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Construction begins on new MRI community diagnostic centre at West Berkshire Community Hospital

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has broken ground on an MRI community diagnostic centre that will enable up to 17,500 scans per year

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Where NHS England meets social value and priceless networking: the best of healthcare in 2025

Join over 700 professionals at the 2025 Building Better Healthcare Awards in London. Discover key NHS insights, network with leaders, and celebrate the UK's most innovative...
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Hospital destroyed in fire receives funding to establish a community health centre

Surrey Heartlands has announced that funding is secured for Willmott Dixon to build a community health centre for Weybridge Hospital

What is a “managed service” and what is the evidence for it?

Owner of managed service provider Chrystal Medical, David Challinor, breaks down how this service works and how they say they can help with budgeting

MTX acquires Elite Group to boost NHS estates support

With the NHS facing a record maintenance backlog, MTX has acquired Elite Group to expand its facilities management footprint and enhance its ability to deliver sustainable FM solutions

Opus Building Services wins interim contract to restart the stalled Berwick Community Hospital project

After the collapse of its original contractor, Merit, the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Opus Building Services Limited as interim builder
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What factors will actually create longevity for the New Hospitals Programme’s phased rollout?

Ewa Ambrosius from Perega looks at what are the main factors that need to be considered to create robust but flexible hospitals for projects in the NHP’s new wave system

IKON Architecture refurbishes ophthalmology facilities at Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has opened a refurbished ophthalmology facility to offer Aylesbury patients specialist eye care services

£4.7m contract awarded for redevelopment of historic hospital site in North Wales

Denbighshire County Council has awarded a £4.7m contract to Jones Bros Civil Engineering to redevelop the derelict North Wales Hospital

Bouygues UK selected to develop plans for the £710m Overdale Acute Hospital in Jersey

The construction firm has entered into agreement with the Government of Jersey to refine designs, confirm pricing and prepare for main works for new hospital

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P+H Architects breaks ground on £7m primary care building in Bentley

P+HS Architects has begun construction on the Bentley development that will bring two GP practices together

Historic Duke Street Hospital to be transformed into affordable homes

CCG (Scotland) has submitted plans to convert the Duke Street Hospital in Glasgow’s East End into 19 affordable flats

Kingston Modular Systems shuts down following failed rescue bid

Hull-based Kingston Modular Systems has closed with a loss of more than 70 jobs after an attempt to secure new investment

Tilbury Douglas breaks ground on £14m diagnostic centre co-located with Coventry University

The construction company has started construction on a new Community Diagnostic Centre at the City of Coventry Health Centre to expand diagnostic capacity

Inside Darwin Group’s twin operating theatre: a tour of modular surgical innovation

The Darwin Group has completed a new twin ultraclean operating theatre, designed to provide modular surgical facilities for NHS and private healthcare

NHP launches academy and secures national accreditation

The New Hospital Programme has launched the NHP Academy and secured National Skills accreditation to support a long-term plan to develop the workforce, capability and innovation

The Building Safety Act 2022: Impacts from 2022 to today

Paul Nash, CIOB past President and Chair of the body’s Quality Implementation Group, looks at the impact of the Act and what more can be done to make sure it delivers on its objective

£19m Bevan Health and Wellbeing Centre opens in Tredgar

Kier Construction has delivered the £19m centre in Wales and preserved the legacy of NHS founder

Manchester NHS launches digital twin at six hospitals to create smart estate

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has turned 274,000 sqm of estate into a real-time, data-driven model

£18m endoscopy unit opens at Leicester General Hospital

An endoscopy unit has been delivered by Henry Brothers Construction for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Construction is stalled for £35m hospital for Berwick due to Merit financial troubles

Northumbria Healthcare has issued a statement that construction firm Merit is facing serious financial difficulties

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Ayrshire Hospice unveils redeveloped facility following £18.8m investment

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