New-look modular mental health bedroom earns praise at industry conference
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Industry experts and service users have welcomed changes to Bedroom Evolved; a pioneering modular mental health bedroom built by healthcare construction firm Darwin Group. The firm recently showcased its new-look project at the Design in Mental Health Conference for a second year running and said feedback from visitors was very positive.
New surgical centre at Southmead Hospital takes shape
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The external structure of the new Elective Centre at Southmead Hospital has now been completed. More than 200 modules have been lifted into place by a crane over six weeks to create the building structure. The centre is a joint project between North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), supported by Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board.
Bradford College students gain valuable construction site experience thanks to Darwin Group
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More than 40 students from Bradford College gained an insight into the world of construction after visiting the site of a new multi-million-pound surgical day case unit at St Luke’s Hospital recently.
The construction students were shown around the site by leading healthcare construction firm, Darwin Group, which is delivering the project for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.