Modular building specialist Portakabin has completed its first project in “a pioneering new partnership” with renal care services provider Diaverum. The new, hired, satellite unit, recently opened at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, allows kidney disease patients to benefit from care closer to home.
Nottinghamshire’s existing renal facilities were, Portakabin says, approaching capacity, and this interim centre, delivered and operated by Diaverum, provides much-needed extra stations. Portakabin delivered the building in just 11 weeks from receipt of order, and the clinic is already operating two shifts, six days a week, providing treatment for up to 40 patients. It incorporates the latest medical technology and patient resources, including Freeview television and wireless internet. Manufactured off site, and rapidly craned into position, the unit accommodates 10 dialysis stations, a nurses’ base, utility rooms, a reception and waiting area, staff room, offices, and a storage area. It was constructed using the Ultima modular building system, which Portakabin explains has no interior columns, for design flexibility, and offers “superior thermal efficiency for reduced running costs and less impact on the environment”. Kim Beak, assistant general manager, renal services, at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “I am very impressed and delighted with the new facility, which has far exceeded our expectations. Because of the amount of time dialysis patients have to spend undergoing treatment, the quality of the environment was an extremely important requirement. Time was also critical, because of the increase in patient numbers, and the urgent need for a satellite facility on this site. The building was delivered on schedule, and the Portakabin team was very professional throughout.”
