Devon Primary Care Trust has contracted healthcare development specialist Ryhurst to act as the private sector partner on the £25m PFI project to redevelop Newton Abbot Community Hospital.
Ryhurst will develop the community hospital, replacing the existing Victorian and Edwardian buildings in East Street. Facilities at the new hospital will include a rehabilitation unit, a minor injury and illness centre, an out-of-hours service, a small maternity unit and a range of outpatient facilities. The hospital will form part of a wider development programme for the local area, which will include new roads and housing. Work recently started on the site and completion of the new hospital is expected by September 2008.
Rydon Construction, part of the Rydon Group, will build the facilities and Rydon Property Maintenance will undertake the facilities management contract on the site over a 30-year period.
David Hay, managing director of Ryhurst said: “We are delighted to have signed this contract and look forward to working in Partnership with Devon Primary Care Trust to provide a first class health facility for the Newton Abbot community.”
