Design & Build

Six trends shaping healthcare facility construction in 2023

Mike Wood, vice president of planning, design and construction at Medxcel, explores how trending construction solutions are helping to support the delivery of modern, fit-for-purpose healthcare facilities

£250m to boost NHS capacity with 900 new beds

Funding aims to relieve pressures on hospitals and help cut waiting lists

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Community Skills Centre to plug construction industry skills gap

Manchester NHS trust supports training programme on the site of new-build mental health unit

Green light for UK’s first National Rehabilitation Centre

Treasury approves funding for first UK rehabilitation hospital in Loughborough

Healthcare project professionals support increased use of AI

83% of project leaders working in healthcare think AI will have a positive impact on the sector, reducing costs and improving decision-making

Six trends shaping healthcare facility construction in 2023

Mike Wood, vice president of planning, design and construction at Medxcel, explores how trending construction solutions are helping to support the...

First spade in ground for new NHS diagnostic facility

Construction work starts on Stockton diagnostic hub

Men’s Shed initiative opens in Clacton-on-Sea

Mental health garden celebrates its official opening

Why innovation in healthcare needs to be about productivity, prevention, people, and place

Ian Watson, director of commercial solutions at Canon Medical Systems UK (pictured below), explains how overcoming the challenges in UK healthcare...

50 new surgical hubs set to open across England

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

Comment: How flexible use of space is driving better utilisation, value, and outcomes

Malcolm Twite, executive director of property and operations for Community Health Partnerships (CHP), explains why flexibility is critical to futur...

Starting a green radiology clinic from scratch

Dr Thomas Constantine, director of Coastal Medical Imaging, shares his experience of setting up a sustainable radiology clinic in North Wales

Why decentralised clinical trials are key to the future of the UK’s incredible research story

EMS Healthcare, one of the world’s-leading and most-flexible mobile space providers has supported the NHS-Galleri trial by supplying 11 mobile heal...

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 paediat...

Newly-relocated University of Bristol Dental School completes

State-of-the-art facility will teach the next generation of dentists

HVAC-R insulation helps beat winter challenges

Tom Merton of Armacell explores how healthcare facilities can save energy through the installation of energy-efficient HVAC thermal insulation

Union calls for urgent RAAC risk register for the NHS

Unite members warn risk across the health sector could be ‘substantial’ as it is revealed more than 40 hospitals contain structurally-unsound reinf...

Q&A How flooring renovation is better for healthcare

Rohit Sharma of flooring manufacturer, Bona, reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the emphasis on ‘resilient’ flooring renovation in the...