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Quintain says GP ‘super surgery’ will open at Wembley Park
Quintain, the award-winning developer behind Wembley Park, which is ‘transforming long-neglected space around the National Stadium into a vibrant new district of London’, has announced news of a new GP ‘super surgery’ to open at the new district’s heart.
OCS announces first ‘bolt-on’ acquisition under the ownership of CD&R
In what it describes as ‘a strategic acquisition and a significant milestone’ for the business, OCS, the global facilities service provider, has acquired Accuro, ‘a UK provider of business-critical facilities management services to the education and healthcare sectors’.
Green Plans: progress and pitfalls examined
As the time comes for many NHS Trusts to update their Green Plans, in line with the NHS’s concerted drive towards a Net Zero carbon service, how many are on track to deliver their stated objectives?
Seasoned professional’s new role
Rod Foot, who has extensive sales, product management, and business development experience in the security, healthcare, and fire and critical protection sectors, has joined Call Systems Technology (‘CST’).
Enigma’s solution to record waiting lists
Enigma Medical Solutions says it new ‘state-of-the-art’ general anaesthetic mobile surgical unit – named after the River Caldew in Cumbria, where the company’s co-founders have run a community-based surgical service for the last decade – is ready to address the current urgent need for additional surgical capacity.
Kohler unveils latest plans for Irish market
Kohler Uninterruptible Power (KUP) has unveiled its plans for the Irish market as part of its ongoing corporate growth at a customer event at its new site at Baldonnell Business Park in Dublin.
Planners’ go-ahead for Dorset County Hospital development
Plans to develop the Dorset County Hospital (DCH) site in Dorchester – including building a brand-new Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit – have been approved by Dorset Council.
Isle of Wight Trust’s new telephony solution
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has partnered with Cinos to provide and manage its new telephony and Unified Communications (UC) solution.
Brace of awards for BeaconMedaes UK in Manchester
BeaconMedaes UK came out top in two categories at this year’s IHEEM Healthcare Estates Awards in Manchester.
Archus’s continuing role in NHS estates guidance
Healthcare infrastructure specialist, Archus, has been re-appointed as the lead supplier to NHS England for the delivery of the next phase of the NHS Estates Technical Standards and Guidance Programme.
Trauma ward improvements at Tooting hospital
Patients and staff on the major trauma ward at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south London, are now benefitting from more efficient facilities following a refurbishment project by multi-disciplinary consultancy, Pick Everard.
The Holdsworth Ward has undergone operational and spatial improvements, including upgraded sanitary facilities, bedhead services, and infrastructure elements. Pick Everard completed full RIBA Stage 1-6 delivery covering architecture, structural engineering, design management, health and safety services (CDM), and clerk of works.
Robot in Wimpole Street to power ‘pioneer’ pharmacy expansion
Pharmacierge, a leading e-Prescription medtech business for private clinicians, has announced a ‘substantial’ expansion in London’s Wimpole Street, set to create central London’s largest robotically-enabled dispensary.
North Manchester multi-storey car park project completed
Morgan Sindall Construction has completed a new 964-space multi-storey car Park (MSCP) at North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH), delivering £36.5m of enabling works ahead of the wider rebuilding of the estate, including temporary car parking, asbestos removal, demolition, and the new-build MSCP and Cycle Hub.
'State-of-the-art’ endoscopy unit combined offsite construction and collaborative working
Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, says the new £12.5 m endoscopy unit built by it for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust (QEH) ‘is being recognised as an outstanding example of combining offsite design and advanced construction techniques with collaborative working’.
Clients apparently more focused on Net Zero than building safety
Construction clients are more focused on meeting their Net Zero goals than complying with the Building Safety Act, a new study carried out on behalf of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) suggests.
Sheffield’s new Canon Medical Arena ‘to help tackle health inequality’ in the region
The doors to what is reportedly the UK’s first carbon-neutral built community arena with a multi-purpose sports facility and integrated Medical Diagnostic Centre have opened this week in Sheffield.
Former supermarket becomes Edinburgh private hospital
A ‘state-of-the-art’ independent private hospital specialising in cosmetic and plastic surgery has been completed at Granton on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
ABB equipment protects critical work at biomedical research institute
Scientists at Europe’s largest biomedical research facility, the Sir Francis Crick Institute, are protecting sensitive laboratory equipment with ABB technology.
CIAT chillers and heat pumps for James Paget’s new modular ward
CIAT chillers and heat pumps have been installed at James Paget University Hospital’s new £15 million modular ward in Norfolk, a facility that James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says ‘will help shape construction of future NHS hospitals in the UK’.
Bringing essential services closer to the community in Sussex
Morgan Sindall Construction’s Southern Home Counties business has celebrated completion on its development work at Shoreham’s Southlands Hospital for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UH Sussex).
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