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Work begins on Southampton Aseptic Pharmacy and SSD
Willmott Dixon has begun work on two specialist facilities developed by Prime plc in partnership with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS). Situated on plot 2 of the Adanac Health and Innovation Campus in Southampton, the new multi-use facility, being funded by Macquarie Asset Management on behalf of the retirement specialist, Just Group plc, will comprise an Aseptic Pharmacy and Sterile Services Department (SSD), with further flexible expansion space. The Aseptic Pharmacy will act as an MHRA- licensed pharmacy, with sterile medicines manufactured for UHS and other NHS providers in the region. Meanwhile, the SSD will sterilise surgical tools and equipment for use by UHS; these services will be delivered at the new location by strategic provider, IHSS. UHS is one of England’s largest acute
teaching Trusts, and says it experiences a very high demand on its geographically constrained site. By working with Prime plc through the Southampton Commercial Estates Development Partnership (CEDP), the Trust has been able to unlock a number of complex estate challenges. These new facilities will be the latest in a series of developments designed to create more space for the Trust to expand. Previous development on the hospital site has produced a new entrance, retail space, and staff car park. The partners then worked together to create Adanac Health and Innovation
Myco 4 smartphone contributes to ‘seamless workflow’
Ascom says that its new ‘professional smartphone’, Myco 4, provides ‘effective communication, better coordination, and improved efficiency’, and – combined with the company’s Healthcare Platform (AHP) – ‘allows seamless workflow continuity and care delivery, thereby adding significant value to clinicians’. Ascom said:
“The Ascom Myco 4 is specifically designed to
improve efficiency,
Campus, providing additional expansion space with good proximity to the hospital, and easy access to the motorway network. To date, a multi-storey park and ride car park serving the hospital, and a Costa Coffee outlet, have been delivered at the new campus, with a remaining three plots still to be developed. James Allen, Chief Pharmacist at UHS, said: “We are delighted to be working alongside Willmott Dixon and Prime in the construction of our new pharmacy aseptic production facility. This state- of-the-art facility will be a significant leap forward in our capacity to produce sterile, pre-prepared medicines. As an MHRA-licensed unit, the facility will utilise advances in automation to produce products at scale, enhancing the capacity of patient pathways in UHS and NHS Trusts in Hampshire and neighbouring healthcare systems.”
reduce the total cost of ownership, and withstand the toughest demands in the clinical environment. It combines the features of multiple devices into a single smartphone, and offers a range of new and improved functionality.” Key claimed benefits include:
n Helps healthcare organisations reduce total cost of ownership with a single device.
n Reduces replacement and repair costs, due to a robust design and a much longer lifetime.
n Longer battery life, with ‘hot-swap’ functionality to maximise workflow continuity without interruption.
n Powerful barcode scanner with LED illumination.
n Additional alarm capabilities with optional pull-cord alarm.
n Enhanced Android security.
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