RECENT NEWS

Following a successful handover by healthcare construction partner Darwin Group, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has opened the doors to its new Orthopaedic Outpatient Centre at James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth.

MJ Medical has been appointed to provide masterplanning and healthcare planning services for the ongoing redevelopment of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) on the Falkland Islands.

Starkstrom, the specialist in clinical infrastructure for hospitals and other healthcare facilities, has opened a new demonstration and training facility at its Syston headquarters in Leicestershire. Here clinicians can interact with the latest infrastructure and operating theatre technologies within a dedicated environment that showcases how these solutions can be integrated into the healthcare space.

Pilgrim Hospital in Boston in Lincolnshire has been awarded £23 million to make energy infrastructure improvements and ‘clean power upgrades’ as part of the latest round of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has selected Idox’s CAFM Explorer solution to support the effective management of its property and asset data.

Building, infrastructure, engineering, and fit-out business, Tilbury Douglas, has completed Stepping Hill Hospital’s new £34m Emergency and Urgent Care Campus in Stockport, on behalf of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

NHS Supply Chain has announced Joe Harrison CBE (pictured) as the new Chair of the NHS Advisory Board for Procurement and Supply, effective immediately, following the appointment of former long-serving Chair, Sir James Mackey, as NHS England CEO.

The recent 2025 Dementia Action Week saw the launch of a new web platform created to support people living with dementia and those who care for them.

Industrialised construction and digital manufacturing specialist, Merit, has announced announce ‘a significant milestone’ in the development of the new NHS Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC) at Seaton Delaval in Northumberland.

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) says construction work, by Logan Construction SE, is underway on the Northwood & Pinner Health Centre, which is set to open in the summer of 2026, with the project representing a significant investment of £12 million in the Hillingdon area.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, in partnership with Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority, have announced ‘a significant new stage’ in the development of the city’s Innovation Village and new hospital.

Schneider Electric say its services support 24/7 availability of critical systems in healthcare, while providing support to meet decarbonisation targets.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has officially broken ground with delivery partner, Robertson Construction North West, to replace RAAC at the Maternity and Women’s Health Unit at Royal Bolton Hospital.

The Government’s Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock, has officially opened the Midlands’ first Community Diagnostic Centre in a retail setting.

With the NHS having committed to becoming the world’s first Net Zero national health service, with ambitious targets set for 2040 across directly controlled emissions and 2045 for wider supply chain impacts, one area increasingly under the spotlight is power quality and energy management, says Christian De Knock, Healthcare Divisional manager at Power Control (pictured).

A Community Diagnostic Centre designed to reduce waiting lists and deliver more rapid treatment for patients has been created at Milford Community Hospital in Guildford in Surrey as a design and build project by MTX Contracts.

Newham Hospital has secured over £13 million in funding through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), which Barts Health NHS Trust says will support a range of energy efficiency and renewable energy generation projects.

Built environment firms shouldn’t do anything about improving the diversity of their workforces if they don’t truly believe in it, a leading construction industry diversity champion has said.

Following the announcement that the hospital will be in Wave 1 of the New Hospital Programme, a specialist design team has been appointed to deliver the vision for a new £1 bn+ Airedale General Hospital, ‘securing the future for sustainable, patient-focused healthcare in the region’.

A service-led approach to the addressing a failing warm roof system at Circle Health Group’s The Cavell Hospital, with a roof survey and moisture scan indicating that only 20% of the roof actually required full strip and replacement, has saved the private healthcare provider around £900,000 by eliminating the need for full replacement, and the associated requirement for new roof-mounted plant and equipment located in Enfield, The Cavell Hospital is a key facility for Circle Health Group.