MJ Medical is to lead the strategic health planning for a £150 m ‘critical treatment hospital’ located on the north side of the M3 near junction 7 in Hampshire between Winchester and Basingstoke, which will serve 600,000 people, centralising some specialised emergency services currently provided at other sites.
Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK’s first to move towards this new model of centralised emergency care, appointed the company on the basis of its expertise and track record in clinical visioning and developing new models of care.
The hospital will deal with ‘blue light scenarios’, treating patients with major trauma injuries, heart attacks, strokes, and other serious emergencies. The emergency departments at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital in Basingstoke, and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, will remain open and function ‘as general A&Es’.
Working with a design team led by Stride Treglown Architects (including Hassell Architects, Hoare Lea, and Buro Happold), MJ Medical’s principal task will be to assist in developing the vision for the delivery of medical care. They will then translate this into a clinical brief to aid the development of the design, develop an outline workforce plan, and go on to provide full medical equipment planning services.
Work on the design is under way, with the new hospital scheduled to open in December 2018.
