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Ex-retail space turns into cataract surgery clinic in refurbishment

Medical Architecture has transformed retail space in Kingston-Upon-Thames into a private eye care clinic for SEON Vision

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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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Stepping Hill Hospital’s outpatient centre opens to the public

The new £24.3m facility, built using modern methods of construction by MTX, houses orthoptics, optometry, dentistry, cardiology, neurology, oncology, pain, podiatry, and rheumatology

Private Leeds cancer centre gets planning permission

GenesisCare has received planning approval for its largest centre in the UK

Can the NHS’ new waste strategy extend to estate management?

Sian Lewis from Premier Modular discusses the NHS’s new initiative to try and reduce waste by “designing for life”

Combe Valley: Building a 54-bed mental health hospital on a greenfield site

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) gives an insight into its new mental health facility, built with the help of Kier Construction and Gilling Dod

Same Day Emergency Care Unit finishes construction at Bedford Hospital

Construction expert Merit has completed the design and build of the SDEC Unit using offsite construction to help project delivery times

Plans submitted for £30m Sir Bobby Robson Institute at Freeman Hospital

Architects on the project, P+HS Architects, and main contractor, Robertson Construction North East, have announced that planning permission has been submitted for

What is happening with the ITU at St George’s University Hospital?

The ITU has been in development since 2021, but what stage is it currently at and who is involved?

Ageing Wycombe Hospital get approval for small refurbishment

IKON Architecture worked with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust on the application to update bedrooms, a CT scanner area, and HVAC and MEP equipment

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Getting first impressions right in mental healthcare design

Initial moments in a mental health facility can be instrumental in a patient’s experience and recovery there. Robin Graham from Gilling Dod Architects examines what is required for a good first impression

£5.2m purpose built Community Diagnostic Centre Opens at Walton Hospital

The  ‘one-stop shop’ facility has been built with the help of AHP (architects), DC Scott Electrical, Masefields Mechanical Building Services, Novo (mechanical electrical design consultants) JTP (architects) and EP Consultants

Princess Diana's 34-year time capsule is dug up at £300m hospital build

Construction firm Sisk has helped retrieve the capsule at Great Ormond Street Hospital during the build of the new Children's Cancer Centre

Romsey Hospital proposes to build new physiotherapy department

Studio Four Architects has submitted a planning proposal on behalf of the Trust to build a 121 sqm extension to house the new department

Spire St Anthony’s Hospital completes £500k refurbishment

The investment at the hospital focused on the X-ray unit, expanding capability and capacity

Royal Bournemouth Hospital project comes in so far under budget it reintroduces "wishlist" features

Spetisbury Construction has completed a refurbishment of the Respiratory Department at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, which came in 8% under budget

New GP surgery signs lease as part of sustainable new Beaulieu community development

The Elizabeth Courtauld Partnership has signed a lease for the new healthcare centre in the highly regarded new development

York Hospital officially opens Women’s Unit after major refurbishment

Following an eight-month makeover, the unit has now officially opened and offers improved privacy and dignity for patients and their relatives

York Hospital starts construction of £8m hybrid theatre and MRI facility

Construction firm Merit has been chosen to deliver this new facility and will use off-site construction

Plans submitted for 950,000 sqft mental health campus in partnership with Oxford University

Eric Parry Architects has submitted the plans for the campus to repurpose the Grade-II listed building for the research and healthcare project

Northampton General unveils major plans to improve emergency care

The hospital has unveiled plans to update the urgency and emergency care, with plans to have the site operational by Summer 2026

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The evolution of safety. Designing with risk in mind

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Guardtech Group set for exciting awards treble to close out buoyant performance in 2025

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Specifying doors for hygiene and efficiency in modern healthcare environments

Choosing the right hospital doors is essential for hygiene, safety, air control and long-term efficiency

Delivering low-carbon upgrades in live NHS environments

How to safely and efficiently deliver decarbonisation works without disrupting clinical care

Guardtech elevating cleanroom design capabilities through collaboration, co-ordination and utilisation of elite digital tools

Guardtech Group Design Manager Jack Burrow explains how the Suffolk-based cleanroom construction experts are embracing new technology and methodologies to take their...

Delivering compliant, future-ready surgical theatres

Alnwick Hospital boosts operating theatre capacity with a full electrical infrastructure upgrade

PVC hospital doors & healthcare IPS used at leading NHS trust

James Paget University Hospital serves a population of 250,000 residents across east Norfolk and north-east Suffolk, along with many visitors to East Anglia. Named after...

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Darwin Group supports new business - Momentm Health

Darwin Group supports new business - Momentm Health - with diagnostic and therapeutic services

Celebrating a long-term collaboration between UHB and Vanguard Healthcare Solutions

Vanguard Healthcare Solutions is proud to reflect on its long-standing partnership with University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), a collaboration that has spanned nearly six...

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