Building Better Healthcare

Special report: Transforming Heatherwood Hospital

BBH speaks to the team behind the new Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, which maximises its woodland setting to rethink hospital design

£800m to boost innovation, growth and improve patient safety

Significant funding for research centres across the country to support the improved delivery of health and care services and ground-breaking new treatments

Independent experts to assist Scottish Hospitals Inquiry

Specialists will provide expert evidence on infection control matters relating to investigations into health and safety fears at two Scottish hospital sites

Five steps to transform the UK’s health and care systems

New report provides a ‘blueprint for transformation’ of services across the UK and beyond, focusing on the integration of planning and design of places

Building for neurodiversity - New guidelines to address ‘final frontier of inclusive design’

First-of-its-kind national guidance unveiled to consider accessibility for a neurodiverse population, including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dementia and Parkinson’s

Special report: Digitising healthcare - the dream for 2023

BBH editor, Jo Makosinski, explores the trends and challenges facing the health sector as it looks to enhance patient care and drive efficiencies, and the role technology has to play moving forward

40 new hospitals - a reality or a pipe dream?

BBH quizzes the Department of Health and Social Care over fears the promise of 40 new hospitals by 2030 is being pared back

Research will explore new infection-tackling technology

Liverpool study investigates impact of Gencoa’s antimicrobial coating in healthcare settings

Breaking News

Planning permission granted for retirement village at historic Headley Court

Planning permission granted for retirement village at historic Headley Court

Work set to begin on 112 apartments and community facilities at Grade II-listed mansion house

Mental health services boosted by £150m government funding

Mental health services boosted by £150m government funding

Money will be used to build 150 new facilities to support mental health urgent and emergency care services

Tilbury Douglas leads construction of urgent and emergency care centre

Tilbury Douglas leads construction of urgent and emergency care centre

Contractor begins work on new facility at Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral

Achieving NHS digital change cost effectively

Achieving NHS digital change cost effectively

Jonathan Elliott, managing director of Epro (pictured below), calls for the NHS to embrace proven, UK-developed solutions that build on existing NH...

Supporting the health sector with estates challenges

Supporting the health sector with estates challenges

Five frameworks are launched to support public sector with mission zero and compliance challenges

Changing the conversation around AI

Changing the conversation around AI

Ahead of his session at Digital Health Rewired in March, director of AI, imaging, and deployment at the NHS Transformation Directorate, Dominic Cus...

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

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

50 new surgical hubs set to open across England

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

NHS to expand services to keep vulnerable out of hospital

NHS to expand services to keep vulnerable out of hospital

Tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable people will receive tailored support at home as part of a new NHS plan to improve waiting times for eme...

How technology can help drive efficiencies in electronic patient record systems

How technology can help drive efficiencies in electronic patient record systems

BBH editor, Jo Makosinski, speaks to Dr Simon Wallace of Nuance about the role speech recognition technology can play in maximising the benefits of...

TMVs - What are they and why are they used?

TMVs - What are they and why are they used?

John Murray (pictured below), authorising engineer for water at the Water Hygiene Centre, discusses why thermostatic mixing valves (TMVs) are requi...

Special report: Designing a new model for children's hospitals

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...

£2.5m for kidney disease research

£2.5m for kidney disease research

Landmark funding announcement supports researchers across the UK to further understanding of kidney disease and transform treatments for patients

How long are we prepared to wait and see if the NHS improves?

How long are we prepared to wait and see if the NHS improves?

Ivor Campbell of Snedden Campbell, a search company for the medical technology industry (pictured below), looks at the importance placed by health...

UCLH launches net-zero plan to save money and the planet

UCLH launches net-zero plan to save money and the planet

London trust invests in LED lights and solar panel technology to help drive ambitious carbon reduction strategy

Legionella sampling: What's your sampling strategy?

Legionella sampling: What's your sampling strategy?

In this article, Roy Sullivan, an authorising engineer at the Water Hygiene Centre (pictured below), looks at Legionella sampling and why this is s...

