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ProCure23’s Helen Sturdy discusses leadership, innovation, and women in healthcare construction

This International Women’s Day, Helen Sturdy, National Head of Construction at NHS England and the P23 Framework, shares with Building Building Healthcare her journey and insights on healthcare infrastructure and her vision for a more inclusive future in construction

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Enter the 2025 BBH Awards: Celebrate your impact in healthcare

The Building Better Healthcare Awards are back another year with 20 different categories for you to enter. If you have worked on a project that has significantly impacted the...
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Community Diagnostic Centres and teleradiology: The perfect partnership?

As a "one-stop-shop" for diagnostics, CDCs are a key healthcare strategy for the next few years, but without proper access to radiology reporting, Everlight Radiology explains that the increase in CDCs won’t reduce waiting lists on its’ own

New Hospital Programme review: The construction industry's advice to Trusts

Nathalie Meunier, Sales Director at offsite construction expert Premier Modular, reacts to the new review and discusses how to navigate delays with practical solutions

Yeovil Community Diagnostic Centre update: MRI and CT installed

Prime has given an update on the state of its construction work in Yeovil with Darwin

2025 NHS planning guidance: What has been the reaction?

Experts in the health tech industry react to the document's simplification and emphasis on waiting lists

Hospital radiotherapy centre's new "LINAC bunker" is completed by Morgan Sindall

The construction firm has completed the build of Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) NHS Foundation Trust's new Radiotherapy Centre

Great Ormond Street Hospital chooses Sisk for £300m new Children’s Cancer Centre

GOSH’s cancer services will move out of some of its oldest buildings and be located together, across four floors, in a larger cohesive centre

Medirest wins NHS catering contract to serve 1.2 million people

UK-based Medirest has been awarded the catering and cleaning contract for South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

Sterling Construction completes CDC Hub in Preston

Sterling Construction has completed a CDC Hub in Preston with input from Owen Ellis Architects and NHS Property Services

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NHS 2025/26 Planning Guidance published: What are the priorities?

NHS England has outlined the priorities for the NHS over the next year, in its 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance. The document highlighting waiting times, as well as patient flow and access, as priorities

How do you decarbonise NHS hospitals with smart building controls?

How do smart building controls enable carbon reductions and improved patient comfort and care across the NHS? Kas Mohammed, VP of Digital Energy at Schneider Electric UK & Ireland discusses

Pandemic-era CEO of Guy’s and St Thomas’ steps down

The CEO of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, Professor Ian Abbs, is stepping down after 5 years, and the Trust is on the hunt for his successor

UK gov puts the New Hospital Programme back on track with “realistic timetable”

The Labour government has confirmed in its review that all projects in the New Hospital Programme will be built, but in a new “wave” structure

NHS "corridor care": Why is it called a TES and how do we stop it?

'Corridor care', or a temporary escalation spaces (TES), is a term used to describe care done in unconventional spaces when appropriate space is not available. But aside from funnelling funding into the situation, what can be done?

The PSTN switch off: it’s not just about phones

Director and Co-Founder of Crystaline, Kristian Torode, advises how facility and building managers can prepare for the Public Switched Telephone Network switch-off to ensure all digital devices stay connected

How real estate consultants support health service managers to meet challenges

Demanding requirements for clinical environments and squeezed budgets across the NHS are two of the key challenges for real estate professionals working in the health sector in the experience of property and construction specialists Watts Group

New £9m Outpatient Department at West Cornwall Hospital reaches major milestone

Kier Construction has topped out on Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust's new centre after starting construction in January 2024

Exclusive: Dowds' £30m Queen Elizabeth Hospital live project

Dowds Group exclusively shared with Building Better Healthcare the methods used in the most extensive, site-wide infrastructure upgrade ever undertaken for a fully operational NHS hospital in the UK

New Hospital Programme: Proposed sites confirmed for two new hospitals in Lancashire

The NHS has revealed the potential locations for new hospitals that will replace Royal Preston Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary

Construction begins on £25 million Community Diagnostic Centre for Slough

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has engaged Western Building Systems and NHS Property Services for construction and estates services on the new centre on the Upton Hospital site

Morgan Sindall completes refurbishment of Maternity Assessment Centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has worked with UK-based construction experts to strip back the MAC to a bare shell before being rebuilt from scratch

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Two leaders from Darwin Group reflect on their experiences in construction

How a leading modular healthcare firm is exceeding industry standards for female employment

Last chance to enter 2025 Design in Mental Health Awards

Celebrating best practice and innovation in mental healthcare

Inaugural NHS Fire Safety Forum event hailed a success

More than 100 fire safety professionals from NHS Trusts across the country took part in the first ever NHS Estates Fire Safety Forum, hosted by Specialist Door Solutions...

Vanguard Healthcare Solutions shortlisted for partnership award

The collaboration between Vanguard and South Warwickshire University Trust to establish a surgical hub has been shortlisted for the Best Elective Care Recovery Initiative...

Award-winning care: The NHS trust transforming patient safety

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust (NTHFT) has taken home the coveted ‘Demonstrating an Impact upon Patient Safety’ award at this year’s Bright Ideas in...

Guardtech Group hoping to end golden year with more success at SME National Business Awards

Suffolk contamination control experts looking to add Best Enterprising Business prize to epic 2024 awards haul at glitzy Wembley Stadium showpiece on 6 December

Cleancube multi: Guardtech’s container facilities support NHS aseptic pharmacies

Award-winning mobile cleanrooms offer fast, flexible solutions for facility upgrades

Guardtech Group wins fourth award in two months for Cleancube innovation

National Building Construction Awards recognize groundbreaking shipping container facilities

Why excellent fitted furniture matters in mental health facilities

Transforming mental health facilities into therapeutic havens through thoughtful furniture design

Give your cleanroom the TLC it needs with Guardtech’s first-class decontamination programmes and elite furniture fit-outs

The Guardtech Group are urging clients to ensure their controlled environments are free of contamination and fully equipped to deliver the best results

How fitted furniture is helping to revolutionise infection control in UK Hospitals

Tony Huggins, Managing Director of David Bailey Furniture Systems explains the situation that costs the NHS a staggering £1 billion

Embracing smart technology: Artic’s vision for sustainable facilities management

As the Facilities Management industry undergoes a transformation with the implementation of the flexible working bill, Artic Building Services recognises the need to adapt...

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