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Wes Streeting is on a mission to make the UK 'a life sciences and medical technology superpower'

New Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting has ordered a full and independent investigation into the state of the NHS as part of his new mission

How to take care of increased energy costs in healthcare

Steve Kenny, VP and General Manager at Honeywell subsidiary, MK Electric, discusses increased energy costs in healthcare

Special report | The future of independent healthcare in the UK

Building Better Healthcare hosted experts gathered by Darwin Group from across the health and care space to discuss the priorities and key themes across the independent care estates landscape

Why focusing on benefit realisation is key to NHS digitisation

Dr Chandu Wickramarachchi, practising ED clinician and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer at Epro, discusses why benefit realisation is key to NHS digitisation

NHS: Addressing the burning issues of patient flow and clinician burnout with digital solutions

Ed Hutchison, Clinical Solutions Specialist at Altera Digital Health and practicing NHS Doctor, discusses digital’s role in addressing patient flow and clinical burnout

What it was like on the floor at Design In Mental Health 2024

Design In Mental Health is an annual exhibition, conference, and awards focused on the built environments around mental health patients. Editor, Sophie Bullimore, attended and reports on what was to be seen at the 2024 outing

Lexica's Donna Fitzpatrick on why estate directors need to think differently about NHS properties

Donna Fitzpatrick, Director of Project, Programme and Portfolio Management at Lexica, discusses why estate directors need to change their mindset and start viewing their healthcare properties as the assets they are

Renovations and risks: Considerations when maintaining care facilities

Adrian Buttress, Managing Director of PermaGroup, discusses why the healthcare estate poses different renovation challenges than any other

TerraCycle on healthcare sustainability: "Putting patients first doesn’t mean putting the planet second"

Julien Tremblin, General Manager for TerraCycle Europe, discusses how the healthcare industry can adopt recycling initiatives to prevent patient care from contributing to plastic pollution and how TerraCycle is tackling blister pack waste in the healthcare sector

The true value of accurate data for NHS finance departments

Jo Hammond CHC Project Manager at IEG4 discusses how accurate data is vital for NHS finance departments

The future of digital health depends on it being open

With healthcare systems so pressured for time and clinical capacity, Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of openEHR International, discusses how a digital health future could be the solution that enables fast and precise decisions about a patient’s care.

EXCLUSIVE: A sit down with Dr Paul Deffley on the topic of digital solutions for the NHS

Alcidion Chief Medical Officer, Dr Paul Deffley, spoke to the Editor of Building Better Healthcare, Sophie Bullimore, about the main issues affecting the digital transformation of the NHS

NHS finances: cuts get real as "back office" on the chopping board

The Highland Marketing advisory board have argued against putting ‘back office’ functions like IT in the firing line due to the tough financial situation the NHS faces

Is ‘smart health tech’ solving the right problems for the NHS?

Chief Medical Officer for Alcidion, Dr Paul Deffley explains that we need to focus on solving the right problems with technology, and facilitate better conditions, in order to improve smart healthcare adoption at scale in the NHS

EXCLUSIVE: A sit down with Lynne Hollingsworth on the topic of hospital murals for patient wellbeing

Building Better Healthcare speaks to contemporary artist, Lynne Hollingsworth, who is on a mission to make hospital settings less clinical with nature-inspired murals

Why should you complete a water safety project design review?

Jonathan Twaites, Senior Consultant and Authorising Engineer, at Water Hygiene Centre discusses what a review entails and how you can make improvements to reduce the risk of Legionella

Report suggests digital technology is a crucial step in reforming social care

Tunstall Healthcare and the County Councils Network release a new report revealing adoption of digital technology is crucial to maximise staff time while workforces face declining numbers

50 new surgical hubs set to open across England

Operating units, backed by £1.5bn in government funding, will help bust COVID-19 backlogs

Special report: Designing a new model for children's hospitals

BBH speaks to the team behind the design of the new Cambridge Children's Hospital, a project which is setting a benchmark for the future of paediatric care

Meet the 2021 Building Better Healthcare Awards headline sponsors

The ceremony will celebrate the accomplishments of healthcare organisations and services for both 2020 and 2021

Building Better Healthcare Awards 2021 now open for entries

Today sees the opening of the 2021 awards which will honour the very best of the industry

Matthew Gould: September is only the first chapter for shared care records

The chief executive of NHSX told delegates to the IHSCM’s Integrated Care Conference what to expect as shared care records become mandatory in 2021. Highland Marketing’s senior communications consultant Matthew D'Arcy reports

No dust allowed: when containment equipment is a must

AMI Environmental, a health and safety service firm, explains why it has chosen Hepacart as its go-to partner in controlling construction-related dust

Health experts reveal 10 most important medicines in NHS history

Antipsychotics, breast cancer drug, oral contraceptives and MMR vaccine make the top 10

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