In Brief

The Christie deploys CardMedic to help reduce health inequalities

How modernising clinical audit procedures could help the NHS

Nordics health technology provider joins Innovation Pop-Up in Leeds

The Cleaning Show 2023

The Christie advances its openEHR data strategy with ePMA contract

Digital Pre-Op solution optimises surgical pathways in Scotland

Surface Design Show

Brandon Medical receives accolade for innovative, greener healthcare technology

MAT delivers turnkey modular lab with CL3 suites at the University of Warwick

Building Better Healthcare Awards

Lifelight provides blood pressure checks to enable preventative health care

Birmingham trust goes live with patient communication platform

Partnership improves emergency cardiac care using artificial intelligence

Design in Mental Health

Radar Healthcare partners with UK’s largest private hospital group

Empowering young people with digital mental health tools

Elsevier introduces 3D human anatomy model to tackle racial bias in healthcare training

Healthcare Estates 2023| 10-11 October 2023 | Manchester

Digital consent service launched for childhood immunisation

Teledermatology set to support overstretched service

Case study: GP IT system supports shared care delivery model

European Healthcare Design 2023 | 12-14 June 2023 | London

New prototype app revolutionises care for cardiac patients

New technology to ‘unlock’ NHS medical records

First ICS rolls out healthcare communications app

Delivering Digital Health Innovation UK 2023 | 18 May 2023 | London

Most Popular

Inspiration and Learning

Tarkett launches Healthcare Design Guide

Tarkett launches Healthcare Design Guide

Building Better Healthcare in conversation with Courtney Thorne

Building Better Healthcare in conversation with Courtney Thorne

Building Better Healthcare in conversation with Brandon Medical

Building Better Healthcare in conversation with Brandon Medical

Artificial intelligence in the real world

Artificial intelligence in the real world

Building Better Healthcare in conversation with MTX Contracts

Building Better Healthcare in conversation with MTX Contracts

Validair to supply BioTrak real-time viable particle counter and host free webinars

Validair to supply BioTrak real-time viable particle counter and host free webinars

A new era for healthcare construction

A new era for healthcare construction

White Paper: Understanding the Vendor Neutral Archive, February 2013 - by Joseph L. Marion

White Paper: Understanding the Vendor Neutral Archive, February 2013 - by Joseph L. Marion

Whitepaper: What Should the NHS Expect from VNA?

Whitepaper: What Should the NHS Expect from VNA?

Whitepaper: Why Disaster Recovery is Different in Healthcare

Whitepaper: Why Disaster Recovery is Different in Healthcare

Careers

Abloy UK strengthens Irish presence

TPXimpact appoints Scott Ewings as chief experience officer

Siemens appoints regional sales manager

Nuffield Health strengthens senior team

Tunstall apprentices start work with technology solutions provider

NHS Supply Chain appoints non-executive directors

Vodafone appoints Anne-Marie Vine-Lott to head Centre for Health

AGMA - Business Manager - salary DOE

Bill Kloes joins Navenio as chief operating officer to drive US expansion

Archus strengthens leadership team

Reports

Achieving NHS digital change cost effectively

Achieving NHS digital change cost effectively

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

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

TMVs - What are they and why are they used?

TMVs - What are they and why are they used?

How long are we prepared to wait and see if the NHS improves?

How long are we prepared to wait and see if the NHS improves?

Legionella sampling: What's your sampling strategy?

Legionella sampling: What's your sampling strategy?

Preventing healthcare cyber attacks from spreading

Preventing healthcare cyber attacks from spreading

News from the frontline: Beyond the hospital walls – how digital care will revolutionise cancer services

News from the frontline: Beyond the hospital walls – how digital care will revolutionise cancer services

Comment: Transformational IoT in the healthcare industry

Comment: Transformational IoT in the healthcare industry

News from the frontline: Learning where health tech works, and where it doesn’t

News from the frontline: Learning where health tech works, and where it doesn’t

Charting the past and future of urgent care

Charting the past and future of urgent care