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Rockwool plans to build ’state-of-the-art’ manufacturing facility north-east of Birmingham

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

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Nov

Princess Royal officially opens West Cumberland Hospital’s new £40 m OT facilities

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

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Nov

New ward at Gainsborough hospital will support community healthcare needs

Designed to support Lincolnshire’s community healthcare network, Scotter Ward will officially welcome patients in the coming weeks.  The new ground floor facility incorporates 17 beds – including three new four-bedded bedrooms and five single bedrooms. The renovated space also features a dedicated palliative care suite and four stroke pathway beds, and specialised design features to

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Nov

Abloy UK welcomes new Healthcare Business Development manager

With an extensive background within the pharmaceutical industry, he will lead the business development of digital access solutions within both private and public healthcare settings. He will also focus on new client prospecting while supporting existing customers, ensuring that they receive expert advice on tailored solutions that enhance operational efficiency and security. His responsibilities include

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Nov

Sequential PBV mixer’s ‘cleverly engineered sleeve and shuttle’

“While thermostatic mixing valve taps remain the gold standard for maintaining a consistent outlet temperature in critical care areas, HTM 04-01 does permit the use of manual valves, including pressure balancing valve (PBV) taps, in appropriately risk-assessed healthcare settings,” the company explained. The HTM’s aim is to cut the cost of initial installation and commissioning,

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Nov

MTX wins contract for Clacton Hospital’s new UTC

MTX says the project is ‘the latest phase in a multi-million pound upgrade to ensure patients using the hospital receive high quality healthcare in state-of-the-art surroundings, with an improved experience in terms both of both physical access to healthcare and the clinical environment’. Work has now started on demolishing parts of the existing Urgent Treatment

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Nov

Power Electrics now ‘proudly employee-owned’

Effective immediately, Power Electrics will be fully owned by its employees through the EOT structure, in a move that it says positions it ‘for continued success and growth while safeguarding its core values, brand reputation and culture’. The company adds that the move to employee ownership ensures that its ‘most valuable asset – its people

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Nov

Free webinar: How legislative and design changes are impacting standby power solutions

Starting at 11.00 am, and free to attend, the webinar will also consider – as WB Power Services puts it –  ‘how product standards and installation guidelines are regularly reviewed but don’t necessarily keep up with the speed of change so this webinar’. Geoff Halliday will also cover ‘the effect these changes are having in

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Nov

Engineers are ‘solving the wrong problems’, CIBSE President warns in inaugural address

During the podcast she challenged the engineering community to lift their ‘eyes to the horizon’ and take more account of social needs, biodiversity, and embodied carbon. She said: “As the electrical grid begins to decarbonise, energy efficiency is becoming less important,” she told the podcast. “We’ve been working in a changing context for a long time,

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Nov

COVER STORY: Anti-tamper solution prevents unauthorised POU filter removal

Here patients and staff may be exposed directly to microorganisms such as Legionella pneumophila and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), while other bacteria able to survive in the environment, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can also cross-contaminate surrounding surfaces, such as on medical devices, medicines, and equipment. T-safe MD, Stephen McCreanor, said: “This can be of concern to

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Nov

Robots at new ‘super hospital’ offer ‘blueprint for NHS savings’

Nottingham-based Aerocom (UK) has supplied automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick, and is claiming that they are ‘giving hours of patient care’ back to the NHS. The AGVs are being used to carry heavy loads quickly from the hospital warehouse to the ward hubs on each floor. Tom Hughes,

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Nov

Morgan Sindall completes new CDC in coastal Sussex town

The facility, which initially opened in October 2023, will now be able to deliver a wider range of vital healthcare services in the heart of the local community. Procured via SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading procurement specialists, on behalf of the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, the work involved the strip-out and demolition

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Nov

Reimagining’ the whole X-ray experience at the ‘Alex’

This included ‘transforming’ the hospital’s fluoroscopy suite into what Canon Medical dubs  ‘a welcoming, comfortable, and even fun place for children’, while delivering the most advanced diagnostic imaging service via the new Ultimax-i X-ray system. Operated by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, and located within the grounds of Brighton’s Royal Sussex County Hospital, Royal

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Nov

Information Commissioner warns of data breaches’ ‘devastating effects’

Figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office show that nearly 30 million people in the UK have experienced a data breach. In total, 55% of UK adults reported having had their data lost or stolen, with 30% of them experiencing emotional distress as a result, yet a quarter said they received no support from the organisations

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Nov

Howard de Walden Estate invests £52m in new ‘HealthTech’ development on London’s Portland Place

Hale House will be delivered in partnership with Spacemade, said to be the UK’s fastest growing flexible workspace operator, and will initially comprise three buildings, with a total of 38,000 ft2. HdWE says its aim is for Portland Place to emerge ‘as a leading London location for HealthTech start-ups, investors, and venture capital firms’, with

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Nov
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