Following a successful handover by healthcare construction partner Darwin Group, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has opened the doors to its new Orthopaedic Outpatient Centre at James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth.
Darwin Group designed, delivered, and installed, an On-Demand Healthcare Facility for an Orthopaedic Outpatient Centre that boasts nine consultation and examination rooms, four modernised plaster bays, improved office spaces, and staff rest areas. The doors opened on 22 May.
The Trust needed a same-day emergency care (SDEC) unit to bolster its urgent and emergency care offering. To optimise patient flow through the current hospital building, the best location for the SDEC was next to the hospital’s emergency department (ED). The space neighbouring the ED was being used to house the Trust’s orthopaedic outpatient services – including its Fracture Clinic. The Trust decided to move its existing orthopaedic services to a new On-Demand facility, which neighbours its Orthopaedic Centre, a permanent building that Darwin Group also delivered and installed earlier this year.
The organisation opted for an On-Demand solution from Darwin Group as it wanted the flexibility and speed of a hireable facility. Instead of investing in another permanent construction leading to future estate issues, the On-Demand facility was delivered at pace.
Nick Dawe, Darwin Group’s MD, said: “We are extremely honoured to have supported the Trust in ensuring patients receive the highest quality care by co-locating its orthopaedic facilities. In doing so, we have provided a solution that allows the current space inside the hospital to be refurbished into an SDEC unit.”
Charlotte Dillaway, COO at James Paget University Hospital, added: “The completion of the new centre means that, for the first time, the James Paget has brand new orthopaedic facilities, including a hi-tech operating theatre building, and a modern ward with en-suite single rooms, all located next to each other, for the benefit of our patients.
“Its creation also frees up space in the main hospital building, which we will now use to develop our ‘same day emergency care’ services, helping us see patients arriving at our Emergency Department more quickly and preventing unnecessary admissions, and reducing pressure on our bed capacity.”
