A new UK National Foreword has been published alongside the revised version of the extended application (EXAP) standard, EN 15269-2, following concerns raised within the industry about potentially unsafe design practices previously permitted under the standard. Assa Abloy Door Group says industry testing revealed that the addition of a threshold to a steel fire doorset

Aviva Capital Partners (‘ACP’) and Socius have submitted a planning application to Sutton Council for the development of the London Cancer Hub, which they say ‘is set to become the world’s leading district for cancer research and treatment’. Situated within Europe’s leading cancer treatment centre, the proposed 12-acre site in Belmont sits adjacent to The

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust says the new facility, under construction by Morgan Sindall, will allow patients to access essential diagnostic services such as CT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds, heart scans, lung checks, blood tests, and X-rays, ‘at a time and place convenient for them, seven days a week’, with an extra 75,000 appointments

The NHS Confederation is urging the government to use the upcoming Spending Review to continue to increase investment in capital funding for estates, equipment, and technology across the NHS. The Confederation said: “The government has committed to developing a neighbourhood healthcare service, with local neighbourhood hubs which bring primary, community, and other services under one

Jacob Andresen, who leads Defra’s F-Gas policy team, told a briefing event hosted by ‘the UK’s primary F-Gas register’, REFCOM, the government was ‘still listening to the industry’, and looking for ideas to help it meet increasingly demanding safety and environmental targets, including potentially speeding up the removal of HFC gases from the market. He explained

A new survey by UNISON has revealed that rats, cockroaches, silverfish. and other pests, ‘are a regular hazard in NHS buildings’, and that around one in six hospital staff have seen vermin inside their buildings in the past year. The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) says that without professional access to glue boards as a

The Bolton NHS Foundation Trust says the Department will remain open ‘24 hours a day, 7 days a week’ throughout the building work. In all, £1.74 m in funding will be used to reconfigure the Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre to help meet national targets for the four-hour quality standard and ambulance handovers. The

The suite is equipped with the Philips Azurion 7 guided therapy system, which the multinational says has replaced ‘outdated equipment that was frequently breaking down and causing issues for staff’. Philips said: “With the new technology in place, clinicians can now perform a full range of routine and complex interventional procedures with ease and confidence.

The new UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment contextualised for Higher-Risk Buildings (UK-SPEC HRB) has been developed by the Engineering Council in response to recommendations in Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review of building regulations and fire safety, Building a Safer Future, commissioned by the UK government in the aftermath of 2017’s  Grenfell Tower

The medical technology specialist explained that the Mayor’s visit ‘marked a milestone not only for the region’s economy, but also for the UK’s healthtech sector’, with the company chosen as the launch site – it says –  in recognition of its ‘trailblazing work in ‘smart’ operating theatre technology, and its ‘deep roots in the local

The non-combustible insulation manufacturer submitted a Section 73 application to Birmingham City Council requesting permission to vary some of the details in the current planning permission for the Peddimore site, north-east of Birmingham. Now, with approval secured, it plans submitting a more detailed Reserved Matters application later in 2025 or early 2026, providing specifics on

Following the completion of the foundation works, all 20 building modules, each weighing over 20 tonnes, have been installed on site. The modules were constructed off site at ModuleCo’s Gloucestershire manufacturing campus, and delivered at 90% completion. Internal fit-out work are now under way, with the project on track for completion and handover this June.

The measures are part of a range of recommendations accepted by the government under the Agenda for Change contract – which covers over a million frontline NHS workers – following the agreement of the 2023 pay deal. The Department of Health and Social Care says violence against healthcare workers ‘has become a critical issue’, with

Developer, Prime plc, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS), Willmott Dixon, Macquarie Group, and IHSS, say the ‘milestone’ emphasises the growing impact of public-private collaboration in the healthcare sector. Located within the campus’s Plot 2, the new facility houses ‘a highly specialised’ aseptic pharmacy and Sterile Services Department. It will also produce sterile medicines

The award-winning Trust employs over 3,000 people, and provides acute, elective, specialist. and community care for a population of over 200,000 across Yorkshire and East Lancashire. Gleeds will be responsible for delivering a new ‘state-of-the-art’ facility and associated amenities that it says will meet evolving patient needs under the government’s New Hospital Programme (NHP). The