Around £1 million has been awarded to these Trusts as part of NHS England’s Wireless Trials programme, which seeks ‘to make the most of cutting-edge wireless technologies to provide the best care and experiences for patients, while freeing up more staff time to spend with their patients’. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust will trial combining … Read more

A Kitten Scanner is being used at Grantham and District Hospital to help children understand how an MRI scanner works, what it feels like to have a scan, and how the results can help them in their recovery. In the first few months, the ‘mini-scanner’ has enabled dozens of children to have their scan without … Read more

Demolition work started on 12 February to make way for three new operating theatres and a surgical procedure room at St Albans City Hospital, all due to open their doors this winter. Patients from across Hertfordshire and west Essex awaiting non-complex orthopaedic surgery, spinal injections, or ear, nose and throat (ENT) procedures will be invited … Read more

John Kinstrie, Energy Solutions director at DTGen, said: “TEDOM is one of the top businesses in the cogeneration sector, and we’re pleased to have forged this official partnership that further strengthens our energy solutions business by supporting our aim to reduce the cost of energy for customers, and their impact on the environment.” TEDOM has … Read more

Its participation in the programme will be focused on its infection diagnostic test, which it says can be used ‘at an early stage to rule out the presence of infection and enable clinicians to delay or eliminate antibiotic use’. Presymptom’s technology was developed via the application of machine learning and AI analytics to derive insights … Read more

Beccy Baird, Deborah Fenney, Danielle Jefferies, and Dr Andy Brooks, say England’s health and care system in must be ‘radically refocused’ to put primary and community care at its core to be effective and sustainable – with a ‘need for clear vision, with funding, staff and political energy directed at general practice, pharmacy, community services, … Read more

Nottingham-based Aerocom (UK), which has entered a five-year deal with Sweden’s MAUS to exclusively supply the Advanced Pro Stixx in the UK, says this includes lithium-ion battery fires, ‘a growing concern with the increase in electric vehicles’. There are three sizes – the smallest ‘the size of a two-fingered Kit-Kat’. Fires ignited from an electrical … Read more

The Trust says that since the centre opened in October last year, nearly 4,000 patients across Sussex have been seen, tested, and treated for urology conditions – ‘from life-threatening cancers, to benign diseases’, more quickly, and in fewer hospital visits. The centre can accommodate around 50 to 70 patients a day, some of whom attend … Read more

The Association says it is concerned that firms do not realise the Act has already altered the regulations that apply to all construction work, and not just higher risk/high rise residential buildings (HRBs – classified as being over 18 metres in height or consisting of seven storeys, containing at least two residential units, and/or is … Read more

The first of its kind to be operational in Scotland, it provides hospital users with access to 12 charge points boosted by renewable energy. With a fleet of EVs already in operation at the hospital, Papilio3 will support destination and workplace EV charging, while addressing the growing demand for accessible and convenient charging in an … Read more

The 16-bed facility is based at the Whitehouse Health Centre (pictured), and opened to patients  last December, ahead of an official opening 29 January this year. The Whitehouse Dialysis Unit, run by Oxford Kidney Unit, is in addition to the Renal Unit located at Milton Keynes University Hospital. Before the new renal dialysis unit opened, … Read more

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) is working closely with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board to deliver the scope of works, projected to start this year. Planners voted five to one in favour of the redevelopment with no additional conditions to be added. The section 106 agreement is currently under review, and is expected … Read more

The Department for Health and Social Care announced last year that it is funding 13 new Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) – including one in the centre of Nottingham, to help reduce the backlog of patients waiting for diagnostic tests. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has been working closely with colleagues at Nottingham City Council, who … Read more

Since the first phase of the Cheshire & Merseyside Surgical Centre at Clatterbridge Hospital opened in late 2022 with two new surgical theatres, the hospital has treated an extra 3,000 elective surgery patients.  In September 2022, with the new funding announced – including for the building of two further theatres as part of phase two, … Read more

The £3.2 m reconfiguration, funded by Community Health Partnerships, will provide a modern and fit-for-purpose training ground for dental students from the university, while giving residents in north-east London quicker and easier access to free dental care within a primary care setting. The new clinic will provide capacity for 20 chairs, accommodating 300 dental students … Read more