RECENT NEWS

Two of the UK’s major building services engineering organisations have agreed to work more closely ‘to ensure progress on several key initiatives’, including the push for Net Zero in the built environment, and the delivery of the Building Safety Act.

A close to £1 m fire safety system upgrade at Newham University Hospital has won fire installation specialist, M&G Fire Protection, a ‘highly accredited’ fire system installation company, the award for ‘Fire Safety Installation Company of the Year’ at the 2024 Fire & Security Matters awards.

Hedge End, Southampton-based manufacturer and supplier of commercial and industrial floorcare machines, Truvox International, has refreshed its brand, launched a new website, opened a new showroom and training centre, and is ‘making a major investment in people’.

UK nurse call solutions provider, Wandsworth Healthcare, has entered into a collaboration with DNV Imatis, a leading Scandinavian digital healthcare solutions provider, to – as it puts it – ‘help NHS Trusts enhance the digital patient journey, and deliver more efficient, patient-centred, and data-driven healthcare’.

Almost a third (29%) of NHS Trusts in England are still not measuring their carbon footprint, according to Freedom of Information (FOI) data released by Schneider Electric – the specialist in the digital transformation of energy management and automation.

Ascom has won a tender to implement its Alerts and Notification Management System (ANMS) at the new children’s hospital in Dublin as part of a five-year partnership with Children’s Health Ireland (CHI).

To bring complex interventional procedures in-house and increase patient throughput, Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert has installed the Alphenix Sky+, making it Scotland’s first hospital in to benefit from Canon Medical’s most advanced ceiling-mounted imaging system.

This week (commencing 24 June) 36 Hoare Lea employees started data apprenticeships in a drive to boost the company's efficiency and digital capabilities.

Private healthcare operator, Elanic Medical, has launched a series of open evenings aimed at introducing Glasgow’s newest hospital to the city’s healthcare community and growing awareness and support for its services.

Royal Philips, ‘a global leader in health technology’, has showcased what is said to be the first mobile virtually helium-free MRI system at the UK Imaging and Oncology (UKIO) Congress 2024 in Liverpool, marking what it says is ‘a significant step as an innovator to improving patient access to diagnostic technology whilst caring for the environment’.

Following the recent Future Buildings Standard consultation, the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) is urging a new Parliament to work with it to prioritise the widespread adoption of Class A building controls in new and existing non-domestic buildings across the UK.

The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE), a new centre for ‘healthcare technology translation’ on London’s South Bank, was recently completed, and has begun to welcome entrepreneurs, corporate partners, clinicians, and students.

Staff working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead are enjoying a new garden.

Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, has performed the official opening of the Forest of Dean Community Hospital in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

NHS patients in England are set to benefit from faster access to ‘the most innovative and cutting-edge’ medical technologies under new plans.

Dr Adrian James (pictured) has been appointed by NHS England to a new role supporting the transformation of services for people with mental health needs, autism, a learning disability, and those who are neurodiverse.

P+HS Architects has appointed Senior architect, Martha Mackinnon, as the practice’s Design lead.

North West Anglia Foundation Trust has partnered with Inhealthcare to launch a new acute virtual ward for patients to receive care safely at home.

A free-to-attend webinar being held by Honeywell in association with Health Estate Journal on 17 July will aim to make sure that healthcare estates personnel are clear on their responsibilities in ensuring fire compliance across their estate.

Following the sad news of the death of Rob Burrow, the ground-breaking has taken place at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds of the new Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).