The project will entail refurbishing one of the unoccupied areas of the site, retrofitting it, and adding two extensions, to create a modern healthcare building to house state-of-the-art technology. Once open, the CDC will offer MRI and CT scanning, X-rays, and various tests, saving local people a journey into the city to a large hospital.

The webinar, titled ‘Critical Ventilation Validation & Sustainability Strategy. Considerations for Construction, Handover & Clinical Use’, will be presented by Howorth Service & Aftersales Technical manager, Mike Dunne (pictured), and among the topics covered will be: Ventilation system design and commissioning for validation in accordance with HTM 03-01 Part A and BSRIA BG49:2015; Air-handling units

The security specialist said: “The user-friendly system is convenient for storing medication in hospitals, and a secure way for patients to store possessions without the need of physical keys.” In one NHS Trust alone, Abloy UK says, it was revealed that more than £273,000 was paid to patients and their families as compensation for lost

The Engineering Council and the USA’s National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) held a roundtable hosted by the Department for Business and Trade. The Engineering Council was represented by Prof John Chudley (Chairman – pictured), Paul Bailey (CEO), Katy Turff (Deputy CEO and Head of Policy & Standards), and Dr Dave Clark

Around £1 million has been awarded to these Trusts as part of NHS England’s Wireless Trials programme, which seeks ‘to make the most of cutting-edge wireless technologies to provide the best care and experiences for patients, while freeing up more staff time to spend with their patients’. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust will trial combining

A Kitten Scanner is being used at Grantham and District Hospital to help children understand how an MRI scanner works, what it feels like to have a scan, and how the results can help them in their recovery. In the first few months, the ‘mini-scanner’ has enabled dozens of children to have their scan without

Demolition work started on 12 February to make way for three new operating theatres and a surgical procedure room at St Albans City Hospital, all due to open their doors this winter. Patients from across Hertfordshire and west Essex awaiting non-complex orthopaedic surgery, spinal injections, or ear, nose and throat (ENT) procedures will be invited

John Kinstrie, Energy Solutions director at DTGen, said: “TEDOM is one of the top businesses in the cogeneration sector, and we’re pleased to have forged this official partnership that further strengthens our energy solutions business by supporting our aim to reduce the cost of energy for customers, and their impact on the environment.” TEDOM has

Its participation in the programme will be focused on its infection diagnostic test, which it says can be used ‘at an early stage to rule out the presence of infection and enable clinicians to delay or eliminate antibiotic use’. Presymptom’s technology was developed via the application of machine learning and AI analytics to derive insights

Beccy Baird, Deborah Fenney, Danielle Jefferies, and Dr Andy Brooks, say England’s health and care system in must be ‘radically refocused’ to put primary and community care at its core to be effective and sustainable – with a ‘need for clear vision, with funding, staff and political energy directed at general practice, pharmacy, community services,

Nottingham-based Aerocom (UK), which has entered a five-year deal with Sweden’s MAUS to exclusively supply the Advanced Pro Stixx in the UK, says this includes lithium-ion battery fires, ‘a growing concern with the increase in electric vehicles’. There are three sizes – the smallest ‘the size of a two-fingered Kit-Kat’. Fires ignited from an electrical

The Trust says that since the centre opened in October last year, nearly 4,000 patients across Sussex have been seen, tested, and treated for urology conditions – ‘from life-threatening cancers, to benign diseases’, more quickly, and in fewer hospital visits. The centre can accommodate around 50 to 70 patients a day, some of whom attend

The Association says it is concerned that firms do not realise the Act has already altered the regulations that apply to all construction work, and not just higher risk/high rise residential buildings (HRBs – classified as being over 18 metres in height or consisting of seven storeys, containing at least two residential units, and/or is

The first of its kind to be operational in Scotland, it provides hospital users with access to 12 charge points boosted by renewable energy. With a fleet of EVs already in operation at the hospital, Papilio3 will support destination and workplace EV charging, while addressing the growing demand for accessible and convenient charging in an

The 16-bed facility is based at the Whitehouse Health Centre (pictured), and opened to patients  last December, ahead of an official opening 29 January this year. The Whitehouse Dialysis Unit, run by Oxford Kidney Unit, is in addition to the Renal Unit located at Milton Keynes University Hospital. Before the new renal dialysis unit opened,