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Inside Darwin Group’s twin operating theatre: a tour of modular surgical innovation

The Darwin Group has completed a new twin ultraclean operating theatre, designed to provide modular surgical facilities for NHS and private healthcare

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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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NHP launches academy and secures national accreditation

The New Hospital Programme has launched the NHP Academy and secured National Skills accreditation to support a long-term plan to develop the workforce, capability and innovation

The Building Safety Act 2022: Impacts from 2022 to today

Paul Nash, CIOB past President and Chair of the body’s Quality Implementation Group, looks at the impact of the Act and what more can be done to make sure it delivers on its objective

£19m Bevan Health and Wellbeing Centre opens in Tredgar

Kier Construction has delivered the £19m centre in Wales and preserved the legacy of NHS founder

Manchester NHS launches digital twin at six hospitals to create smart estate

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has turned 274,000 sqm of estate into a real-time, data-driven model

£18m endoscopy unit opens at Leicester General Hospital

An endoscopy unit has been delivered by Henry Brothers Construction for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Construction is stalled for £35m hospital for Berwick due to Merit financial troubles

Northumbria Healthcare has issued a statement that construction firm Merit is facing serious financial difficulties

National Rehabilitation Centre to open “soon”

A £105m NHS National Rehabilitation Centre will open in Nottinghamshire to provide rehabilitation services, featuring a robotic suite and Europe’s first 360-degree hoist

New breast cancer hub aims to close East London’s survival gap

Barts Health NHS Trust has announced plans for the new £16.6m centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital to unite all breast-cancer services in one location

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Devon-based trust to spend £2.4m to improve safety on ageing estate

Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust has secured funding from the Estates Safety Fund to improve safety across ventilation, water, fire, and roof systems

BBH Awards 2025: The Winners

The industry's leading award ceremony honoured innovators across the building and healthcare sector. Check out the winners below!

East London NHS Foundation Trust chooses CBRE to support facilities transformation

CBRE has won the contract that will serve more than 130 sites for the mental health service provider

Funding secured for replacement helipad for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in King’s Lynn has now secured funding from the HELP Appeal to fund this important infrastructure

Whipps Cross Hospital unveils £28m multistorey car park

The hospital has now stopped parking services at the temporary site, which will now become the site of the new hospital

St Bart's Hospital moves forward with Grade II listed roof refurbishment

St Bartholomew’s Hospital has enlisted Perega to undertake a refurbishment and replacement of the roof on a late 1800s building

Ergéa breaks ground on £17.8m Bridgwater Community Diagnostic Centre

The vendor of Managed Equipment Services and maintenance has begun work to develop diagnostic centre for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Estates 2025: A review

Sophie Bullimore looks back at two days spent at the packed-out event in Manchester, which gathers everyone involved in healthcare estate construction in one lively place

Trust unveils plans for £20m Redevelopment of Wycombe Hospital

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has submitted plans to modernise the ageing hospital facility

Gleeds wins project management role for Women and Children’s Hospital in Cornwall

The construction consultancy has been selected to play a key role in the £500m project

Legrand launches uninterruptible power supply system redesigned for healthcare

Power Control, a brand of Legrand UK & Ireland, has launched its new uninterruptible power supply system, TriMOD UPS, at Healthcare Estates

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Anti-barricade stops: imagine if they never failed

How Safehinge Primera’s anti-barricade design keeps mental health wards safe, calm, and operational

Warden completes work to improve patient facilities at Southport Hospital

New £3.4m endoscopy unit and £4.3m CT department extension boost clinical capacity and patient care

How modular storage helps to keep modern healthcare spaces more flexible

Flexible furniture solutions support clinical agility, hygiene and staff wellbeing

New Imprivata report finds UK hospitals save more than £522K annually with shared-use mobile devices

Gaps in strategy pose risks despite operational and clinical benefits

Delivering low-carbon upgrades in live NHS environments

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

KIMS Hospital’s digital journey in operational excellence

Kent’s largest private hospital boosts efficiency and saves £50,000 a year through digitisation

Bender Pulse supports £400m healthcare energy savings target

Cloud-connected monitoring helps estates cut costs and boost compliance

How EMS Healthcare can support the NHS with PFI handovers

Mobile units offer continuity of care during estate transitions and refurbishments

Carrier to host webinar on empowering the future with high-temperature heat pumps

Smart, future-ready heating for efficient and sustainable buildings

25 years of Guardtech: Isopod Manufacturing Director Michael Burton Q&A

One of the Group’s longest-serving superstars gives his thoughts on why the Guardtech Group are pushing the boundaries of small-scale cleanroom provision with their...

Carrier champions inclusion and diversity with inspiring week of action

Celebrating different perspectives, shared purpose and the power of community at Carrier HVAC UK

Ayrshire Hospice unveils redeveloped facility following £18.8m investment

McLaughlin & Harvey completes restoration and new-build project designed to support dignified end-of-life care

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