First look at approved plans for £9.8m building at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Plans to construct a new therapies and outpatients building at Stoke Mandeville Hospital have been approved.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust confirmed it has received planning approval for the building which is expected to cost £9.8m.
Upon completion the new building will replace older facilities at the hospital. It has also been designed to bring modern, high‐quality therapy services together under one roof, the trust revealed.
Buckinghamshire NHS Trust says the site will be purpose-built for treatment and rehabilitation. It will consist of 14 private consultation rooms, a large rehabilitation gym, a dedicated hand therapy area, physiotherapy cubicles, and specialist rooms for orthotics.
Jenny Ricketts, chief nurse for the trust, said: “The new therapies building will make a real difference for the patients we support every day. It gives our teams the space they need to deliver excellent rehabilitation and therapy services and reflects our commitment to providing the very best care.”
Current NHS projections say the building will be completed by the end of this year. The trust also revealed that while the construction project is ongoing, therapy and orthotics services will take place in the Cromwell Building which is located within car park B, opposite Asda.
As part of the scheme the trust has authorised the demolition of its current therapies building. Within the planning application it was revealed that the previous buildings were considered ‘outdated’ and contained asbestos. Developers working on behalf of the trust said the building was ‘no longer fit for purpose’.
Conditional permission was granted by Bucks Council last month.