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‘Inefficient’ technology hampering surgical efficiency, study finds
A survey of 300 UK surgeons by global healthcare technology company, Medtronic, has found that each surgeon loses an average of four hours a week due to inefficient technology – equal to more than an entire working month each year.
Work starts on new main entrance at Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital
Construction of the new main entrance at Queen Alexandra (QA) Hospital in Portsmouth – which will include changing facilities and a Marks & Spencer food store among new patient and staff amenities – is now underway.
£11 m ambulance hub being built in Bury St Edmunds
Assura plc, reportedly the UK private sector’s largest primary care property investor and developer, has moved on site with the development of a £11 million Ambulance Hub in Bury St Edmunds.
Plans for James Paget diagnostic centre takes further step forward
Plans for a new Diagnostic Centre at the James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) in Great Yarmouth (see visualisation) have taken a further step forward following ‘a significant investment’ from the Department of Health and Social Care.
Medway Trust gets real-time electronic bed management and patient flow system
Medway NHS Foundation Trust has signed a long-term contract with TeleTracking UK to deliver the Trust’s new Care Co-ordination Centre, ‘a centralised, holistic approach for bed management and patient flow’.
CABE ‘delivering the future of building control’ with new regulator
CABE’s Building Inspector Competence Assessment Scheme has been approved as an independent provider scheme by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Caddick completes North West’s new £6 m ‘sustainable’ health centre
Caddick Construction has completed construction of Milnrow & Newhey Medical Centre in Rochdale, which is set to be United Healthcare Developments’ ‘most sustainable’ healthcare facility, and will bring improved services to patients in Greater Manchester.
NAO report highlights delays and need for ‘greater transparency’ on New Hospital Programme
The Government's New Hospital Programme (NHP) has experienced delays, and is expected to deliver 32 of the intended target of 40 new hospitals by 2030, according to a new National Audit Office report (NAO).
‘Ethical and sustainable construction expert’ recognised in ‘top leaders’ list
NHS Property Services’ director of Responsible Business, Dr Shamir Ghumra, has been named in the Top 50 Workplace Leaders List in recognition of his influence and impact in the industry.
New Prestbury Medical Centre is Assura Group’s 100th project
Assura Group has completed its 100th development at Prestbury in Wolverhampton. Work on Prestbury Medical Centre in Wolverhampton commenced in May 2022, and was completed on 29 June this year, with the new £6 m facility set to bring together two local surgeries with more than 14,500 patients, re-locating from premises that were not fit for purpose.
Elective treatment centre in Mexborough to open early next year
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) will commence construction of an elective orthopaedic centre at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough in mid-July, following investment of almost £15 million from NHS England (NHSE).
Fire alert system designed with high-rise structures in mind
Johnson Controls says its new FireClass FC-EAS Evacuation Alert System is designed to provide fire and rescue service personnel with a simple, intuitive way to initiate an evacuation alert signal within high-rise structures.
‘One-of-its-kind’ staff health and wellbeing Hub opens
A ‘one-of-its-kind’ £2 m charity-funded Health and Wellbeing Hub for staff at Chesterfield Royal Hospital (CRH) NHS Foundation Hospital has now been completed by construction partner Stepnell, and has opened as part of the NHS’s 75th anniversary celebrations.
Event marks start of construction of new eye care and research centre
A ‘breaking ground’ celebration has been held to mark the start of construction to build Oriel, a new eye care, research and education centre in Camden, to be the new home to Oriel partners: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Moorfields Eye Charity.
Net Zero objectives strengthened in the UK via 're-brand'
Technical and energy solutions provider, Imtech, has announced the ‘re-branding’ of the majority of its UK operations to Dalkia, explaining that the move ‘reflects the commitment’ of parent companies, EDF UK and Dalkia, to the strategic growth of the business in the UK, and ‘reinforces their international growth ambitions’.
Welsh Health Minister opens surgical centre at Neath Port Talbot Hospital
Eluned Morgan, the Minister for Health and Social Services in Wales, has officially opened the Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, part of Swansea Bay University Health Board.
Net Zero Neonatal Unit Challenge winner announced
The New Hospital Programme is partnering with social enterprise, Class of Your Own, creators of the award-winning ‘Design Engineer Construct! learning programme’, ‘to inspire the next generation of healthcare designers, engineers, and construction professionals’.
DuPont works to increase recycling of uncontaminated PPE
With disposable PPE generally more complex to recycle than other textiles, and thus a substantial source of waste, DuPont has worked with a leading plastic recycler in Germany to recycle used uncontaminated DuPont Tyvek garments.
Fast-track build for Yeovil hospital’s new general surgery theatre
Specialist in the field, MTX, says Modern Methods of Construction have enabled it to achieve faster and more efficient completion of a new general surgery operating theatre at Yeovil District Hospital.
NHSPS marks decade ‘supporting NHS customers and communities’ alongside service’s 75th anniversary
NHS Property Services (NHSPS), which employs over 5,000 frontline staff, is celebrating 10 years of serving patients, customers, and local communities, ‘with facilities management, property expertise, and transformation of the NHS estate’ across England.
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