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EXCLUSIVE: The UK Procurement Act – an understated opportunity for NHS delivery

Chris Robinson, Associate Director of Contract Services, and Fleur Summers, Senior Consultant of Contract Services at Turner and Townsend, look at the opportunities for change the ACT can bring and the impact it may have on NHS delivery

Putting patients in the driving seat: patient-led booking

Ahead of his talk at Rewired 2025, Andy Haywood, Group Chief Digital Officer at NHS Humber Health Partnership, share insights into a transformative approach to patient care

Radiology at breaking point: Global survey of radiologists reveals critical challenges facing the profession

In one of the largest global surveys of radiologists from across 50 countries, new research from Everlight Radiology highlights critical challenges facing the field of radiology

How do you decarbonise NHS hospitals with smart building controls?

How do smart building controls enable carbon reductions and improved patient comfort and care across the NHS? Kas Mohammed, VP of Digital Energy at Schneider Electric UK & Ireland discusses

The intruder within - why humans are the weakest link in your CNI security chain

Richard Hilson, Head of Sales at Parking Facilities, examines the pitfalls in relying on human intervention in critical national infrastructure (CNI) settings, and the future of biometrics to keep assets, information, and personnel safe

NHS "corridor care": Why is it called a TES and how do we stop it?

'Corridor care', or a temporary escalation spaces (TES), is a term used to describe care done in unconventional spaces when appropriate space is not available. But aside from funnelling funding into the situation, what can be done?

The PSTN switch off: it’s not just about phones

Director and Co-Founder of Crystaline, Kristian Torode, advises how facility and building managers can prepare for the Public Switched Telephone Network switch-off to ensure all digital devices stay connected

Smart building controls enable carbon reductions and improved patient comfort and care across the NHS

Kas Mohammed, VP Digital Energy, Schneider Electric UK and Ireland, discusses how NHS trusts and large NHS estates can use data and smart monitoring tools to improve building performance and cut emissions, without disrupting patient care

2025 health tech predictions: Experts' outlook on Labour's first year steering the NHS

Experts from across the health tech spectrum have given their predictions of what 2025 will hold, from AI to interoperability, from cyber security to procurement

How real estate consultants support health service managers to meet challenges

Demanding requirements for clinical environments and squeezed budgets across the NHS are two of the key challenges for real estate professionals working in the health sector in the experience of property and construction specialists Watts Group

Revolutionising elder care through intelligent innovation

Roeland Pelgrims, Co-Founder and CEO of Nobi, discusses how technology can be used in healthcare to aid the aging population

Will AI be the answer to rescuing health and social care from admin burnout?

Dr Jonathan Shaw, former surgeon, emergency physician, and Clinical Director at System C, discusses how AI can help healthcare professionals with admin burnout

How the colour of flooring affects people in a healthcare setting

Dr Axel Buether, one of the world’s leading colour experts and pioneer of modern evidence-based colour psychology, has collaborated with Bona to develop a new colour collection

Why more nurses will not fix the NHS’ problems

NHS waiting lists hit a record 7.5m as of April 2024 and burnout levels for healthcare professionals are steadily rising. Connie Moser, CEO of workforce solutions company Navenio, discusses why the longstanding approach of simply hiring more staff is no longer viable

What is a Legionella "written scheme of control"?

Andy Clews, Senior Consultant and Authorising Engineer (Water), Water Hygiene Centre, walks us through what the Legionella written scheme of control document is and why it exists

Exclusive: Dowds' £30m Queen Elizabeth Hospital live project

Dowds Group exclusively shared with Building Better Healthcare the methods used in the most extensive, site-wide infrastructure upgrade ever undertaken for a fully operational NHS hospital in the UK

BBH health tech round-up: November projects

Building Better Healthcare has rounded up who has been chosen by the NHS for technology projects in November

The risk of messaging apps in healthcare: BlackBerry discusses data privacy with secure communications

As threats against critical infrastructure increase, how can NHS Trusts take control of their data privacy ‘Wild West’ amid NHS App security concerns? Paul Webber, Senior Product Management Director at BlackBerry discusses

A vision for AI-enabled healthcare: Turning scribbled notes into usable data

Ahead of his upcoming presentation at Digital Health Rewired 2025, Dr Joe Zhang shares his insights on how language AI and robust data infrastructure could transform the NHS, addressing the challenges of unstructured data and the critical need for ethical, transparent data governance in healthcare

Hard Labour

The Highland Marketing advisory board met to discuss Labour’s first 100 days in office, the Darzi review, the Budget, and prospects for technology in next year’s 10-Year Health Plan

Addressing water pressure challenges in hospitals

Ross Calder, Director at Dura Pump, discusses the role of modern pump booster technology in addressing the challenges of water pressure in hospitals

New NHS England guidance on the application of the Building Safety Act 2022 to hospital sites

Helen Sturdy, National Head of Construction & ProCure23 Framework NHS England, discusses the new NHS England guidance published on the application of the Building Safety Act 2022 to hospital sites

From innovation to application: How healthcare must adopt an AI approach to patient engagement

James Neal from healthcare AI specialist, EBO, talks about how AI is already a mainstream tool in many sectors to automate processes and the learning opportunities it presents as innovation is scaled up across the NHS

A view of NHS England’s medical consultant job planning improvement guide: Will it really work?

Phil Bottle, Managing Director of NHS workforce planning specialists SARD, explains how there is a long-standing issue of many NHS Trusts not having an up-to-date view of who works for them and whether NHS England’s recently published guide, the job planning improvement guide will fix the problem

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