Previous winners include astronaut, Major Tim Peake CMG, in 2019, and engineer and founder of EqualEngineers, Dr Mark McBride-Wright, in 2022. Ruth Amos is an award-winning British inventor, presenter, and professional speaker. She was named Young Engineer for Britain in 2006 for designing StairSteady — a fixed handrail and sliding supporting handle that moves freely … Read more
Scheduled to open early next year, the new facility will, the major project players say, ‘offer highly advanced oncology treatments’, and access to the latest treatment options – including highly targeted radiotherapy using an MR linac, and Theranostics – ‘an innovative and personalised treatment that combines diagnostic imaging and radionuclide therapy to seek and destroy … Read more
Medstor explained: “When the Materials Management Team at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (TGICFT) wanted to improve storage across the hospital’s ITU, it chose to work with a company that has completed many similar installations across NHS Trusts in Greater Manchester. The ITU’s refitting needed to clearly demonstrate the benefits of a … Read more
The report – put together by global workforce data analyst, Lightcast, and published in May, found that UK vacancies for ‘green engineering’ roles had increased by 55% in the past five years, ‘driven by the focus on achieving a Net Zero economy by 2050’. The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) said the report highlighted engineering’s … Read more
The White Paper, titled ‘A People Driven Approach; Delivering NHS Homes’, authored by the NHS Homes Alliance – a collaboration of representatives from public and private sector organisations including NHS Trusts, pension funds, financial, legal, and real estate experts, housing associations, architects, and developers – sets out a ‘vision’ for using the NHS estate to … Read more
In 2017, Leeds Hospitals Charity launched a £2.4 million pounds ‘MR Sim’ fundraising appeal to purchase the machine. Thanks to the generosity of the people of Leeds, and significant contributions from Sovereign Health Care, the Wilby family, Caravan Guard, the Cavill family, and the Scarcliffe family, the target was met in 2019. Due to the … Read more
Traka’s ‘Faulty Item Exchange’ locker (FIX) allows healthcare staff to deposit a faulty device, record the nature of the fault, and obtain a working device quickly, so they can quickly return to patient care across large estates and multiple locations. Traka said: “With comprehensive status updates in real-time, users can be confident that when equipment … Read more
Alongside installing two 200 kW air source heat pumps to allow for zero carbon on-site energy generation, Vital Energi is upgrading the building fabric of the three-storey Ward Block Building. Constructed in the 1970s, it has poor thermal insulation, and experiences significant heat loss through both the building fabric and glazing units, resulting in higher … Read more
Scheduled for completion in the first half of 2024, the hub has been developed by partners across north-east London to provide a base for a team of health and care professionals delivering a new model of integrated care, enabling patients to speak to a range of professionals in a single visit. It will serve the … Read more
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Trust have received formal approval to build and run a Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) within the South East Manchester Sector, which covers the two areas. Located within Crown Point Retail Park in Denton, Tameside, it will offer MR scans, CT scans, DEXA scans, ECG, phlebotomy, … Read more
Funded by The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, the ‘state-of-the-art’ research and treatment facility will help accelerate the development of new cancer treatments, ‘offering hope for cancer patients worldwide’. Named after the Oak Foundation, which donated £25 million to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity’s £70 million Oak Cancer Centre appeal, the new facility will enable clinicians … Read more
Cylera says Omantel ‘plays a significant role in the development and digital transformation of Oman, contributing to the country’s economic growth by facilitating communication, connectivity, and digital services for businesses, individuals, retail, and government entities’. Cylera says the partnership will further its position in the Middle East, and increase its global market reach, following the … Read more
Developed specifically Trusts using the Markwik range, the sessions will be led by expert service engineers, who will share knowledge and best practice guidance for the upkeep and use of the mixers in healthcare settings. Armitage Shanks said: “Thermostatic taps like Markwik are an integral part of healthcare facilities, and feature thermostatic valves, which are … Read more
The not-for-profit organisation, which ‘works in partnership with the engineering community to inspire tomorrow’s engineers’, says that ‘despite some improvements, women are still significantly underrepresented in engineering and technology’ – making up just 16.5% of the engineering workforce, compared with 47.7% of the overall workforce. EngineeringUK says providing ‘high-quality and impactful’ STEM outreach activities for … Read more
The report, titled Engineering Skills and Needs – now and into the future, and produced by Lightcast on behalf of EngineeringUK, identifies that there were approximately 6.1 million engineering jobs (including ‘tech’ roles) across all industries in 2021, representing around 19% of all jobs in the UK. At the same time, the report finds that … Read more
