Morgan Sindall, a UK-based construction company, was appointed by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust to build a new Urgent Treatment Centre at Worthing Hospital.
Guy Hannell, Area Director for Morgan Sindall Construction in the Southern Home Counties, said: "We’re excited to be celebrating the start of work on site for Worthing Hospital's new Urgent Treatment Centre, as we know that once complete the centre is going to deliver a wide range of valuable benefits for the hospital’s staff and the local community.
"We’ve worked closely with Worthing Hospital to develop a design for the new facility that’s tailored to the site’s needs and to ensure that the construction process is carefully coordinated to minimise disruption to the hospital’s vital daily operations."
Worthing Hospital’s new single-storey, steel-frame facility will include a large waiting room plus 12 consultation rooms and clinical support areas
The trust also appointed UK-based Crowther Architects for the design of the centre and the project was procured through SCAPE, a leading public-sector procurement authority.
Worthing Hospital’s new single-storey, steel-frame facility will include a large waiting room plus 12 consultation rooms and clinical support areas.
The development will also see the existing A&E entrance relocated to facilitate the new building.
Following a 10-month construction programme and clinical commissioning period, patients can expect to be using the new facility from Autumn 2025.
Once open, work will begin on the Same Day Emergency Care unit in the space vacated in the hospital’s East Wing by the current UTC
Once open, work will begin on the Same Day Emergency Care unit in the space vacated in the hospital’s East Wing by the current UTC.
Hospital Director Stephen Mardlin said: “We’re delighted to see the construction begin on this £7m expansion of our Emergency Department because it will have such a transformative effect for our patients, A&E colleagues, and the rest of the hospital.
"Located right at the front of the hospital, this development will create a new entrance for all urgent walk-in attendances, a larger waiting room, and 12 new consultation rooms and clinical support areas. It also clears the way for us to develop a Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit for the first time in the hospital, to be situated where the current UTC is."
Urgent Treatment Centres provide urgent medical help for people when their condition is not life-threatening.
Top image: Urgent and Emergency Care and Capital Development colleagues were joined by invited guests and construction partners Morgan Sindall Construction to celebrate building works getting underway for a new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) in West Sussex.