RECENT NEWS

People living with dementia should have more power and creative freedom in collaborative design projects, new research from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh suggests.

Mace, the global consultancy and construction company, has been appointed to project manage the delivery of the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital, joining a wider design team which also includes Hawkins\Brown, White Arkitetker, Ramboll, MJ Medical, and Edge, as the scheme progresses into technical design.

Leading paint manufacturer, Dulux Trade, recently invited architects, specifiers, and interior designers to the Allermuir showroom in London for a panel discussion exploring inclusive design and ‘the power of colour and sustainability on wellbeing’.

CABE (the Chartered Association of Building Engineers) has announces that Dr Hywel Davies HonFCIBSE, has joined the Association as head of Technical Insight.

West Yorkshire-based Knightsbridge Furniture has announced a new collaboration with Cranium Medical Products of Boksburg, South Africa, which creates ‘100% recyclable furniture optimised for the healing of patients’.

The Engineering Council has signed a ‘landmark’ Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with the USA’s National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).

The Passive Fire Knowledge Group (PFKG) and The Get It Right Initiative (GIRI) have announced plans to work together ‘to improve safety and construction practices’ by sharing knowledge, exchanging ideas, and promoting each other’s aims and objectives.

The Engineering Council has successfully been voted in to join the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), becoming the 24th member of the Government-appointed body.

Tesco, Veolia, Groundwork, and NHS Property Services, have joined forces to recycle soft plastics into outdoor furniture for upcoming social prescribing green spaces.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced today (Wednesday 7 August 2024) that it has provisionally decided to fine Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) £6.09 m following an initial finding that the provider failed to implement measures to protect the personal information of 82,946 people, including some sensitive personal information, in an NHS ransomware incident in August 2022

Willmott Dixon has been chosen by Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board to build a new £20 m mental health unit in Bristol for people across the northern half of the south west region with a learning disability or autism.

More than 1,000 newly qualified GPs will be recruited across England thanks to government action to – as the Department of Health & Social Care puts it – ‘remove red tape currently preventing surgeries from hiring doctors’.

Security services specialist, Magenta Security Services, has launched a programme to provide mental health and 'general wellbeing' support to staff.

Global resource management company, Veolia, is set to deliver Specialist Estates Engineering and Maintenance Services to a range of NHS and public sector authorities, after securing a place on the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) Hard FM Framework.

Zentia, a UK specialist in complete ceiling solutions, has spent £2 million on upgrades and refurbishments at its two manufacturing sites in Team Valley, Gateshead, in an investment that reflects its commitment to UK manufacturing.

Building work on Assura’s new surgery in Shirley near Southampton has officially completed, and the new facility is ready to welcome patients.

Security and access control solutions specialist, Abloy UK, has launched a new ‘white paper’, titled Securing the Future: Revolutionising Critical Infrastructure Access Control with Digital Solutions, which it says ‘investigates the transformative potential of digital access control technologies’, specifically focusing on the comparative strengths and weaknesses of Near Field Communication (NFC) and Bluetooth.

A new NHS Supply Chain regional distribution centre that will support 115 NHS Trusts is now fully operational at Gorsey Point strategically located within 3.5 miles of junction 7 of the M62, five miles from junction 12 of the M56, and close to the access point onto the Mersey Gateway Bridge, which links Runcorn and Widnes.

A new therapeutic garden at Shields Health Hub in North Shields, formerly known as Priory Day Hospital, has been completed as part of the Healthy Happy Places programme.

Chief Executive of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation, Dr Richard Kirby, has been given an honorary doctorate (DSc) from Aston University in recognition of his significant contribution to healthcare leadership.