The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham has recently opened the first phase of a major theatre expansion using volumetric modular building technology.
Here, Professor Philip Begg, the Trust’s executive director of Strategy and Delivery, and Alan Wilson, managing director of ModuleCo Healthcare, tell the story behind the new development.
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is one of Europe’s biggest specialist orthopaedic units, and ranks among the best in the NHS for patient experience. It performs over 3,000 hip and knee replacements every year, with a 96 per cent recommendation rating from its patients. The Trust urgently required new operating theatres to meet existing and future patient demand, expand its capabilities, and drive additional revenues.
Four years ago, it had suffered a serious failure in the plant that operates its existing theatres, which resulted in losing three theatres for an entire week. It led to many patients being severely inconvenienced, a loss of income to the trust (of between £500,000 and £1 million), and surgeons being unable to work.
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