Construction of the new clinical building at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is moving into its final structural stages.
Updates were presented to the Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee in February, highlighting that the main structure of the multi-storey expansion is approaching enclosure.
The main contractor for the new clinical building at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is Integrated Health Projects (IHP), a design and build joint venture between VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine.
Fit-out works will accelerate throughout 2026. The frame is nearing enclosure, allowing work to progress on mechanical, electrical and healthcare systems.
Structural completion is planned for late 2026 or early 2027, with full commissioning and phased occupation scheduled for 2028, when the first patients are expected.
Visible progress on site
The development has been delivered under the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s Hospitals Transformation Programme.
The tower cranes that have dominated the Shrewsbury skyline are expected to be removed during the summer months as external construction activities reduce.
Project teams are concentrating on making the building watertight, enabling mechanical, electrical, and specialist healthcare systems to be installed without weather-related constraints.
Timetable remains unchanged
Programme leaders continue to indicate that the overall delivery schedule remains aligned with previously published targets, with construction completion anticipated in late 2027, followed by commissioning and phased occupation.
Earlier in the project, the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital expansion reached a key topping‑out milestone.
Consideration of delivery risks
While no formal delays have been announced, members of the Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee heard that programme teams continue to monitor and manage risks commonly associated with complex hospital developments, including:
- Supply chain pressures affecting specialist materials and equipment
- Integration of clinical technologies and building management systems
- Coordination of workforce and service transitions
- Operational continuity across existing hospital services
Such factors are routinely monitored within major NHS capital programmes, particularly where live hospital environments and phased redevelopment are involved.
Service reconfiguration planning
The new facility forms part of broader service reorganisation across the region’s acute hospitals.
Planning work continues around how services will operate between Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford once the new infrastructure becomes operational.
System leaders have indicated that transport logistics, patient pathways and clinical adjacencies remain central considerations as the programme advances toward completion.