RECENT NEWS

On the eve of this year’s Healthcare Estates conference and exhibition, Jonathan Baillie, the Editor of the IHEEM monthly magazine, Health Estate Journal, caught up in Manchester with IHEEM’s outgoing President, Alison Ryan, Deputy Healthcare Lead at Mott MacDonald, and her successor as President, Nigel Keery OBE, who in his ‘day job’ is Head of Estates Operations at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

Among the latest innovations across its healthcare offering being shown by washroom product manufacturer, Armitage Shanks, on stand E30 at this year’s Healthcare Estates, is the newest addition to its Markwik 21+ range

PPL Training, which is exhibiting on stand D1, has launched its range of newly accredited Fire Safety training courses.

“We’re thrilled to report that the first day of Healthcare Estates 2024 has been a resounding success!,” says Trovex, the specialist in integrated plumbing systems, wall cladding, and fire-rated doors.

As the day’s visitors make their way to the exit, the Delabie team is giving the products on the company’s stand (B26) a last polish, and putting away the demonstration models ready for tomorrow.

The first day of the exhibition proved to be an outstanding success, with our stand attracting significant interest from a wide range of attendees. Our theme for the event, “Technology for Life,” resonated strongly with visitors, eager to explore how our innovations are reshaping healthcare for both patients and professionals alike.

Johnston Houston, reportedly ‘one of Northern Ireland’s leading building and construction consultancies’, has been acquired by Drees & Sommer UK – a ‘worldwide, partner-managed team of over 6,000 employees across 63 offices’.

Wynne Construction has secured the enabling works at the new £15.8 m orthopaedic hub at Llandudno Hospital, with the company already progressing with stage one of the project.

Ramboll has been appointed lead consultant for the design of the new Children’s Cancer Principal Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Speaking at the Future Surgery event in London today (Tuesday 1 October), Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, warned the Government it will ‘fail to make a sufficient dent in reducing waiting times without investment in crumbling NHS infrastructure and new technology’.

Keraflo, which specialises in water management solutions for commercial and public buildings, has officially joined the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA), in a move that it says signifies its commitment to enhancing fire safety standards in the UK.

Seeking to improve its inventory control so that its ambulances were always well stocked with the required medical equipment and consumables, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation turned to Medstor.

A Blossom Room has been created at Bedford Hospital for patients to spend their final days with their loved ones on Shand Ward.

Serco, the international provider of services, has retained a contract to continue providing soft FM services that support the delivery of care for patients at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert in southern Scotland for the next seven years.

Patients, visitors, and staff at Broomfield Hospital near Chelmsford hospital are benefiting from extensive Wi-Fi connectivity improvements following significant additions and upgrades to the hospital’s Wi-Fi network.

A new surgical centre that will treat patients across Hertfordshire and west Essex, meaning quicker access to non-complex operations and procedures for patients is on course to open its doors from spring 2025 as construction work progresses.

Sodexo Ambassador, Matt Dawson MBE, recently joined Karin Smyth MP, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, and other influential figures from NHS England, at the 2024 NHS Estates and Facilities Forum.

The neurosurgery team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is introducing what it describes as ‘cutting-edge’, mixed reality technology into parts of its day-to-day work to improve training and patient care.

NHS Property Services has announced that the first phase of restoration works at the historic, grade-one listed Finsbury Health Centre in Clerkenwell has been completed.

Multidisciplinary specialist contractor, Dowds Group, in partnership with McLaren and DSSR, has successfully completed what it dubs ‘a transformative’ £30 million infrastructure upgrade at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich.