Being delivered by healthcare construction specialist, Stepnell, for Portsmouth Hospitals University (PHU) NHS Trust, the 12-month project includes the creation of a new Changing Places facility, one of three accessible toilet and changing spaces set to arrive at the hospital soon. A lecture theatre and a clothing store, The Stock Shop, will also be constructed.
The business says this is part of its ‘continued strategic expansion into emerging opportunities – delivering quality healthcare services to the local population through partnerships with NHS Trusts’. In partnership with East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) – one of England’s largest ambulance Trusts – the 2,900 m2 facility will act as a
The Electrical Technical Platform (ETP) is a group of electrical engineers working in all aspects of healthcare engineering. Currently the ETP provides representation and comment on numerous documents on behalf of IHEEM, examples of this being representation in the development and maintenance of BS 7671 along with national representation in international documentation including IEC 60364-7-710
Commissioned by The NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System, and designed by LSI Architects, the new centre will give the hospital the capacity to diagnose disease quicker – particularly cancer, and in turn reduce NHS waiting lists, which have only grown since the COVID-19 pandemic. The James Paget University Hospital is one of Norfolk’s
Underpinned by TeleTracking’s operational electronic bed management platform, the Centre will give a dedicated team of nursing professionals and bed placement specialists real-time visibility of bed status across Medway Maritime Hospital (pictured), the Trust’s Gillingham-based hospital site that serves over 424,000 people across Kent and Medway. With this real-time operational visibility, Medway expects to increase
The company explains that the complete AVCL system, including fixing and jointing tapes, achieves fire classification Class B – s1, d0 to EN 13501-1:2018. as well as zero air leakage to BS EN 1026:2016 when tested by third party independent laboratories, Warringtonfire and the British Board of Agrément respectively. Semi-transparent for ease of installation, and
CABE (The Chartered Association of Building Engineers) says its new process will enable Building Inspectors to evidence their skills, knowledge, and experience, and gain the necessary certification to allow them to apply to the BSR’s register of Building Inspectors. The Building Safety Act 2022 has made it mandatory for all building control inspectors undertaking restricted
The development is the second healthcare facility built by Caddick on behalf of United Healthcare Developments, following its recent completion of the Carlisle Healthcare South Hub. Both have achieved a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating, which Caddick says has been achieved ‘through a meticulous design and build process focused on integrated ventilation systems and a fabric first’
As of 2021-22, the NAO says 43% of the NHS estate was built pre-1985, and the maintenance backlog was £10.2 billion. Its report says that ‘seven entire hospitals are structurally unsound and in need of urgent replacement owing to the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)’, while surveys have found 41 buildings at 23
The ‘celebratory list’ highlights influential leaders across a range of industries for their positive impact on their respective industry. It recognises leaders ‘who show innovative thinking, exceptional leadership skills, and commitment to affirmative change in their daily work’. NHSPS says Dr Ghumra’s inclusion demonstrates his leadership at the organisation ‘in creating stronger corporate social responsibility
Assura CEO, Jonathan Murphy, said: “We are proud to have supported the delivery of healthcare for two decades, providing high-quality premises that serve the needs of health professionals and patients in a primary care setting. The new Prestbury Medical Centre in Wolverhampton will provide an essential new home to two re-locating GP practices, serving a
Working in partnership with Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham Hospital Foundation Trust (TRFT), colleagues at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are leading the programme to create a new, dedicated orthopaedic hub for the people of South Yorkshire at Montagu Hospital, where healthcare professionals will undertake hip and knee replacement
The company says the system will help residential high-rise buildings in the UK comply with the recently mandated BS8629:2019 code of practice requiring the use of sounders or similar devices to alert residents and other occupants of an emergency, and help guide them to safety. “When it comes to fire safety, swift and controlled evacuation
The Stepnell team was responsible for the design elements and rapid delivery of the purpose-built facility, which is intended for hospital staff to use in support of their health and wellbeing. It includes facilities such as a gym, counselling rooms, areas for complementary therapies, and for group or individual reflections after traumatic incidents. The Hub
Bouygues UK will build the centre, which is due to open in 2027. Part of the New Hospital Programme, it will ‘harness the expertise of the partners under one roof to enable closer collaborative working between clinicians and researchers’. Guests at the event included Lord Markham CBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
