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Scottish Government’s 2-year freeze on NHS builds: How all 14 NHS regional health boards are affected

A look at how all 14 NHS Scotland regional health boards have been affected by the Scottish Government’s decision to pause NHS builds for two years

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Meet the Building Better Healthcare Awards judges for 2024

This year's judging panel includes architects, directors, healthcare leaders, chief executives, experts and presidents
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NHS Trust works with Oleeo to combat staff shortages

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is working with Oleeo software to help support its recruitment processes and deliver a better experience for recruitment managers and candidates

St Vincent's Consulting explores the landscape of the New Hospital Programme

Larry Murphy, Chief Digital and Information Officer at St Vincent's Consulting, shares his views on the landscape of the New Hospital Programme and its potential to reshape healthcare infrastructure

Community Diagnostic Centres hit more than 7 million checks

Since its inception in July 2021, the CDC programme has delivered more than seven million tests, checks and scans at Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) across the UK, helping speed up diagnoses and treatments

London NHS Trusts plan merger: The North Mid and Royal Free London aim for Autumn deadline

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust have been clinical partners since 2017 and are now exploring becoming one organisation

New Velindre Cancer Centre chooses Kier as facilities management provider

Kier, as part of the ACORN consortium, has been appointed to deliver facilities management services for the new Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff upon the completion of its build in 2027

New Highley Health and Wellbeing Centre is ready for its grand unveiling

Construction on the new Highley Health and Wellbeing Centre began in January 2024

PAM: Proactive estate reporting for NHS teams

Penny Brinsley from Service Works Global (SWG) unpacks the questions, what is the Government’s Premises Assurance Model (PAM) framework? How does it help with challenges in submitting reports for smarter NHS estate management

New North Bristol CDC will “initially consist of mobile units,” Trust says

The North Bristol Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) will be offering tests from April and will consist of mobile units, before transferring into a permanent building once works are completed, according to North Bristol NHS Trust

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Cardiac robotic surgery: Barts Health is first in south England thanks to £7.6m funding

The surgical robot fleet at St Bartholomew (Barts Health) has been expanded thanks to funding from Barts Charity

NHS Trust launches five-year plan to transform services and facilities across the region

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has launched a five-year plan which aims to transform services, facilities, and care across the region

Thurrock Community Hospital: Morgan Sindall breaks ground on new Community Diagnostic Centre

Morgan Sindall Construction has started work on a new diagnostics centre in Thurrock Community Hospital in Essex, which will include the refurbishment of a 1,100 sqm building into new consulting rooms and staff support spaces

Facilities management and food services for the NHS: Sodexo gains level 3 NHS Evergreen Supplier status

Sodexo Health & Care has achieved level 3 status on NHS’s Evergreen Sustainable Supplier Assessment maturity matrix

Nottinghamshire maternity services go live with language barrier aid app

Maternity teams across Nottinghamshire are now using CardMedic, which provides interpreting and communication support for new families and staff

New Hospitals Programme Director to exit in May for Cabinet Office role

Saurabh Bhandari, New Hospitals Programme Director, is moving on to become Director of Property Delivery and Transformation in the Cabinet Office in May

North West Anglia works with Clinisys to modernise pathology services

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust has replaced two, legacy laboratory information systems with a single instance of Clinisys WinPath

New Hospital Programme: North Devon District Hospital starts project

North Devon District Hospital has started building works on a new admin facility

I&G to build first centre for Motor Neurone Disease in the UK

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed I&G to build the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND), the first of its kind in the UK

IHP on track to deliver first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre

Construction of the first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre continues to progress, with the concrete frame of the building almost complete

Chief Executive of NHS Confederation: " This [digital healthcare issue] feels to be about four things"

Leaders across the health and social care sector have agreed that a ‘full-scale’ cultural shift at a policy and organisational level is 'urgently needed'

Health and wellbeing platform reduces GP appointments

Primary care networks using the Holly Health digital health and wellbeing coaching tool have seen a reduction in GP appointments

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Securing the health tech profession of the future

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Imprivata expands commitment to NHS organisations through Identity Governance integration with NHSmail

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NHS75: The future is here, it just needs to be evenly distributed

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MAT – proud to have supplied the NHS for over 40 years

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New MMC-built surgical hub leads drive to cut NHS waiting lists

The first phase of a new elective surgical hub built by MTX using fast-track modern Methods of Construction (MMC) has opened at the Clatterbridge Hospital on the Wirral

Medical Air Technology provides UCV canopies for new wing at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital

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