Work to refurbish the Energy Generation Centre (formerly known as the incinerator), next to the Estates building on Kirby Way, has taken two years, but the plant is now complete and operational. Director of Operational Estates and Facilities, Steve Wedgwood, said: “It is the culmination of a two-year, £9.7 million build project which has been

The opening was attended by representatives from Kier and other key figures from the local community. Kier built the facility for the North London Mental Health Partnership through the Procure Partnerships Framework, as part of the Partnership’s St Pancras Transformation Programme. Works included demolishing the existing facility on site and constructing a new four-storey building

They are launched as Pagabo is announced as one of the first framework hosts accredited by NHS England as part of a move to consolidate the number of frameworks used by the health system. The success includes the appointment of Sewell Construction and I&G to two new decarbonisation frameworks for health and the wider public

The developments mean SPARK TSL can offer NHS Trusts ‘a unique digital platform to accelerate the adoption of innovation, and deliver quantifiable improvements in operational efficiency and patient education and engagement’. Sentean, meanwhile, can access additional resources and SPARK TSL’s Wi-Fi capabilities so it can ‘scale’ in the Dutch market, where it works with around

The IWFM said: “The workplace and facilities management (WFM) profession is uniquely placed to lead on sustainability, and Net Zero plans in particular, because it is the only function that brings together the needs of the landlord, the end-user, and the supply chain. The partners share a mission to change the perception of this lynchpin

CCS centralises government procurement, ‘allowing thousands of public sector organisations to procure services quicker and easier, while saving taxpayers substantial sums of money each year’.  Over 21,000 public sector organisations are now supported through the central system – including schools, hospitals, and prisons, saving them money on purchases ranging from food to IT, and allowing

The purpose-built facility, at  Royal United Hospital, brings under one roof many of the RUH’s cancer services to provide a cancer services hub for over 500,000 people in the South West. RUH Chief Executive, Cara Charles-Barks, said: “This is a major milestone for our community. We know cancer affects many lives, and this new centre

The event began with a piper leading guests onto the roof of the brand-new three-storey National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), before key individuals were invited to cement their involvement in the programme by signing their names in concrete. The topping out also marked the completion of the building’s frame, symbolising another important milestone in the journey

The Trust, which serves 800,000 patients in North Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire, found itself with two LIMS on its formation out of the merger of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals and Hinchingbrooke Health Care in 2017. The new LIMS, plus an extension of the ICE order communications and results reporting system to Hinchingbrooke, will – it

CRASH focuses on supporting hospices and homelessness organisations with vital construction projects, and Dulux Decorator Centre has been one of its Corporate Patrons for the past 10 years, assisting with paint and specification needs. Here Dulux Decorator Centre was called upon to assist with the paint specification, and donated all the paint needed for the

Running until March 2025, the new NHS Long Term Workforce Plan drive will – NHS England says – encourage serving and retired armed forces personnel and their families to consider a career in one of the 14 allied health professions on offer in the health service. Universities across England will host a series of open

After six years of planning and a two-year construction period on the Woodlands Road hospital site, the UECC — the largest investment ever in the Trust’s history – is expected to open in the summer. IHP say it has ‘achieved a remarkable 100% in every quality check’ under the ‘Considerate Constructors’ scheme, whose inspectors recently

The Trust says this follows the public consultation held in January. The Community Diagnostic Centre is part of its plans to support quicker and more local access to diagnostic tests close to patients’ homes. It is planned that the CDC will be open from summer 2025, and that it will incorporate equipment and services including:

The University says the use of ‘next-level’ artificial intelligence means students will be able to interact with an avatar that ‘behaves like a patient’ by giving individualised answers to specific questions, rather than just being able to list symptoms. The new large language model AI also ‘drastically cuts the time it takes to create a

It has also updated two of its air hygiene training courses to ensure delivery against the new specification and improve safety standards in buildings. The courses are designed so contractors can advise their clients about ventilation cleanliness to help them meet health & safety obligations and comply with increasingly stringent legislation. The Association said that