Handover marks the completion of temporary Majors Department at Stepping Hill Hospital
Tilbury Douglas has celebrated another construction milestone to enhance emergency and urgent care for patients at Stepping Hill Hospital with the handover of phase two, the temporary Majors Department, which will eventually become the Same Day Emergency Care Centre.
This follows the recent completion of the new Rapid Assessment Unit in the live Emergency and Urgent Care Campus in December 2023.
The scheme comprises a full-scale remodelling of the existing Emergency Department at the Hospital with approximately 2,600sqm of internal refurbishment, along with a remodelling of the existing ambulance drop-off. There will be new assessment, treatment and consultation areas for several key emergency and urgent care services, including the children’s emergency department, mental health department, and medical same day emergency care.
The project also includes 1,300 sqm of new build development, with 375 sqm of new non-clinical staff accommodation at first floor level.
Once completed, the campus will help to enhance emergency and urgent care for the local population of Stockport, as well as residents in High Peak and Cheshire East, where patients, their families and carers will receive high quality care.
“This is another impressive success for the team and an example of how estates and construction partners should collaborate and communicate. The team will continue to embrace the ethos and goals of the Trust on future phases, to ensure all patients achieve a seamless journey through their hospital experience.”
Martin Horne, Regional Director – North West at Tilbury Douglas
Karen James OBE, Chief Executive of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, said: “It is excellent to see another key stage completed in the build of our new emergency and urgent care campus. The rapid assessment unit is already open, and a new clinical decision unit will follow later in the year, all of which will help us to provide enhanced care to meet the needs of local people.”