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COVER STORY: ‘Hands-on’ element key to training facility’s success

The training centre said: “Our training offer is sufficiently adaptable and comprehensive to enable us to deliver the specialised training the healthcare sector and those working in it require. With roots going back as far as 1936, when the Home Office opened the Civilian Anti-Gas School at Eastwood Park, and formerly a specialist UK NHS

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Sep

£2.5 m pharmacy and aseptic suite completed at Weston Park Hospital

Designed, engineered, and constructed by BES, the new facilities aim to futureproof the hospital’s drug preparation capabilities on site, with an ATMP-classified environment that enables the production of regenerative medicine, personalised treatments, and the development of nanomedicines. Working collaboratively with the client as both principal designer and principal contractor, BES’s design of the project for

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Sep

‘Health and care advocate’ joins law firm

Amanda Wright-Kluger (pictured) has extensive experience of working with health and care providers across the independent and NHS markets on patient and service-user care issues, as well as governance and risk management. Based in the firm’s Birmingham office, she will support health and care clients across the country. She is a solicitor advocate and as

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Sep

WHO to hold first European conference on indoor air quality

While the face-to-face event, tilted ‘Making a Step Change in Indoor Environments for Human Health’ and taking place from 11.00 am-3.00 pm on 20 September at Hotel Schweizerhof, Bern, is oversubscribed already, it can be joined online for free by using the following registration link: https://site.genevahealthforum.com/index.php/en/2023-events/first-who-europe-indoor-air-conference This will also give online attendees access to the

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Sep

WiFi SPARK’s healthcare business rebrands

Since its parent company, Volaris, acquired Hospedia, SPARK TSL has been working to move away from its ‘patient pays’ funding model, and encouraging hospitals to make the units ‘free at the point of use’. It has also been working to develop its SPARK Media platform as an ‘app store’ for healthcare, with’ technology that improves

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Sep

Fit-out specialist announces record turnover as business grows

Its latest accounts show that turnover increased by £5 m in the financial year ending 31 December 2022, while operating profit rose to £750,000. Sales of £17.5 m have already been secured so far in 2023, with a strong order pipeline which the company says extends into 2025. Deanestor says its financial performance is now

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Sep

RAAC issue ‘part of a much bigger problem’, NHS Confederation says

“To support this further, health leaders welcomed the Government’s commitment to fully fund and accelerate building work for the hospitals most significantly affected as part of its New Hospitals Programme, as well as the wider NHS estate.  This is important, as the mitigations in place at these sites are affecting how much care can be

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Sep

EDGE reappointed to new £2 bn healthcare framework

As the leading supplier of corporate services to the NHS, the new four-year framework is divided into 11 service lots utilised by both NHS and social care organisations, along with other authorised public sector bodies. As part of the company’s reappointment, EDGE’s service provision has been expanded from its previous single-lot remit to Lots 2,

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Sep

Event ‘to raise awareness of ecological challenges’

The company explained: “The one-day free-to-attend conference, VEO23, will cover how the natural ecosystems of people, planet, and society are interconnected, and the practical solutions that can balance human progress and counter climate change.” Featuring industry experts and guest speaker presentations the event will also workshop ways to help solve the UK environmental challenges, Veolia

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Sep

Baxi appoints new head of Public Health

He joins Baxi with a wealth of experience gained from previous roles within the construction industry, most recently as Business Development director at Polypipe. Rob Erwood, Commercial Sales and Specification director at Baxi, said: “We’re delighted to welcome James as our new head of Public Health, working alongside Anne Wraith, our head of Building Services,

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Sep

Work begins in Southampton on Aseptic Pharmacy and SSD

Situated on plot 2 of the Adanac Health and Innovation Campus in Southampton, the new multi-use facility, being funded by Macquarie Asset Management on behalf of the retirement specialist, Just Group plc, will comprise an Aseptic Pharmacy and Sterile Services Department (SSD), with further flexible expansion space. The Aseptic Pharmacy will act as an MHRA-licensed

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Sep

Worthing Hospital to get new £4.5 m UTC

UTCs are an alternative to A&E for patients with minor illnesses and injuries that require urgent attention, but not life-saving specialist care, from hospital consultants and nurses. Located within an expanded Emergency Department, the GP-led UTC will provide a larger waiting area, new courtyard extension, and 10 UTC consultation rooms and supporting facilities. The investment

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Aug

Assura completes ‘state-of-the art ‘day case hospital in Kettering

Glendon Wood Hospital, funded by Assura, opened its doors on 1 August, and includes two operating theatres, an endoscopy unit, and outpatient consulting rooms ,alongside a radiology department including digital mammography, static CT, and MRI, X-ray, and ultrasound. The announcement came after the Government outlined its intention to leverage the use of independent sector-led community

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Aug

BESA welcomes first British Standard for indoor air quality

The new Standard includes an evaluation and rating system for air quality, lighting, thermal comfort, and acoustics. BESA explains that the evaluation will ‘give building managers a benchmark score to help them identify areas of below par performance so they can plan improvements and include IEQ measures in any retrofit and renovation work to improve

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Aug

‘Largest ever investment in global AMR surveillance’ announced

The DHSC says this is the largest ever investment in global AMR surveillance by any country, and sees the launch of the second phase of the Fleming Fund’s fight against AMR The announcement comes as the Secretary of State travels to India for his first G20 Health Ministers’ meeting. ‘State-of-the-art laboratories, cutting-edge disease surveillance systems,

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Aug
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