Combining RFID-enabled wristbands with a ‘cutting-edge’ Smart Drop Reader, the automated approach ‘drastically reduces the time needed to update bed management systems, giving hospitals real-time visibility of available beds’, the company explains. Simon Dawkins, lead RFID consultant – Healthcare, at RFiD Discovery said: “Our Patient Discharge Management system provides hospitals with a seamless solution that … Read more

The Catterick Integrated Care Campus (CICC), situated south of Richmond in North Yorkshire, is a new healthcare complex designed to offer support for the MoD’s Catterick Garrison and the wider community, and the first shared building of this scale to be commissioned by the two organisations, with infrastructure consultant, AECOM, and contractor, Tilbury Douglas, leading … Read more

The independent charitable organisation says that by delivering more operations in a shorter time, they could speed up efforts to tackle waiting lists. There are currently 108 surgical hubs operating across England, with a further 26 due to open by the end of 2025. The Health Foundation’s research found that: In their first year, the … Read more

Building better futures for the planet, for people contains detailed information on Altro’s environmental impact and efforts to reduce carbon emissions; initiatives and programmes that promote social responsibility within its communities; innovations in sustainable product development and supply chain management, and ‘key performance metrics and benchmarks’ that track the company’s sustainability goals. Richard Kahn, Altro’s … Read more

With the merger of Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2018, the organisation spanned five sites with separate telephony systems. UHDB explains that it has now invested in upgrading its disparate legacy telephony systems ‘with a more resilient and stable UC telephony service that will unify the user … Read more

The digital trials are underway at the Linden Lodge unit at the City Hospital site in Nottingham – a 25-bed unit for neuro-rehabilitation patients – and staff and patients have been heavily involved. The aim is to ensure the right technology is in place to provide patients and staff with the best possible environment for … Read more

The ISO 14001 standard helps organisations improve environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste. ISO 14001 is the world’s most widely used standard for environmental management systems. Key aspects include planning, target-setting, implementation, documentation, training, checking, and review. By implementing ISO 14001, DDC Dolphin says it can: • ensure compliance … Read more

In February, work commenced at the site in Stockwell Gate, Mansfield, and the Trust says the derelict building formerly known as Victoria Hospital has now been demolished, opening the way for building works set to start later this summer, with a grand opening of the new CDC site anticipated for Spring 2025. The Trust explains that … Read more

The project will see the original unit almost quadruple in size to 2,000 m2, and increase the number of intensive, high dependency, and special care cots at QMC from 17 to 38, as well as improve the experience for families and staff working in ‘neonates’. The latest photos show that the internal walls are all … Read more

The service offering covers consultation, device supply, maintenance and repair, and strategic planning, with a reach that extends right across the UK.  Avensys CEO, Rob Strange, emphasised the partnership’s ‘commitment to delivering a new strategic option’ to the healthcare sector. He said: “Key to this arrangement is that both Avensys and Probo Medical are independent, … Read more

The purchaser says the acquisition ‘brings together two businesses with one common objective: to make truly renewable energy more accessible to businesses of all sizes, helping them achieve their Net Zero targets’. Sustainable Energy First said: “This acquisition marks an exciting time for both businesses, creating a scalable energy and sustainability services provider that will … Read more

This includes using their own ideas and actions ‘to shape, lead and deliver’ projects, ‘rather than always having projects given to, for, or, with them’.  Dr Euan Winton, a design expert at the University’s School of Textiles and Design in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, has proposed a new framework that outlines this way of … Read more

Designing inclusive spaces presents a unique set of challenges for specifiers and architects, and the process of achieving inclusive design can be quite daunting – especially due to the various rules and regulations. To address these challenges and provide guidance, Dulux Trade organised an event titled ‘Inclusive Spaces, Sustainable Places: A New Era of Design … Read more

The hospital will ‘bring together the unique offerings’ of its three partners: Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and the University of Cambridge. The project partners say it will be the first hospital ‘designed to truly integrate mental and physical health provision so that young people and their families experience complete and … Read more

Set to open in Spring 2025, the new facility is a joint project between North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), supported by Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board. It will enable up to 6,500 additional operations to be carried out across Bristol, North … Read more