IHP, the joint venture between VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine, has handed over North View the new state-of-the-art £105m adult mental health inpatient unit in Manchester to Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust.
Garry Bowker, Regional Managing Director for VINCI Building said “we are delighted to have been involved in delivering North View, which has visibly transformed the working environment for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust staff, towards improving patient treatment and care.
North View replaces Park House on the North Manchester General Hospital site and is expected to open its doors to patients in November
"Construction of North View also enabled us to create significant employment, training, and education opportunities, while enabling us to invest in an on-site community skills centre to support local 16–24-year-olds furthest away from the labour market. This has helped to close the construction skills gap in North Manchester."
North View replaces Park House on the North Manchester General Hospital site and is expected to open its doors to patients in November.
The facility will continue to provide assessment and treatment for adults and older people with mental health needs, such as depression, schizophrenia, psychosis and dementia.
Northview will provide:
- 150 single bedrooms over nine single-sex wards
- Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
- Six Adults of Working Age wards
- One Older Adults ward
- One rehabilitation ward
Work is already underway to familiarise and train staff on the use of the building.
Trust Associate Director of Capital, Estates & Facilities and Project Director for North View, Marc Reed, said: "We are absolutely delighted to have reached this important landmark in this exciting and transformative project. This is the culmination of significant investment and years of hard work.
The facility will continue to provide assessment and treatment for adults and older people with mental health needs
"We are really looking forward to the building becoming fully operational and providing the specialist environment for the benefit of our patients and the conditions for our staff to provide continuing high quality levels of care and support."
In terms of sustainability, the unit has been built to the latest environmental standards and offers a therapeutic, modern environment for patients and workplace for staff, which will promote the integration of physical and mental wellbeing.
Top image: North View
