Target build start date

Target end date

January 2021
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Spring 2023

Current activity

February 2020
Interior design meeting - the focus is on using colour to aid way finding for patients and relatives in the new department.

Timeline

November 2019
1:200 plans signed off

October 2019
​User groups established to consider the stage 3 designs:

1. ​​​Entrance/Front of house
2. Assessment (streaming / triage / care initiation)
3. Ambulance entrance / FLIC / Major Incident
4. Adult treatment area
5. Resus
6. Adult SDEC (AAU)
7. Paediatric ED
8. Staff areas / Admin
   
   

There was some fruitful work from all staff groups looking at the different areas and the prospect of a new Urgent and Emergency Care centre is becoming much more real!

Autumn 2019
A round of meetings considering the way the different areas of the department are laid out and rooms designed.

Spring 2019
Stakeholder meetings to look at initial design proposals from the architects, involving ED, paediatric and AAU staff as well as representatives from the wider hospital

​December 2018
Successful funding application awarded to provide £29.7 million pounds.
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Summer 2018
Stakeholder meetings with key areas to agree Schedule of Accommodation.

December 2017
Selection of Principle Supply Chain Partner, Kier, under P22 arrangements.

June 2017
Trust board agreed to support development of the Strategic Outline Case into a Business Case.