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New £9m Outpatient Department at West Cornwall Hospital reaches major milestone

Kier Construction has topped out on Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust's new centre after starting construction in January 2024

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Digitisation, sustainability and social value: Flashback to the 2024 BBH Awards

Relive the Building Better Healthcare Awards with us!
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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

New Hospital Programme: Proposed sites confirmed for two new hospitals in Lancashire

The NHS has revealed the potential locations for new hospitals that will replace Royal Preston Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary

Construction begins on £25 million Community Diagnostic Centre for Slough

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has engaged Western Building Systems and NHS Property Services for construction and estates services on the new centre on the Upton Hospital site

Morgan Sindall completes refurbishment of Maternity Assessment Centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has worked with UK-based construction experts to strip back the MAC to a bare shell before being rebuilt from scratch

Secretary of State pledges to contain NHS agency spend

Understaffed NHS were forced to spend £3 billion on agency staff in 2023. Wes Streeting will perform a consultation to decide how to clamp down on temporary workers that could see trusts banned from using agencies to cover gaps in entry-level positions

TClarke completes M&E works on Scarborough Hospital

Scarborough Hospital is due to open its new A&E department in November 2024

Wernick uses modular construction to add beds to hospital for winter

Peterborough Hospital engaged Wernick to add 20 beds with ensuite facilities in 22 modules

NHS Property Services releases climate related financial disclosure report

The report highlights the physical and transitional risks facing NHSPS properties, such as extreme weather events and technological innovations

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National insulation programme offers the ‘lowest of low hanging fruit,’ says engineering bodies

The Building Engineering Services Association and the Thermal Insulation Contractors Association have highlighted insulating pipework as an easy task that could save on energy and carbon

GRAHAM completes new £40m building at West Cumberland Hospital

Construction expert GRAHAM incorporated up to 70% modern methods of construction for the redevelopment build

The New Hospital Programme is under immediate review, says Rachel Reeves

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care told Building Better Healthcare that "hospitals with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) are the priority"

A look back at the Queen Alexandra Hospital power cut that caused a Major Incident

Building Better Healthcare talks to an uninterruptible power supply expert about the steps needed to ensure continued power in healthcare environments following multiple incidents in 2024

Veolia to deliver specialist engineering and maintenance services to NHS buildings

Veolia has been appoint to the service after securing a place on the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative Hard FM Framework

Pullans agrees "largest office letting" to NHS Trust in Leeds

Pullans has agreed to let 43,731 sqft of office space at its Leeds city-centre site to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Elanic Hospital Glasgow aims to open to patients in September

Elanic Medical has told Building Better Healthcare that the 15,000 sqft hospital, co-located with its existing clinic, is planned to open in September 2024

NHS supply chain: 400,000 sqft distribution centre opens in North West England

NHS Supply Chain has opened a new operational regional distribution centre that will support 115 NHS Trusts

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust opens doors of new Community Diagnostic Centre

The CDC has seen over 57,000 patients since opening and now offers a new cardiorespiratory service

How to take care of increased energy costs in healthcare

Steve Kenny, VP and General Manager at Honeywell subsidiary, MK Electric, discusses increased energy costs in healthcare

Special report | The future of independent healthcare in the UK

Building Better Healthcare hosted experts gathered by Darwin Group from across the health and care space to discuss the priorities and key themes across the independent care estates landscape

Lexica's Donna Fitzpatrick on why estate directors need to think differently about NHS properties

Donna Fitzpatrick, Director of Project, Programme and Portfolio Management at Lexica, discusses why estate directors need to change their mindset and start viewing their healthcare properties as the assets they are

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Award-winning care: The NHS trust transforming patient safety

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Guardtech Group hoping to end golden year with more success at SME National Business Awards

Suffolk contamination control experts looking to add Best Enterprising Business prize to epic 2024 awards haul at glitzy Wembley Stadium showpiece on 6 December

Cleancube multi: Guardtech’s container facilities support NHS aseptic pharmacies

Award-winning mobile cleanrooms offer fast, flexible solutions for facility upgrades

Guardtech Group wins fourth award in two months for Cleancube innovation

National Building Construction Awards recognize groundbreaking shipping container facilities

Why excellent fitted furniture matters in mental health facilities

Transforming mental health facilities into therapeutic havens through thoughtful furniture design

Give your cleanroom the TLC it needs with Guardtech’s first-class decontamination programmes and elite furniture fit-outs

The Guardtech Group are urging clients to ensure their controlled environments are free of contamination and fully equipped to deliver the best results

How fitted furniture is helping to revolutionise infection control in UK Hospitals

Tony Huggins, Managing Director of David Bailey Furniture Systems explains the situation that costs the NHS a staggering £1 billion

Embracing smart technology: Artic’s vision for sustainable facilities management

As the Facilities Management industry undergoes a transformation with the implementation of the flexible working bill, Artic Building Services recognises the need to adapt...

Wood Wharf Health Centre awarded BREEAM Fit Out 2014 Excellent Rating

Wood Wharf Health Centre, a state-of-the-art facility in Wood Wharf, Tower Hamlets, London, has been awarded a BREEAM Fit Out 2014 Excellent rating, making it the second...

Cromwell Hospital introduces technology to recycle anaesthetic gas

Private hospital signs five-year contract with SageTech Medical to implement SID-Dock devices into operating theatres

Secure I.T. Environments designs and installs fire suppression for seven new rooms at Poole Hospital

840m of fire protection ewquipment designed and installed as part of new-build project

Bristol & Weston NHS consortium embraces the cloud to transform procurement operations

One of the UK’s largest NHS purchasing consortiums will deploy SAP Ariba as part of its move to digital procurement, helping generate over £16m savings over five years

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