Birmingham City Council has given the green light for a new urgent treatment centre at Good Hope Hospital, marking the next stage in a nearly £8.6m NHS England-funded investment in the hospital’s urgent and emergency care facilities.
MTX Contracts was appointed by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to deliver the urgent treatment centre.
The construction firm has already begun enabling works, including the creation of new ambulance bays outside Ward Block One and the installation of a temporary pedestrian walkway.
The new building will bring the hospital’s urgent treatment centre and emergency department together under one roof for the first time, creating a new front door for patients requiring urgent or emergency care.
The hospital’s Emergency Department will remain operational throughout construction.
Once complete, the development will include a dedicated patient triage area positioned in front of the Emergency Department, a new waiting area, additional clinical consultation rooms and an increased number of individual triage spaces.
The single-level layout is also intended to improve accessibility and patient flow through the department.
“We were awarded £8.568 million in capital funding from NHS England at the end of 2025, so we are delighted to get the go ahead from Birmingham City Council to begin the work,” said Simon Jarvis, Good Hope Hospital Executive Director.
The new urgent treatment centre is expected to open to patients in spring 2027.
Alongside the project, the hospital is also developing early-stage plans for a multi-storey car park on the site.
The urgent treatment centre is just one of the projects that MTX is delivering with an expected completion in 2027.
MTX is also building a Pitsea community diagnostic centre using 159 offsite-manufactured modules, with the prefabricated structure now in place and work progressing towards its planned 2027 opening.
In July, the contractor also delivered a surgical elective centre at John Radcliffe Hospital, ahead of the anticipated October opening.
