Yeovil District Hospital
Ambulant Breast Care Centre

The new unit relocated the current referral unit and brought services together, enabling patients to have their clinical examination, an ultrasound scan, a mammogram, a biopsy, a prosthesis fitting, along with doctor and specialist nurse appointments all in one place, thus improving the patient experience. The unit will see 1,200 patients per year and include:

• A dedicated counselling space
• A changing room, designed specifically to ensure patient privacy and dignity
• A fitting room for bras and prostheses
• A comfortable waiting area, away from other busy outpatient areas and treatment rooms
• Art and natural light to make the atmosphere as relaxing as possible
• A mammography room
• An ultrasound room
• A wellbeing room for support groups and wellbeing activities

An enabling package included tree protection (three trees) and removal, site clearance and service diversions. The slope of the existing site dictated that the building would have a larger first floor footprint than ground, with the main entrance being at first floor level. The new building was constructed on a combination of reinforced and mass fill concrete strip and pad foundations.