Building work begins

Construction work is underway at Salford Royal’s new £68million hospital to support the organisation in its role as the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester.

The forthcoming James Potter Building will also be the hub site for emergency general surgery for the north west of Greater Manchester.

BAM is constructing the six-storey development (previously referred to as the Acute Receiving Centre), which is also part of the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan, a hospital building programme which will deliver 48 hospitals across the country by 2030.

The new facility is named in honour of the organisation’s recently retired, long-standing chairman Jim Potter and will include a resuscitation area, five emergency theatres, inpatient beds, diagnostic imaging, and a helipad, meaning seriously ill patients will reach the site even

more quickly for their life-saving treatment. The scheme aims to complete in summer 2023.

Salford Royal is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Group. NCA Chief Executive Raj Jain said:

“This important facility has been many years in the planning with a number of our local, regional and national partners. We are proud to be the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester and this centre and the amazing state of the art facilities and our specialist clinical teams within it will allow us to provide trauma care and services to an additional 400 trauma patients per year and help save more lives.”

For more information please visit www.srft.nhs.uk

Left to right: BAM Construction Manager Rob Bailey, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist Dr Sheila Tose and Northern Care Alliance Chief Executive Raj Jain