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Investor Halton Ventures names first CEO
Krista Halttunen has been named the first CEO of Halton Group’s parent company, with the task of developing Halton Ventures into ‘a capable and active owner and investor, as well as an attractive development partner’. Her grandfather, Seppo Halttunen, founded Halton in 1969, and her parents, Mika Halttunen and Tarja Takki-Halttunen, have ‘steered’ the family business for over 30 years. Halton Group describes itself as ‘a global technology leader in indoor air solutions for demanding commercial and public premises, workspaces, healthcare institutions and laboratories, professional kitchens, ships, and energy production and industrial environments’. Founded two years ago,
Halton Ventures invests in start- up companies, innovations, and investment funds ‘that improve built and indoor environments in a sustainable way’. It says ‘every
Refurbished supermarket ‘turned community centre’ for Helston
Housed in a refurbished supermarket which had been derelict for nearly a decade, a locally built community space, which will include GP facilities, is set to breathe life into the Cornish town of Helston, says the clinical designer on the project – MJ Medical. The Helston Gateway
investment is made with a long-term perspective’, while new ventures and investments support its core business and ‘unlock opportunities for renewal’. Krista Halttunen is ‘an international
expert in sustainable development and the green transition’, with a Master’s in Physics and Philosophy
from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Environmental Policy from Imperial College London. She has also worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, a policy manager at the UK energy regulator, and a sustainable finance researcher at the University of Oxford.
£1m donation funds simulation suite
for maternal and neonatal health are expected to do, act upon, escalate, and – in some cases – inform decision-making as a practitioner. Historically, colleagues had
Birmingham Women’s Hospital is now home to what is reportedly the NHS’s first simulation suite dedicated to maternal and neonatal health, thanks to a £1 m donation from high street fashion entrepreneur, George Davies, via the George Davies Charitable Trust. The new facility has
‘revolutionised’ the training of Maternity and Neonatal teams both at the Women’s Hospital, and hospitals across the region, offering staff the opportunity to learn and train ‘in a risk-free environment’. The suite’s dedicated
areas are all kitted out as ‘real-life’ working wards and departments – including a maternity delivery simulation room, a neonatal unit, and a gynaecology and theatre simulation room. There is also a seminar and training room, and ‘debrief area’. With projector
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technology, colleagues can ‘live- simulate’ various environments – including a home birth scenario, the arrival at a delivery suite in an ambulance, and a typical delivery suite and ward environment, and multiple teams can be trained simultaneously. Birmingham Women’s and
Children’s NHS Foundation Trust says the use of simulation training is advocated by NHS England ‘as one of the most successful education enablers’, equipping learners with hands-on experience of what they
either to complete their training in meeting rooms which didn’t provide a life-like experience, in bedspaces which may need to be used by patients, or rely on external simulation sites. Matt Nash, Consultant Neonatologist and Clinical director for Maternity and Neonates at Birmingham Women’s Hospital, said: “We’re one of only two specialist women’s hospitals in the UK. It’s important that our practitioners have the right knowledge, skills, competency, confidence, and expertise, to deliver the best treatment and care. “We’re blown away by the new simulation lab, and the generosity of Mr Davies’ charitable trust. It’s a game-changer for us, as no other simulation lab provides this level of fidelity or realism in a maternity and neonatal setting.”
project will bring a GP surgery and community space – with aspirations for ‘an inspired youth centre’ featuring a climbing wall, community meeting rooms, and exercise studios – to the heart of the town. It will take just 12 months and £2.6 m of funding for the first phase of the ‘Net Zero building project’ to come to fruition. Work began in March 2024. MJ Medical has developed
a proposed design for the GP surgery for the upper ground floor – ‘based on key flexible principles’ which allow the practice to adapt its layout and rooms based on changing needs and ‘horizon medical technologies’. The design includes consultation rooms for outpatient appointments, alleviating the need for people to travel nearly an hour or more to the main hospital. The team behind the project aims to achieve Net Zero carbon and the highest energy performance rating. The shell of the former supermarket was built in 1984, and is surrounded by buildings and a car park. MJ Medical said: “Powering the ground source heating for the new facility required drilling 12 boreholes to a total depth of 1.3 kms, while specialist glazing will reduce thermal gain. To ensure that the building fabric is thermally insulated to the highest possible standard, a new building has effectively needed to be built inside the old shell.”
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