Health Homebuilder's site teams stay sun-savvy and skin safe Following Skin Cancer Awareness Month (May), Barratt and David Wilson Homes has ensured its site teams in West Yorkshire are set for skin protection with a new initiative. The leading housebuilder has distributed sun strength gauge cards to its site teams at its developments across the county, which enables them By The Editor • 2 min read
Health Yorkshire audiologists launches specialist service to tackle growing condition A local chain of audiologists and opticians has launched a specialist tinnitus service, to help tackle the growth of the condition in recent years. Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists, which has its head office and nine practices throughout Yorkshire, has introduced the specialist service as the number of tinnitus cases in By The Editor • 2 min read
Health Tracy Brabin steps in to fund health & social care training Local NHS services in West Yorkshire are benefitting from new investment to train and upskill people for jobs in the health and social care sector. In an unprecedented move for the region, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin is funding training for frontline NHS workers. The £1.3 million investment will By The Editor • 4 min read
Health Healthcare event at the Lakeside Conference Centre Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC), based at leading science park York Biotech Campus (YBC), recently hosted the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) annual conference. The event brought 160 delegates from across the region to LCC for a ‘Back to Basics’ conference. The By The Editor • 2 min read
Health Government funding gives massive boost to region's flagship new healthtech innovation hub Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and Leeds City Councillor, Helen Hayden visited Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ Old Medical School this week to give their support to the flagship project of the £180million West Yorkshire Healthtech and Digital Technology zone. The pair met with the Trust’s Chair Dame Linda Pollard By The Editor • 4 min read
Health Work starts on site for the expansion of the £10m Leeds private hospital Work has now started on site for a high-quality 10,000 sq ft extension to the flourishing Leeds Private Hospital at the 17th Century Red Hall House estate. Consultant facial plastic surgeon Dr Fas Arshad and his wife Ms Sommiya bought the historic estate, by the East Leeds Orbital Route By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Bradford Bid to back no more week campaign Bradford BID is hosting a free workshop during national No More Week (4-8 March), for member businesses on why domestic abuse is a workplace issue and how they can better support their workforce. The awareness campaign is aimed at getting organisations to play a more proactive role in standing up By The Editor • 2 min read
Legal Matters A hat-trick of healthcare wins for Ward Hadaway One of Yorkshire’s leading healthcare law firms has secured its place on three prestigious National Healthcare Service (NHS) frameworks for a further four years. In what was a highly competitive process, Ward Hadaway’s wealth of experience in healthcare law has earned the firm a coveted position on the By The Editor • 2 min read
Health Electro Muscle Stimulation workout launches in Leeds Jon Wray Health and Wellbeing, situated at Park Place in Leeds, has teamed up with ION BODY to introduce Electro Muscle Stimulation (EMS) personal training—a first for the city. Supported by scientific evidence, EMS employs a cutting-edge training system utilising low-frequency electrical pulses. Strategically placed electrodes on various muscle By The Editor • 1 min read
Health AI innovations set to revolutionise the NHS Answer Digital picked up the Artificial Intelligence Project of the Year award for its pioneering work in advancing AI, accelerating the diagnosis of cancer, stroke and other health conditions in the NHS, at the prestigious UK IT Industry Awards 2023. Leeds-based, Answer Digital is working with The London Medical Imaging By The Editor • 2 min read
Health NG Bailey secures project to support NHS emergency care development NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and services business, has secured a £7.6m contract to support the creation of a new build Emergency Care Village for Worksop and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The contract will be undertaken in partnership with Integrated Healthcare Projects (IHP) and By The Editor • 2 min read
Health Yorkshire CEO named chair of national Health Innovation Network Richard Stubbs, CEO of Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber, has been appointed as the new Chair of the national Health Innovation Network. This appointment coincides with the beginning of a new five-year licence agreement for the national Health Innovation Network and its 15 regional bodies across England (formerly known as By The Editor • 4 min read
