David Pokora (LIFT Council) will be one of the speakers at the Government Construction Summit 2 on July 2012.

Success at RICS Pro Yorkshire Awards

Community Ventures Leeds celebrate success in the RICS Pro Yorkshire Awards on Friday 11th May 2012. 

Community Ventures break ground at South Kirkby

Community Ventures South Kirby Ltd is driving the way forward for new investment into primary care services across the north of England. Work begins on site on Friday 18th May 2012 and local services across health and social care are in celebratory mood.

Community Ventures and the GPs have come together to form a true partnership for local people. The aim of the joint venture is to ensure that local needs are met for the long term. The two GP practices Dr Chandy and partners Drs Diggle and Okine have said how excited they are to see the first Turf being turned, for the £6.5 million centre, which is being built by Miller Construction.

Building Better Healthcare Awards 2012

Click on the link to find out more about the event, award catagories and how the enter.

New Greater Manchester Trauma Network will save lives

The Greater Manchester Trauma Centre will work as part of a network of NHS organisations operating from the moment a 999 call comes in to the time, maybe months later, when a patient returns home.

Greater Manchester’s Trauma Centre will be provided across three hospital sites working together, these three hospital sites are:
• Wythenshawe Hospital (University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust)
• Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, and
• Manchester Royal Infirmary (Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)

This Collaborative Centre will be supported by a number of Trauma Units (Royal Oldham Hospital, Stepping Hill Hospital, The Albert Edward Infirmary), and other NHS services across Greater Manchester providing different aspects of a patients care.

International Nurses Day: Newly-appointed CNO Energises colleagues for Excellence

DoH Corporate plan 2012-13

The Department of Health’s Corporate plan sets out our priorities for the year ahead. The Department’s enduring purpose is to achieve better health, better care, better value: working to help people live better for longer.

Now that the Health and Social Care Bill has become law, the Department has a firm platform on which to build clarity about the future direction of the health and social care system as a whole.

The plan groups the Department’s activity into six priority areas:

  • Better health’; ‘Better care’; ‘Better value’ relate directly to DH’s enduring purpose and capture the key business priorities for the Department for this year to April 2013
  • ‘Successful change – delivering the transition to the new system’ picks up the work the DH does and its accountability for making this happen
  • ‘Working with our partners’ builds on what the DH does now and recognises that in the new system the Department will be working differently
  • ‘Transforming the DH itself’ is about the DH’s journey to develop its capability.

The plan is also built around how the Department will support the Secretary of State to deliver his five strategic objectives: a patient-led NHS; delivering better health outcomes; a more autonomous and accountable NHS; improved public health; reforming long-term and social care.

CHP North LIFTCo Scheme activity during 2011/12

A review of the collective achievements of LIFTCos in the CHP North region during the 12 months to March 2012 shows a track record of significant achievement.

Twelve new schemes have become operational over the period creating 51,000m2 of LIFT accommodation, available for services and patients. The schemes represent a combined investment of £135m in providing improved premises for health care delivery.

A further fifteen schemes were under construction as at the financial year end. These are all forecast to become operational by the end of 2012/13. Together these schemes will add 40,000m2 of state of the art accommodation for patient services.

Operational during 2011/12

    • Barnsley Community Solutions - The Hoyland Centre
    • Barnsley Community Solutions - The Darton Centre
    • BRAHM - Bolton One
    • Citycare Hull - Wilberforce Health Centre
    • eLIFT Cumbria - Sedburgh Health Centre
    • Doncaster Community Solutions - The Stonecastle Centre
    • Doncaster Community Solutions - The Flying Scotsman Centre
    • East Lancashire Building Partnership - Barbara Castle Way Health Centre
    • Liverpool & Sefton Health Partnership - South Liverpool NHS Treatment Centre
    • Liverpool & Sefton Health Partnership - The Fiveway’s Centre
    • Liverpool & Sefton Health Partnership - Townsend Lane Neighbourhood Centre
    • Community1st Oldham - Werneth Primary Care Centre

Wave 1 applications for CCG authorisation

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority has today confirmed the 35 aspiring clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) who have chosen to be assessed in the first wave of applications for authorisation.

These are:

Werneth Primary Care Centre Highly Commended in Regional RICS Awards

Werneth Primary Care Centre has been highly commended in the RICS North West Awards. The award was presented at a ceremony on 3rd May at Lancashire County Cricket Club.

The RICS Awards showcase the most inspirational regional initiatives and developments in land, property, construction and the environment, with the

Infrastructure category recognising projects that deliver essential facilities and services.

Werneth Primary Care Centre delivers a wide range of health services in a state-of-the-art environment. In addition, the building incorporates a number of innovative sustainable design solutions in order to minimise its initial and ongoing impact on the environment.