Kier has been appointed by the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a new £60m 54-bed acute inpatient mental health hospital in Bexhill, as part of its Re-designing Inpatient Services in East Sussex (RIS:ES) Programme. This is the first step in the RIS:ES Programme which is aimed at providing all mental health inpatient services across East Sussex on a single site.
Informed Choices, the testing standard developed by Design in Mental Health Network in partnership with Building Research Establishment (BRE), has been eight years in the making, and involved more than 250 consultations with Network members and technical contributors. Since its launch at the Design in Mental Health conference in 2023, the new standard has had a flurry of interest from NHS Trusts, NHS England, and manufacturers and specifiers alike.
Bupa Health Clinics is pleased to complete the acquisition of Blackberry Clinics, specialists in treating muscle, bone and joint conditions that cause people pain.