RECENT NEWS

Millions of patients can now track their prescriptions thanks to the roll-out of a new feature in the NHS App helping to reduce unnecessary calls and visits to pharmacies.

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) says it is proud to announce its role in an award-winning research project that has been recognised with the ‘Most Significant Contribution to the Art and Science of Building Services Engineering’ at the 2025 CIBSE IBPSA-England Technical Symposium.

Patients and pupils across England are set to benefit from nearly £1.2 billion worth of ‘essential maintenance fixes’ being rolled out at hospitals and schools, the Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education, and NHS England, have announced.

NHS Supply Chain has announced Joe Harrison CBE (pictured) as the new Chair of the NHS Advisory Board for Procurement and Supply, effective immediately, following the appointment of former long-serving Chair, Sir James Mackey, as NHS England CEO.

The recent 2025 Dementia Action Week saw the launch of a new web platform created to support people living with dementia and those who care for them.

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) says construction work, by Logan Construction SE, is underway on the Northwood & Pinner Health Centre, which is set to open in the summer of 2026, with the project representing a significant investment of £12 million in the Hillingdon area.

Cultural differences can have a big impact on mental health recovery provision, a new study from the University of Nottingham has shown.

Built environment firms shouldn’t do anything about improving the diversity of their workforces if they don’t truly believe in it, a leading construction industry diversity champion has said.

Wernick Hire, a well-established name in portable and modular accommodation solutions, has launched a dedicated Modular Hire division, in a move that it says strengthens its position as a leading provider of temporary modular buildings across the UK.

‘Failing’ NHS Trust leaders will have annual pay rises docked under ‘tough new measures’ aimed at improving NHS performance and driving progress on cutting waiting lists, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.

Sodexo Health & Care has been appointed as one of only 15 strategic suppliers to the NHS, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and wider health organisations, as part of the newly launched National Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SSRM) programme.

Following a competitive tender process, Fusion21 has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Decarbonisation Framework, worth up to £1.5 billion over four years.

A new worldwide survey conducted by global delivery consultant and construction expert, Mace, for its latest report, 'State of Sustainable Assets', reveals that while 97% of asset managers feel able to keep pace with environmental regulations and reporting requirements, 80% are not yet implementing strategies or thereby achieving sustainable outcomes.

Assa Abloy Door Group is drawing attention to what it describes as ‘a critical update in fire safety standards that significantly impacts the design and specification of steel fire doorsets’.

A continued capital funding boost for primary and community services is ‘vital’ if the NHS is to achieve the government’s plan to move more care out of hospitals, and develop a neighbourhood health service, health leaders have warned.

The government could tighten up the rules restricting the use of global warming refrigerant gases – including speeding up phase-out programmes and introducing new bans, according to a spokesman from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

The trade body for Britain’s pest control industry says tackling issues with vermin in hospitals will become a greater challenge, ‘due to legislation affecting control methods in the sector’.

The official launch of a new Standard for building safety was held today (1 May) at the House of Lords, at an event hosted by his Lordship the Earl of Lindsay (pictured).

A new 44-bedded inpatient mental health hospital for women has officially opened in Oldham, creating 135 local jobs – from clinical and nursing positions to catering, domestics, and administrative roles.

Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting (pictured), has announced what he dubbed ‘a comprehensive support package to tackle violence and improve the working lives of NHS staff’.