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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS Architect sought for Fleming Centre
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have launched a design competition to appoint an architect to design the new Fleming Centre building at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London. The Fleming Centre is at the heart of the global Fleming Initiative, a collaborative new approach led by the Trust and Imperial College London to tackle antimicrobial resistance worldwide. The Centre is due to open on the St Mary’s site in 2028, helping to mark the centenary of Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin there. Chaired by Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, the Fleming Initiative will bring together worldwide expertise in science, technology, policy, and behavioural science with clinical practice and expertise. Scientists will work alongside clinicians, patients, the public, and policy- makers, ‘to scope, test and scale solutions to the problems created by drug-resistant infections’. Professor the Lord Darzi said: “The launch of the RIBA design competition brings us one step closer to achieving the Fleming Centre’s unique concept of breaking down the barriers between clinicians, scientists, policymakers, and,
most importantly, the public, in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The inaugural Centre will be home to the pioneering research and public engagement needed to develop new solutions to help people in the UK and further afield.” The Centre will also be a key part of
the Trust’s Paddington Life Sciences development, which Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust says is ‘creating a thriving ecosystem for life sciences research and innovation with St Mary’s as its hub’. In turn, Paddington Life Sciences is ‘an integral part of the Imperial WestTech Corridor – a globally significant concentration of technology and innovation stretching across west London acting as a catalyst for investment, employment, and inclusive growth’. St Mary’s Hospital – along with the
Trust’s two other main sites, Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospital – are
Helping NHS Trusts enhance the digital patient journey
UK nurse call solutions provider, Wandsworth Healthcare, has entered into a collaboration with DNV Imatis, a leading Scandinavian digital healthcare solutions provider, ‘to help NHS Trusts enhance the digital patient journey, and deliver more efficient, patient-centred, and data-driven, healthcare’. DNV Imatis’ ‘EPR-agnostic’ digital health solutions are already reportedly delivering operational efficiencies for over 46,000 healthcare professionals in 45 hospitals across Europe, Australia, and Canada. Through its intelligent platform, Fundamentum, DNV Imatis says it ‘helps healthcare organisations manage patient flows, logistics, and overall operational efficiency, empowering them to improve productivity and patient safety’. Initially, the collaboration will focus on four core solutions: n An electronic bed capacity management system (eBCMS): presenting data from multiple sources to give a single view and reduce time
part of the New Hospital Programme. The Fleming Centre will be the first new building to open at St Mary’s as part of plans to redevelop the whole hospital site over the next decade. The Trust is proposing building the Fleming Centre on the site currently occupied by The Bays buildings on the west of the hospital site. These former industrial warehouses were built around 1850 for transport and distribution networks, and incorporated into the hospital in 1983, primarily for office use. The new Fleming Centre will be an integral part of the new St Mary’s Hospital site once completed.
Nitrous oxide monitoring solution launched
gaps between bed availability and patient occupancy.
n Task management: efficient handling of support service assignments that can be integrated with all departments in the hospital.
n Alarm management: silently allocating and escalating alarm calls through mobile devices.
n Patient engagement: allows patients to engage in their care using their own mobile devices.
To demonstrate ‘the advanced digital integration capabilities’ the two businesses say will result, a new Digital Patient Journey Experience Centre is being developed at Wandsworth’s headquarters in Woking.
BeaconMedaes UK has announced the immediate availability of a new one- month rental package designed to help hospitals monitor and manage staff exposure to nitrous oxide (N2O). The ‘comprehensive’ Nitrous Oxide Exposure Monitoring Solution includes two nitrous oxide detectors, alongside full training, recording documentation, assessment data analysis, and a summary report. The medical gas specialist said: “In alignment with NHS England guidelines on minimising time-weighted exposure to nitrous oxide in healthcare settings, the Nitrous Oxide Exposure Monitoring Solution allows hospitals to better understand and manage their levels of staff exposure – an essential step in ensuring the provision of a safe working environment for all staff.” The system was developed
by Medclair AB, and is available exclusively through BeaconMedaes UK in the UK and Ireland.
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