Progress in adapting to climate change: 2023: Report to Parliament includes ‘a new appraisal of the outcomes needed to build climate resilience across the economy – and the extent of policies and delivery to meet them’. In addition to ‘a lack of credible planning’ for climate change – where the CCC says ‘nearly all required … Read more

The directive is part of the Home Office’s Outcome Delivery Plan, which aims to reduce the vulnerability to terrorist or other attacks of targets deemed key national infrastructure. Should there be an incident of a more serious nature, either locally, or in the hospital itself, the Home Office directive states that all NHS hospitals need … Read more

The guide for car park owners, operators, and managers, considers the challenges as these structures age and asphalt deteriorates, and includes a handy list of  ‘Asphalt failures you cannot ignore’, ‘providing a visual reference for action’.  Also explored are ‘the four key choices faced to maintain the structural integrity, waterproofing, and protection of these hard-working … Read more

The new contract starts this October, and is worth over £240 million. Sodexo’s 1,900 staff will continue to deliver services at Wythenshawe Hospital, as well as at the Trust’s Oxford Road Campus, which includes Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, the University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Manchester Royal Infirmary, the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, and Saint Mary’s Hospital … Read more

Anaesthetic gases globally are responsible for an estimated 3.1 m tonnes of CO2e emissions every year. The full study, published in in the Association’s journal, Anaesthesia,  concluded that SageTech’s SID-Dock capture system (see photo) has a high baseline efficiency of 94.8% when used in a clinical setting without the variability of a patient being present. It … Read more

The company is already nearing completion of two operating theatres at the hospital which are due to be in service later this year, to help minimise the surgical backlog there following the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the new contract, MTX will create a second-storey extension to the current single-storey development, adding a further two theatres to … Read more

Scotland’s third largest health authority, NHS Lanarkshire serves one of the country’s largest elderly populations. Multitone initially installed a critical messaging system when the hospital opened at the start of the millennium, subsequently upgraded the original system  to its new i-Message software platform in 2015, when the hospital needed to undertake further work to integrate … Read more

Following a competitive tender process, 16 specialist firms – 56% of them  SMEs, have secured a place on the framework, which covers painting, decorating, and repair works for the public sector to access – including housing associations, local authorities, NHS Trusts, blue light organisations, and education providers. The framework offers services including internal, external, and … Read more

It said: “Infections caused by common bacteria like Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter spp show high and increasing levels (above 50%) of resistance to treatment. Over 20% of E.coli isolates were found to be resistant to both first-line drugs and second-line treatments.” The company continued: “With the emergence of advanced on-site wastewater treatment, hospitals can now … Read more

Plans were approved by Cardiff Council’s Planning Committee on 16 March 2023.  The proposals for what ACORN and Kajima says is ‘the UK’s greenest hospital’ are for ‘a highly sustainable, elegant new cancer centre for patients, staff, and the local community’. White Arkitekter said: “The design will be integrated into a natural setting, respecting the … Read more

Operated by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the now 50-year-old Leighton Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment, and Tremco was called in to install a number of its flooring products for the periodic refurbishment of one of the hospital’s buildings. Due to the building’s change of use, a complete new flooring system was … Read more

Authored in collaboration with Mott MacDonald, the best practice document has been revised to reflect environmental legislation and regulation, and innovation within the sector, and align to the NHS’s commitment to Net Zero. The HTM will apply to all healthcare organisations in England, and reflects key principles in sustainable healthcare waste management – specifically that … Read more

Researchers at the University of Nottingham, University of Bristol, and University of Birmingham, have received a £2.6 m Wellcome Discovery Grant for the ‘Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare (EPIC)’ project, which will use philosophical expertise to explore forms of ‘silencing’. The researchers said: “Patients regularly report that their testimonies and perspectives are ignored, dismissed, or explained … Read more

The news follows the signing by Gibraltar Health Authority and health technology specialist, Royal Philips, of a long-term strategic partnership which the two organisations say continues their long-standing relationship, and ‘mark ambitions to advance radiology and cardiology patient care’. As part of the agreement, the building of a new interventional cardiac suite (cath lab)  at … Read more

Building work at Carlisle Healthcare South Hub began in 2021, and has seen the creation of a BREEAM Outstanding development, with a large proportion of the building’s power supplied by renewable energy through rooftop photovoltaic panels. ‘Determined to address the energy-intensive needs of primary care facilities’, United Healthcare Developments says it ‘brought forward designs for … Read more