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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS Old Medical School to become innovation hub
Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin, and Leeds City Councillor, Helen Hayden, have visited Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ Old Medical School to give their support to the ‘flagship project’ of the £180 m West Yorkshire Healthtech and Digital Technology zone. There they met with Trust
Chair, Dame Linda Pollard, and Chief Executive, Professor Phil Wood, to see the vision for transforming the 7,000 m2
for the first time, and provide space for scale-ups and start-ups. Running alongside the Trust’s new state-of-the-art hospitals of the future, this infrastructure for the city really will be a hotbed of innovative thinking, collaboration, and development, bringing life- changing benefits for patients being treated in Leeds, and impressive economic benefits for the city and wider region.” Professor Phil Wood added:
Old
Medical School building into a ‘healthtech innovation hub’ as the first phase of the Innovation Village. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust says the new Healthtech Innovation Hub is ‘the exciting first phase’ of its one million ft2
Leeds Innovation Village on
the site of Leeds General Infirmary, the catalyst being the construction of the Trust’s new ‘digital hospital’ there. The Trust describes the Innovation Village as a ‘transformational’ health and life science- led development in Leeds City Centre, which will deliver 4,000 new jobs, and up to a £13 bn economic boost for the region. It said: “A pivotal part of the city’s Innovation Arc, it will enable innovation
that creates a healthier, greener, and inclusive future for Leeds, the region, and across the globe.” The Trust is currently looking to select a developer for the Old Medical School, to be appointed this May. Dame Linda Pollard, Chair of the
Leeds Innovation Partnership said: “I am delighted the Old Medical School has been chosen as the flagship project for the West Yorkshire Healthtech and Digital Technology zone, and it’s great to see our vision for a leading Healthtech Innovation hub get this boost. The Healthtech Innovation Hub will uniquely co-locate clinicians, entrepreneurs, and academics
Bringing care closer to home in North West London
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has received final approval to build a new Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre (ADC) at West Middlesex University Hospital, ‘bringing care closer to home for thousands’, as it prepares for construction this spring. Construction work is due to start soon, and should complete by summer 2026. The new five-storey facility will ‘provide vital diagnostic and treatment services’ in cancer, renal, and imaging for local residents in Hounslow, Richmond, and Ealing. It aims to reduce health
inequalities, improve patient outcomes, and provide care closer to home – freeing up space in the main hospital for inpatient care.
The Trust explains that cancer and renal disease account for one of the largest health impacts for the local population. The ADC will double capacity for these services. The new £80 m scheme is the largest capital project the Trust has ever run, and includes a £16.5 m capital grant from NHS England. The centre will support outpatient care, and offer day services for patients, opening approximately 12 hours per day, six days a week.
The Trust’s official charity, CW+, is seeking to raise £1.5 m in donations to support the new ‘landmark facility’, and to enhance the patient experience, through improvements to furniture, green spaces, and a ‘more dynamic’ visual environment. The new development is designed to be an all-electric building.
“The support for the future transformation of the Old Medical School represents a
huge step forward for Leeds to develop a world-class Healthtech and Digital Technology space that can catalyse our fight to combat patient inequalities, and help us build on the existing national and international health tech collaboration with our clinicians we are already seeing at our Innovation Pop Up and across our Trust.”
Pictured, left to right, are Councillor Helen Hayden, West Yorkshire Mayor, Tracy Brabin, and Dame Linda Pollard, Chair of the Leeds Innovation Partnership and of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Multi-chamber washer-disinfector launched
Getinge says its new multi-chamber washer-disinfector, Aquadis Index, combines high capacity with low utility consumption. Said to be ‘easy to
operate’, it has a ‘unique’ user-interface, ‘operable by staff at all experience levels’. The company said: “With a high capacity of up to 18 (DIN-sized) trays per load, this product ensures efficient throughput.” “Our new washer-disinfector is designed to adapt to unique needs while maintaining high performance,” said Marcus Samuelsson, Product manager, Cleaning and Disinfection, at Getinge. “With a top modern multi-chamber technology, it offers high capacity, throughput, and low utility consumption, without any compromises on cleaning efficacy. It’s fully connected, allowing CSSD staff to quickly maximise uptime.”
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