Yorkon Delivers UK's Largest Complete Hospital to be Built Off Site
Two new multi-million pound NHS treatment centres have been delivered to site by off-site specialists and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, for independent healthcare providers, UK Specialist Hospitals (UKSH).
The project at Emerson's Green in Bristol is believed to be the UK's largest complete hospital to be built off site.
The UKSH NHS treatment centres at Devizes in Wiltshire and Emerson's Green will provide NHS patients in the South West with increased choice and reduced waiting times.
Both centres have now been constructed off site by Yorkon and craned into position around 70 per cent complete. This approach will ensure completion on time, on budget, to a shorter programme, with guaranteed quality and less disruption.
The two contracts follow Yorkon's successful completion in 2005 of its first project for UKSH - the Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre. That scheme was manufactured and fitted out in just 10 months and is now regarded as one of the UK's top performing NHS treatment centres.
Commenting on the projects, Fiona Calnan, Chief Executive of UKSH, said, "Yorkon was our preferred contractor for these new NHS treatment centres following the success of Shepton Mallet, which they delivered on programme and on budget in partnership with UKSH. We wanted the security and reassurance of working with a healthcare construction specialist that had already delivered."
"The new treatment centres will give NHS patients in the South West greater choice as to when and where they are treated, and will deliver the highest levels of patient care and excellent clinical outcomes."
David Johnson, Director and General Manager of Yorkon, added, "We are delighted to be working with UKSH again - and to be breaking new ground in the off-site sector with the scale and complexity of Emerson's Green."
Due to open towards the end of 2009, the Emerson's Green NHS Treatment Centre is a new purpose-built surgical hospital which will provide a range of elective surgical services, including inpatient treatment. It will have four operating theatres and 33 beds, with supporting outpatient, diagnostic and administrative facilities and a decontamination suite.
Devizes NHS Treatment Centre will deliver day surgical treatment. Facilities include two operating theatres, outpatient and diagnostic services.
