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EDGE reappointed to new £2 bn healthcare framework

Leading multidisciplinary property and construction consultancy, EDGE, has been reappointed to the NHS Shared Business Services’ (SBS) new £2 billion Healthcare Planning, Construction Consultancy and Ancillary Services Framework.

Event ‘to raise awareness of ecological challenges’

On 12 September the sustainable resource management company, Veolia, is hosting a new event at the Center Parcs Venue in Woburn Forest, ‘to raise awareness of ecological challenges such as decarbonisation, depollution, and the optimisation of the earth's resources’.

Baxi appoints new head of Public Health

Baxi has appointed James Matthews as its new head of Public Health to lead its technical specification and sales team in supplying ‘energy-efficient, low-carbon’ hot water solutions involving Heatrae Sadia and Andrews Water Heaters products.

Work begins in Southampton on Aseptic Pharmacy and SSD

Willmott Dixon has begun work on two specialist facilities developed by Prime plc in partnership with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS).

Worthing Hospital to get new £4.5 m UTC

A new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) is to be built at Worthing Hospital in a £4.5 million in a development that will improve patient care and staff experience.

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

Assura has completed a newly built ‘state-of-the-art ‘day case hospital which includes new diagnostic services to support increased local patient demand in Glendon, Kettering.

BESA welcomes first British Standard for indoor air quality

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has praised the creation of the first British Standard for health and wellbeing in buildings – BS40102 (Part one), which gives recommendations for measuring, monitoring, and reporting, indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in all types of non-domestic buildings.

‘Largest ever investment in global AMR surveillance’ announced

The Department of Health & Social Care has announced it is making available £210 million in funding to partner with countries across Asia and Africa to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and reduce the threat posed to the UK.

Vision panels find favour for new Hillingdon Hospital temporary building

A new bespoke multi-storey modular ward building needed to support the longer-term development of Greater London’s Hillington Hospital features Vistamatic vision panels as an observation and privacy solution.

MTX’s complex delivery of 32 bed short-stay ward at Northwick Park

A new £20 m 32-bed short-stay ward for Northwick Park Hospital London is being created above the existing A&E Department by Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, in one of the most complex build programmes the company has ever undertaken.

Brighton’s new trauma centre offers ‘once-in-a-generation’ improvement for staff

A new, ‘state-of-the-art’ building at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton has welcomed patients for the first time.

Rye community hospital becomes UK’s first to achieve carbon neutrality

Rye, Winchelsea & District Memorial Hospital says it has become the UK’s first community hospital to achieve carbon neutrality.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital expansion plans approved

Plans for a BDP-designed expansion and upgrade to Birmingham Children’s Hospital have been approved by Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee.

Removing the MGPS compliance risk from consultants and customers

BeaconMedaes say its new ‘DesignSafeCover ‘(DSC) – developed following ‘an explosion in MGPS demand during the pandemic’, is ‘a guarantee that removes the compliance risk from consultants and customers’.

Independent health and social care charity’s new CEO joins ‘at a critical time’

Sarah Woolnough, currently Chief Executive of Asthma + Lung UK, has been appointed as the new CEO of The King’s Fund, succeeding Richard Murray, who will step down in November.

Canvey Island health centre re-opens after major X-ray renovation

Canvey Island Primary Care Centre, owned by Community Health Partnerships, has been renovated and re-opened, and will provide outpatient care, phlebotomy, and X-ray services to the local community.

Parliamentary Under Secretary opens new wards at Leighton Hospital

A new two-ward building built by specialist offsite healthcare construction firm, Darwin, at Leighton Hospital in Crewe has been officially opened by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Markham CBE.

Pick Everard appointed to new Shared Business Services Framework

Extending its ‘delivery of pan-public sector services’, multidisciplinary consultancy, Pick Everard, has been appointed to the NHS Shared Business Services new £1.6bn framework agreement.

A ‘Blueprint for change’ in Plymouth’s health services

The PSC (The Public Service Consultants) and the Plymouth Local Care Partnership have co- developed what they describe as an innovative ‘Blueprint’ approach to designing healthcare estates that ‘effectively meets population needs and enables seamless integration of care’.

NHS SBS launches £1.6 bn Construction Consultancy Framework Agreement

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has unveiled the ‘third generation’ of its Construction Consultancy framework agreement, ‘Healthcare Planning, Construction Consultancy & Ancillary Services (HPCCAS)’, with an offering that it says can speed up hospital builds.

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