Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, has officially opened the latest project to be completed by MMC building specialist, MTX Contracts, at Leighton Hospital in Crewe.
MTX said: “The two-storey 4,200 m2 development provides the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with an A&E Department extension that offers a larger, better, and safer environment for patients and staff, while helping to combat the extended waiting lists that the NHS is currently facing due to the pandemic.”
On the ground floor are treatment rooms – including rapid assessment bays, isolation and ‘resus’ bays, a bereavement suite, and X-ray facilities, plus dedicated paediatric unit and mental health assessment rooms. The first floor houses a large number of offices and staff areas.
Steven Hartley, the MTX Project director who headed up the scheme, said: “Efficiency has never been more important in the healthcare sector, especially during these unprecedented times. The project we delivered for Leighton Hospital will allow the Trust to provide greater clinical effectiveness for both patients and staff. The new department’s completion has seen ambulatory care services re-locate into the new facility, with its greater capacity, in essence creating an urgent care village which not only reduces patient assessment times, and supports more cohesive working and overall improved patient experience. We’re incredibly proud that the Secretary of State was able to visit to open the newly completed building.”
James Sumner, Chief Executive of the Mid Cheshire Trust, added: “We were delighted to welcome the Secretary of State to Leighton, at a time when we are investing in enhanced hospital services for our local community. The purpose-built A&E ensures a bigger, better, and safer environment for both patients and staff. A&E attendance has increased across the country in recent years, so this provides an excellent opportunity to meet the needs of our growing population of 300,000.”
Dr David Matthews, the Trust’s clinical director of Emergency Care, concluded: “The NHS has been tested to the maximum by a combination of higher patient attendances, the coronavirus pandemic, and the annual winter pressures. This facility is really exciting for the Trust – it has been carefully designed to allow for the clear separation of children and adults in a modern, welcoming environment that will greatly improve the patient experience.”
MTX is a privately-owned, Cheshire-based construction and engineering company that ‘specialises in the use of innovative Modern Methods of Construction to deliver fast-track building solutions to the NHS and private healthcare sector throughout the UK’.
