read more