NHS Requires System-Wide Flexible Strategy to Secure the Future of its Estates and Buildings: New Report
Harnessing the potential of flexible modular buildings to directly reduce the NHS backlog of some 7.6 million individual cases can help transform the future of the service and make it secure for the long term, according to a report published today by healthcare facilities experts Darwin Group and Portakabin.
Healthcare Estates Capital Value: Roundtable Report with HFMA
With too little capital funding available, how can the NHS ensure it gets the most value out of its investment in infrastructure and equipment? A recent HFMA roundtable, in partnership with Darwin Group, made some suggestions.
Community health hubs: Could they be the answer to saving £26 million for an average-sized ICS?
With financial pressures increasing for NHS Trusts year-on-year, could the introduction of more community health hubs be one way to help improve health outcomes while saving millions simultaneously?
Two in five general practice staff consider their premises not fit for purpose
Insufficient space for professional development and training are just two of the issues GPs are battling, caused by working from outdated premises. A report from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), received the views of 2,649 general practice staff.
Darwin Group’s Resilience Ward is the fast, compliant, permanent capacity solution for NHS estates
A new ‘fast deploy’ ward to help NHS trusts struggling with the unprecedented combination of RAAC problems, winter pressures and backlog maintenance has been launched by leading specialist healthcare construction firm Darwin Group.
Why NHS winter pressures could be the worst ever this year – and how we can help
As the seasons change and we begin the march into autumn, experts are warning the NHS could be heading into its worst ever winter. With new strains of Covid already widely reported, some people are calling for mask wearing to be reintroduced in certain settings. A potential increase in infections coupled with the Government decision to reduce this winter’s Covid and flu immunisation programme has left experts concerned about capacity. But it’s not too late to think about tackling the problems on the horizon.
Major work begins as Darwin Group build new NHS surgical day case unit at St Luke’s Hospital
Major work has started at St Luke’s Hospital, in Bradford, in the delivery of a £19 million NHS surgical day case unit that will increase patient capacity.
Leicester Royal Infirmary – Discharge Lounge
When University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust needed help to relieve its winter bed pressures and reduce ambulance wait times, it turned to Darwin Group to help.
Mid Cheshire NHS Foundation Trust 60 bed ward
Darwin Group was able to utilise the company’s innovative modular build systems to provide a new 60 bed two-storey ward building featuring a mixture of single and multi-bed bays, complemented with ancillary accommodation – utility spaces, storage and staff areas – and a specialist physiotherapy space.
Portakabin and Darwin Group expand healthcare capability
Modular building market leader Portakabin has today announced the acquisition of healthcare modular buildings specialist Darwin Group in a move that will offer significant benefits to healthcare providers across the UK.
Combining the modular knowledge, scale and financial strength of York-headquartered Portakabin with the specialist healthcare expertise of Darwin Group will now offer healthcare providers both temporary and permanent building solutions to cover all future clinical and non-clinical requirements.
