RECENT NEWS

A £480,000 investment is set to transform the Summerfield Primary Care Centre (PCC) in Birmingham.

Perega has announced the successful completion of the Endoscopy and Diagnostic Centre at Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH).

Caddick Construction has commenced work on a new £30m purpose-built facility in Nottingham, following its appointment as principal contractor.

The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) has launched a new Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) Delivery Framework.

Morgan Sindall Construction has been appointed to deliver the new Thornbury Health Centre.

A rollout of speech recognition technology at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has saved more than 15,000 hours of staff time.

Community Health Partnerships (CHP) is investing £996,715 to remodel The Stone Castle Centre in Doncaster.

The Brocklebank Health Centre has been officially opened by the Mayor of London, bringing together a range of health services in one modern building.

Eleven long-term partnerships have been signed to deliver new hospitals across England as part of the government’s New Hospital Programme (NHP).

The Neighbourhood Health Forum has welcomed national contractor Kier as its latest member.

Synbiotix by SINGU is hosting a free webinar on Thursday 6 August on NHS England’s national standards for healthcare portering services.

NHS Property Services’ Town Planning team has announced its merger with NHS Healthy Urban Development Unit (HUDU).

Fragmented workplace technology could be costing healthcare organisations thousands of productive hours every month, new research has revealed.

Pagabo has notified the construction market that an invitation to tender for the new National Framework for Medium Works will be issued on 1 September.

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) Shropshire has become the first NHS hospital to fully utilise all viable roof and car park space for solar generation.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has received the keys to the country’s first National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC).

Arden University has launched four new apprenticeship programmes to help meet the evolving skills challenges facing the NHS and other healthcare organisations.

A remote monitoring service that forms part of Liverpool's neighbourhood health programme has reduced emergency hospital admissions by 36 per cent.

A 4G distributed antenna system (DAS) has been installed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, boosting all-operator mobile connectivity.

Simon Taylor, director of policy, strategy and capital projects at NHS Property Services, discusses the publication of NHSPS’ new guide, Maintaining the NHS Estate.