The first phase of a new elective surgical hub built using fast-track Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) has opened at the Clatterbridge Hospital on the Wirral.
The Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre is one of the first projects financed under the NHS England £700m national funding scheme made available through the Targeted Investment Fund to treat patients awaiting elective or planned surgery.
Being manufactured and installed by MTX, the first phase includes two operating theatres, 12 patient recovery bays, and a plant equipment room containing air handling units and electrical supply panels. The work has created a ‘cold site’, with the new theatres located away from the main busy acute hospital at Arrowe Park to provide enhanced infection prevention and control and separating patients who require treatment for viruses such as COVID-19 or flu. And the theatre strategy is designed to reduce same-day cancellations. The second phase of the project, which will also be delivered by MTX, will consist of two more operating theatres, a further six recovery bays, ancillary staff areas and changing facilities for theatre staff, and an upper-storey plant equipment enclosure.
