The company says the system will help residential high-rise buildings in the UK comply with the recently mandated BS8629:2019 code of practice requiring the use of sounders or similar devices to alert residents and other occupants of an emergency, and help guide them to safety. “When it comes to fire safety, swift and controlled evacuation … Read more
The Stepnell team was responsible for the design elements and rapid delivery of the purpose-built facility, which is intended for hospital staff to use in support of their health and wellbeing. It includes facilities such as a gym, counselling rooms, areas for complementary therapies, and for group or individual reflections after traumatic incidents. The Hub … Read more
Bouygues UK will build the centre, which is due to open in 2027. Part of the New Hospital Programme, it will ‘harness the expertise of the partners under one roof to enable closer collaborative working between clinicians and researchers’. Guests at the event included Lord Markham CBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the … Read more
The business says bringing together Imtech’s capabilities in engineering, facilities, and energy services by aligning the Imtech Engineering Services, Inviron, Breathe, and SPIE UK brands as Dalkia, ‘will increase market visibility’, and strengthens its commitment to support energy transition and Net Zero objectives in the UK’. Imtech added: “Re-branding to Dalkia brings a fresh new … Read more
The Minister was given a tour of the new surgical facility after unveiling a plaque to commemorate the opening, with both representatives of the Health Board and ModuleCo Healthcare (MCH), which provided the facility, in attendance. ModuleCo Healthcare (MCH) supplied the new unit as part of a long-term managed services agreement, which it says will … Read more
The global challenge to design a carbon Net Zero neonatal unit was launched earlier this year by Class Of Your Own (COYO) – an education consultancy and social enterprise established by former land surveyor, Alison Watson MBE, in 2009. The latest campaign was ‘kick-started’ with the support of NHS staff, the Bliss Charity – which … Read more
The multinational says the pilot programme represents another addition to its successful recycling scheme in North America, and that although it will be limited to Germany initially, it aims to expand the initiative to neighbouring countries. DuPont explained: “The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the PPE procured at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic … Read more
The single-storey unit includes the theatre suite with recovery rooms, a reception and waiting areas, office space, and a staff facility. Offsite-fabricated steel sections of the external shell were craned into position on the prepared site of a former car park before the installation of concrete screed floors and pre-manufactured walls. Once the single-storey structure … Read more
A key advisor to NHS organisations on all property matters, NHSPS has developed significantly as an organisation over the last decade, which it says has enabled its customers ‘to focus on what they do best – providing excellent care to patients’. To celebrate the ‘milestone birthday’, as well as the NHS’s 75th birthday today (Wednesday 5 … Read more
The Academy says the report aims to enhance understanding of engineering’s role across the UK economy, which impacts multiple sectors – from manufacturing, software and R&D, to engineers in non-engineering industries like financial services and media. It explained: “The new data is intended as a tool to inform future policy decisions on how to share … Read more
They have jointly developed a ‘world-first’ anti-biofilm polymer, Bactigon/KELT-7, which they say ‘prevents bacterial biofilm formation, reducing the risk of deadly infections that cause many thousands of deaths each year’. The two organisations said: “It achieves this without the need for antibiotics or other toxic diffusible agents, meaning it will not contribute to the build-up … Read more
The RHN is a charity, independent from the NHS, but which works closely with it, to provide the best possible care for people living with neuro-disability. The hospital’s specialist services support people in dedicated environments designed to best meet their needs. The hospital’s neuro-behavioural service (Wellesley ward) is a specialist inpatient ward for adults with … Read more
Coming ahead of the service’s 75th anniversary, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out ‘how the NHS will address existing vacancies, and meet the challenges of a growing and ageing population, by recruiting and retaining hundreds of thousands more staff over 15 years, and working in new ways’. The plan, dubbed ‘a once-in-a generation … Read more
The new micro data centre provides critical network services and communications for the operational side of the ICU, and includes passive air conditioning for up to a 12 kW load. Designed to a high-security specification, the cabinet is secure against access or damage by the general public, and will provide a new level of reliability … Read more
The new micro data centre provides critical network services and communications for the operational side of the ICU, and includes passive air conditioning for up to a 12 kW load. Designed to a high-security specification, the cabinet is secure against access or damage by the general public, and will provide a new level of reliability … Read more
