RECENT NEWS

NHS Open Space, a service launched by NHS Property Services (NHSPS), has welcomed 40 new sites to the booking platform, bringing the total number of sites to 190, with 1,100+ rooms all available to book on a flexible, ‘pay-as-you-go’ basis.

Tilbury Douglas has successfully completed the design and construction of the new £20 m Red Kite View mental health inpatient unit in Armley, Leeds for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

UK-based smart med-tech innovator, NeedleSmart, claims to have designed ‘the world’s first end-to-end vaccination and safe needle destruction system’.

Procurement organisation and social enterprise, Fusion21, has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its new £750 million Decarbonisation Framework.

UK manufacturer, Zentia, has launched what it dubs ‘a market-leading range’ of mineral ceiling canopies and baffles.

APT Skidata, the parking solutions business, has introduced a new parking solution which it says gives hospitals ‘a new way of delivering a hassle-free parking experience with high-quality, reliable technology on a monthly subscription’.

Following a 12-week public consultation, the local NHS has confirmed plans for a new 54-bed inpatient mental health services facility in East Sussex to be built on a site in North East Bexhill by March 2024, at cost of around £46 million.

A review of mental healthcare provided by phone and video call during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that while many service-users could continue accessing some support, the shift to remote care presented ‘significant barriers' to certain groups.

Washroom controls specialist, Rada, has announced the appointment of Natasha Nugent as the company’s new UK Specification Sales manager.

Security technology group, Giesecke+Devrient, and connected worker technology specialist, Nymi, have developed a wristband-based biometric system that gives organisations and their staff ‘convenient and secure access to their entire workplace'.

To take action against modern slavery’, Kier claims to be UK’s first contractor to train its Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs) to spot the signs of modern slavery and exploitation.

A new campaign to tackle work-related rights within the construction industry is launched this month (November), as experts say they fear ‘workers’ rights are being dismissed’.

XYZ Reality, the ‘transformational construction technology’ company behind Holosite, reportedly the world’s first Engineering-Grade Augmented Reality platform, has launched what it claims is ‘the most accurate AR headset for construction'.

Construction has started on a new £8 m inpatient eating disorders unit at St Ann’s Hospital in Sandbanks for Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust.

Final approval has been given for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) to build a new adult mental health unit at North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH).

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust says it has become the UK's first NHS hospital Trust to officially become’ Carbon Literate’, allowing it to 'take an important step towards its goal of becoming one of the UK’s greenest NHS Trusts’.

A Glasgow-based company is producing a ‘pioneering’ hygienic door handle which it says ‘eliminates bugs within seconds, reducing the cross-transmission of infectious bacteria and viruses’.

In an Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 speech to Parliament today (Wednesday 27 October), the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, noted that investment was growing, public services were improving, public finances were ‘stabilising’, and wages were rising.

A new partnership to help NHS Trusts develop and implement their decarbonisation strategies has been launched, as senior NHS leaders say decarbonising the NHS estate is ‘fundamentally not complex’, but that more data and greater guidance are needed.

VINCI's IHP team, a joint venture between VINCI Construction UK and Sir Robert McAlpine, has officially broken ground at the site of a new 40-bed specialist low secure hospital for people with learning disabilities at Maghull Health Park, Merseyside.