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Park House's £105m replacement inpatient hospital becomes operational

The new North View adult mental health inpatient hospital is up and running at the North Manchester General Hospital site

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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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Bona launches new resilient flooring colour collection

The new palate, Bona Resilient Solution Colour Collection, was developed in collaboration with a colour psychology expert to improve wellbeing in interior spaces

GP practices across England hit by EMIS IT systems outage

System outage of widely-used GP practice IT programme in England left practitioners unable to access patient records and appointment booking systems

HKS on designing the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, part of the New Hospital Programme

HKS designed the over £900m Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, completed after a decade of collaboration with Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust and co-consultants

Abortion service protection zones in place in England and Wales

Safe access zones are now in force around abortion clinics in England and Wales to protect women accessing these services

Doctor Care Anywhere and ZoomDoc enter first of its kind partnership

Doctor Care Anywhere has partnered with ZoomDoc, to provide same-day medical letters and certificates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

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

BBH health tech round-up: September projects

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

Grosvenor Interiors provides Addenbrooke Hospital with first MRI scanner wrap in UK

The interior design expert has given an MRI scanner at Addenbrooke Hospital a vinyl wrap using a nature-based forest design

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Bedford Hospital's new end-of-life care Blossom Room

A Blossom Room has been created for patients to spend their final days with their loved ones in Shand Ward at Bedford Hospital

MTX delivers discharge lounge at Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn

A 6-bed discharge lounge and 5-bed palliative care ward have been created in a new facility at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn by MTX Contracts

Why the NHS is seeking to make media services free for patients

As more and more trusts refresh ageing entertainment technology, they are also exploring ways to inform, educate and stimulate patients. Dean Moody, Healthcare Services Director for Airwave Healthcare, explains why

NHS Trust introduces mixed reality technology to neurosurgery

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has introduced a mixed reality technology into its neurosurgery department to improve training and patient care

New surgical hubs could help cut waiting lists, research finds

The new hubs could speed up efforts to tackle hospital waiting lists new research from the Health Foundation has found

York’s Mental Health Partnership wins £2.44m for new 24/7 mental health hub

York’s Mental Health Partnership has secured £2,448,856 over two years to fund a 24/7 mental health hub

NHS Trust opens intensive care unit upgrade

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has opened its Intensive Care Unit upgrade.

NHS Trust trials AI technology for £105m rehab centre

Linden Lodge unit at the City Hospital in Nottingham is trialling artificially intelligent equipment to ensure the new £105m National Rehabilitation Centre is equipped with suitable technology for patients and staff

SPA Landscaping completes £60,000 Grantham and District Hospital garden

The garden by SPA Landscaping has been opened at Grantham and District Hospital and is the second of three to be created across United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

BBH health tech round-up: August projects

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

GRAHAM helps NHS trust phase out shared dormitory mental health wards

UK-based construction expert GRAHAM has told Building Better Healthcare about its new state-of-the-art mental health facility that will phase out traditional shared dormitory mental health wards

Kings Heath’s Community Diagnostic Centre to open in 2024

A new Community Diagnostic Centre is set to open this year adjacent to the King Heath General Practice in Northampton

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Healthcare excellence through technology: the Lunar Society for digital health

NHS transformation leaders call for innovation to drive the fourth industrial revolution

Why excellent fitted furniture matters in mental health facilities

Transforming mental health facilities into therapeutic havens through thoughtful furniture design

MEDSTOR equips scanning room for NHS hospital

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

David Bailey Furniture – helping to enhance patient care at Maidstone Hospital

David Bailey Furniture Systems (DBFS), a leading manufacturer of specialist healthcare fitted furniture, has been chosen to supply a wide range of new systems, as part of...

The Christie becomes first trust in England to plan openEHR Patient Engagement Portal and E-Referral solutions deployment

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has signed a two-year contract with Avenue3 to build and deploy its Patient Engagement Platform and E-Referral solutions, which are...

Transforming healthcare experiences with human-centred service design

The King’s Fund estimates that the NHS has 1.6 million interactions with people every single day. This contact between citizens, patients, their circles of care, and...

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Are your legacy services and arduous processes holding your organisation back from delivering quality health and care support?

HSL supports Wigan radiology team through rollout of at-home reporting workstations

Pandemic approach is extended to enable more-flexible reporting practises

Aberdeen surgeons partner with digital hospital to enhance patient support

Private MSK specialist joins forces with Medbelle to offer personalised support to patients

Spire Healthcare partners with Inhealthcare to launch pilot diabetes service

First-of-its-kind remote monitoring service offer virtual support for people with type 2 diabetes

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital treats first patients with da Vinci Xi surgical system

London hospital uses robot-assisted surgical innovation that provides consultant surgeons with improved visibility and range of motion

Care alliance cuts referral times using digital platform

Study finds Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust’s use of Bleepa reduced inpatient referral times by 75%

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