CDCs playing key role in faster diagnosis and treatment

The DHSC says the programme to establish more CDCs, backed by £2.3 billion, is the largest central cash investment in MRI and CT scanning capacity in the service’s history. As of November 2023, 6.1 million checks had been carried out at CDCs since the facilities were first introduced in July 2021. Based in a variety … Read more

‘Space-themed’ wall protection for Evelina Children’s Hospital

The Centre, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, has been built to provide more life-changing care to children and young people who don’t necessarily need to stay overnight. The project, delivered by construction company, Morgan Sindall, saw Gradus collaborate with Art in Site – a London-based studio of artists and designers, and … Read more

COVER STORY: New automatic manifold changeover system launched

The company said: “Safe, high-quality patient care depends on a constant supply of oxygen, nitrous oxide, medical air, and other gases. The new MAT-S Automatic Manifold Changeover System delivers superior reliability and offers a higher utilisation rate and uptime, so it can be used longer and more frequently. Smart features make it easy and efficient … Read more

Altro a recommended supplier on ProCure23 framework

With extensive Altro product ranges approved within the scheme, NHS partners can – the company says – ‘access a comprehensive offering encompassing smooth and safety floors with adhesive-free options, hygienic walls, wall protection, doors, washstations, and resin floors’. Altro said: “The P23 framework builds on the successes of three previous iterations of the ProCure framework … Read more

A safer and more sustainable approach to PPE in Canada

Most of the PPE used in Canada is made of plastic – much of it disposable – and the research’s focus was opportunities for reduction and reuse in the health system. Reusable, safe and Infection Prevention and Control Canada-(IPAC) approved PPE gowns were identified as offering the greatest opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. … Read more

‘Sustainable design’ for Edenbridge’s new health centre

Developed on behalf of GB Partnerships, and in partnership with Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, Edenbridge Medical Practice, and Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group, the EMHC includes community areas and rooms, ‘putting health services at the heart of the community, and bringing together a wide range of health services to make healthcare more accessible … Read more

Bender awarded theatre contract at new £100 m Harborne Hospital

The multi-speciality private hospital opens its doors this month (January 2024), and will include 50 private inpatient beds, 16 private day-case beds, and four operating theatres. It will offer outpatient services, including consultation rooms, an imaging suite, and a fully equipped day-case unit with outpatient chemotherapy and radiotherapy services.  The Harborne Hospital has been built is … Read more

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

New fast-track operating theatres completed at Addenbrookes Hospital

Three new orthopaedic operating theatres built at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge by MTX using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) are playing a leading role in a national scheme to deliver more than 50 new surgical hubs across England. The Cambridge Movement Surgical Hub is designed to increase orthopaedic capacity at Addenbrooke’s Hospital by 20%, to … Read more

Fast-track theatres completed at Addenbrooke’s as part of national surgical hub strategy

The Cambridge Movement Surgical Hub is designed to increase orthopaedic capacity at Addenbrooke’s Hospital by 20 per cent – to around 2,700 procedures annually. It includes three new operating theatres and links to two adjacent wards upgraded by MTX to provide 40 dedicated surgical beds for patients undergoing planned orthopaedic surgery. MTX employed MMC principles … Read more

Establishing an effective water management plan

The crisis facing water supplies in the UK is acute, with a potential drought on the horizon. All organisations are under pressure to use less water whenever possible, and this includes the NHS, which uses approximately 50 billion cubic metres of water per year,1 making it one of the UK’s largest water consumers. Using less … Read more