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Integrated Health Projects is set to complete Montagu CDC build in Spring 2025

The CDC imaging suite by Integrated Health Projects will replace the current mobile CT and MRI units

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BREAKING NEWS: Meet our 2024 speaker

For the very first time in the history of the Building Better Healthcare Awards, we’re thrilled to introduce a keynote speaker.
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NHS partners with data specialist Arcturis for cancer research

The health data specialist has entered into a multi-year strategic research agreement with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to advance cancer research

Prescribing better access governance for healthcare in today’s age of attack

Gregg Hardie from SailPoint discusses the ransomware attack that occurred in June that severely disrupted healthcare services across the UK’s capital

NHS Trust merger: Introducing Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Solent NHS Trust have merged to form the new NHS Trust, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare

Serco retains facility management contract with Forth Valley Royal Hospital

The public services provider has retained a contract to continue to provide Soft Facility Management services to Forth Valley Royal Hospital for the next seven years

Kier begins work on new healthcare project at University of Huddersfield

Construction company Kier has started work on the 6,800 sqm Emily Siddon Building, part of the University of Huddersfield's National Health Innovation Campus

Groundwork on £11m Rackheath Health Hub underway by Darwin Group

Developers Darwin Group, with partners NHS Property Services and NHS Norfolk & Waveney, have confirmed that works started in early August 2024

New Hospital Programme: RAAC schemes exempt from review

The government has announced that RAAC schemes under the New Hospital Programme will be exempt from the review due to the safety risk

BBH health tech round-up: September projects

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

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EMS Healthcare delivers mobile endoscopy unit for County Hospital

Endoscopy patients at University Hospitals North Midlands NHS Trust are set to benefit from shorter waits for diagnostic tests thanks to the opening of a brand-new mobile endoscopy unit by EMS Healthcare

Clanwilliam launches Epic Care in the UK

Care homes looking to digitise their administration and care procedures have a new option with the launch of Epic Care in the UK

Premier Modular and P+HS Architects collaborate on £21m Poole Hospital expansion

The two companies are collaborating on a CDC at Poole Hospital to expand University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust’s (UHD) endoscopy services

Healthcare equipment: Why collaboration pays between manufacturers and healthcare

Anil Madan, Non-Residential Marketing Manager at Ideal Standard UK and Armitage Shanks, discusses how the healthcare sector can benefit from closely collaborating with manufacturers

GP Connect improves patient safety with real-time access to medical records

GP Connect is significantly boosting clinical safety and efficiency by providing real-time access to primary care records, Midland Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has found

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

ModuleCo delivers community diagnostic centre for Barking Community Hospital

ModuleCo has delivered one of the first of the forty new community diagnostic facilities promised by the government to enhance NHS services to Barking Community Hospital

Avanti Architects completes first phase of remedial works on historic Finsbury Health Centre

Avanti Architects has successfully completed the first phase of restoration works on Finsbury Health Centre which involved preserving historic elements of the building that are architecturally significant

Freshwave connects The Princess Alexandra Hospital to all four mobile network operators

Freshwave has completed a mobile connectivity project at The Princess Alexandra Hospital. All colleagues, patients and visitors across 15 buildings at the hospital site now have access to carrier-grade 4G connectivity

New surgical centre for Hertfordshire and west Essex set to open in Spring 2025

A new surgical centre that will treat patients across Hertfordshire and West Essex is on course to open its doors in spring 2025

Trust Board approves Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's New Green Plan

Greening with PRIDE, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's plan to make the Trust more sustainable has been approved by its Board of Directors

NHS blood samples to be delivered by drones in London first

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with companies Apian, and Wing, for a medical drone delivery service for its urgent blood samples

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EMS Healthcare will showcase its mobile high-capacity unit at Healthcare Estates 2024

The flexible mobile medical solutions company will be showcasing one of its high-capacity units at Healthcare Estates 2024.

Open Standards – the debate continues but the benefits shine through

Andy Wilcox, Senior International Marketing Manager, and Andrew Harrison, Principal Product Manager, both of Imprivata, discuss approaches to open standards.

NHS requires system-wide flexible strategy to secure the future of its estates and buildings: New report

Harnessing the potential of flexible modular buildings to directly reduce the NHS backlog of some 7.6 million individual cases can help transform the future of the service...

A three-point plan for digital delivery

Sam Shah (pictured) has seen health tech policy up-close and worries that little progress has been made over the past five-years. However, he has a plan for any health and...

MEDSTOR equips scanning room for NHS hospital

Hospitals throughout the UK are demanding ever-more streamlined, modern spaces for treatment and patient care

Medstor repeats success with appointment to NHS SBS network

Medstor has once again been awarded a place on the prestigious NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) framework within Design, Furniture and Appliances 2: Lot 6 - Storage...

Standing up for health tech and SMEs: Shane Tickell’s vision

AS the new chair of the health and social care council at techUK, Shane Tickell talked to Highland Marketing about his determination to support small and innovative...

Achieving priorities and driving collaboration

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Sustainability in the NHS: the criticality of data in achieving net zero

Despite the many well publicised issues facing health and care provision in the UK today, climate change continues to be a focus with long-term implications

Want to improve NHS productivity? Start by addressing its legacy IT

The state of NHS infrastructure and legacy systems has started to attract attention from organisations worried about falling productivity. The Highland Marketing advisory...

Movie Magic Coming to Children and Young People at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

The charity MediCinema, Alder Hey Children’s Charity and the Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have announced a new partnership to create a state-of-the-art...

En route to net zero - Sustainable transport and infrastructure purchasing solution puts NHS in top gear

The agreement provides the NHS with a simple way to find and appoint the services of fully vetted providers quickly and compliantly