The Health Board provides healthcare for more than 700,000 people across the six counties of north Wales – Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Wrexham). The works, the latest in a series of projects that SITE has conducted for the healthcare provider in recent years, have upgraded a series of key infrastructure areas, replacing technology that … Read more

Wakefield Hospice has ‘brought the outside inside’ with a series of LED panels from Visualite, transforming the look and feel of corridors and rooms across the building, after winning £10,000 in a Visualite healthcare sector competition, and having the panels installed free by a local contractor. The sensory lighting panels create the effect of natural … Read more

He says: “The suitability of hybridisation with gas and electric energy sources depends largely on the equipment’s design and operational characteristics, particularly in differentiating between steam boilers and steam generators. Healthcare estates require reliable and efficient steam systems to support a wide range of critical applications, including sterilisation, heating, and humidification. Given the sector’s focus … Read more

LIFT(Local Improvement Finance Trust) public-private partnerships have provided 350 health centres across England since being established in 2001. Community Health Partnerships (CHP), head tenant in 308 of the buildings, commissioned the report from PwC. The professional services firm’s independent analysis, presented in its report, The NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT): Occupancy Cost Assessment, finds … Read more

The Welsh Government’s support for public sector bodies in Wales to make their buildings and assets more energy efficient includes the Re:FIT Cymru programme, which it says enables the Welsh public sector to secure guaranteed savings and reduce carbon impacts by accessing Energy Performance Contracts. To aid what it says is ‘a move to a … Read more

Building Services Engineering (BSE) Skills is urging employers, employees, and other stakeholders who can provide the expertise, experience, and understanding of the sector to help them ensure that the NOS are technically fit for purpose. With the industry-facing a growing skills shortage, BSE Skills says it is ‘more important than ever’ that the standards which … Read more

This latest development marks Compliance Group’s second addition to its electrical testing division this year, after Intersafe joined the Group back in April. The company says it underpins its ‘commitment to comprehensive service delivery and specialised expertise across all three of it verticals’.  Compliance Group said: “Established in 2001, ETM has a proven track record … Read more

Described as  ‘a demand-driven, customised Internet of Things (IoT) platform with over 7,000 IoT sensors’, the project will –  Siemens Smart Infrastructure says – ‘ensure a user-centric patient experience, improved patient care, increased energy efficiency, and optimised operations’. The technology and infrastructure specialist explained: “An open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator enables customers to accelerate … Read more

Based at its Manchester office, and working for clients across the UK, Kate – who has over two decades’ property industry experience, joins the firm’s valuation team from Cushman and Wakefield. In her new role she will carry out valuations and provide strategic property advice for a range of healthcare providers including nursing and specialist … Read more

The garden was made possible thanks to a £44,840 grant from NHS Charities Together, which Bradford Hospitals Charity (BHC) secured. The new space is on the Smith Lane side of the hospital, and will be a place where colleagues, patients, and visitors can go and sit in quiet contemplation if they need a break away … Read more

Unveiling it, NHSPS pointed out that Lord Darzi’s recent confirmation of a £37 bn shortfall in NHS capital investment, and the subsequent Budget announcement of a £1.57 bn capital investment allocation over the next financial year, indicate that estate funding is ‘firmly on the agenda for NHS leaders’.   Research conducted by NHSPS in partnership with … Read more

Dr Yuen – who received the Medal by CIBSE President, Fiona Cousins, at the CIBSE President’s Awards Dinner held on 11 October 2024 at the Savoy London – has given long service to the Institution as the past Chair of the CIBSE HK Region, and is a past Board Trustee, and past Vice-President of CIBSE … Read more

The procurement provider says it is ‘seeking competent and specialist suppliers to help landlords manage and maintain safe buildings and demonstrate compliance’. It said: “Suitable for all building types across the public sector, this fourth-generation framework continues to support Fusion21’s ‘big six’ offer, and includes a new lot dedicated to sprinkler and mist systems.” The … Read more

The new factory would boost supply capacity for the company’s UK and Republic of Ireland customers, and support its ‘ambitious global sustainability plans’. Rockwool said: “This significant investment would also create skilled long-term jobs and local supply chain opportunities, and help both in achieving the UK’s Net Zero targets, and in creating a safer and … Read more

The Princess Royal is Patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and during her visit chatted to patients and occupational therapy staff from North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) about the new facilities. Accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant Alexander Scott, she met with the Trust’s Chair, Steven Morgan, and Chief Executive, Lyn … Read more