Capital estates project update

This year, the extensive estates capital programme includes just under £25m worth of investment to improve our hospital and the estate.

The capital programme consists of three elements, including:

Emergency backlog and critical infrastructure maintenance schemes Capacity schemes Development projects

You will have seen a number of fantastic projects completed recently, including two as a result of your feedback in the Staff Survey:

The Alex Study – a modern and quiet office environment for our consultants and doctors Multi-faith facility – the creation of a new facility that provides a safe, secure and appropriate space for our people, patients and visitors to express their spirituality

The Adult Assessment Unit (AAU) and Fracture Clinic have recently opened (as our vaccination hub) and the Dolphin Ward upgrade works are now complete. The new and modern facilities help to support the health and wellbeing of our patients and enhance the patient flow across the hospital. The capital estates team are also working on a number of other capital projects including:

Mortuary department upgrade Williams Day Unit rebuild Colposcopy upgrade Endoscopy - third room created Alex Lounge – staff health and wellbeing space New CT scanner build Pre-assessment upgrade ED - frailty assessment build Alex training and education centre Labour Ward upgrade Chamberlen patient toilets and showers installation Kalmar House refresh New laundry facility Green Zone - electric vehicle points/bicycle changing rooms

Michael Meredith, director of strategy and estates, said:

We are extremely proud of the recent capital works projects and look forward to making a number of improvements to the facilities across the hospital over the next year.

The improvements will support the health and wellbeing of both our fantastic PAHT people and experience for our patients and visitors.

A big thank you to all of those involved during an extremely challenging year.

There will be regular updates regarding the estates capital programme in the InTouch weekly newsletter. Multi-faith space

The Adult Assessment Unit