ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
Integrated medical services for Yorkshire garrison facility
Based at Catterick Garrison in Richmondshire, the new Catterick Integrated Care Campus (CICC) aims to introduce a collective facility bringing new, innovative healthcare services to the local community. A joint venture between the NHS and Ministry of Defence, it will provide significant healthcare provision both for Armed Forces personnel and their families based at Catterick Garrison, and residents of the Richmondshire area. Mihalis Walsh, an Architect director at BDP, reports on the project in detail.
Catterick Garrison is a major garrison and military town, three miles south of Richmond in North Yorkshire, and is the largest British Army garrison in the world, with a population of around 13,000 (based on 2017 data), and covering more than 2,400 acres. Procured through Defence Infrastructure Organisation Major Projects and Programmes via the NHS ProCure22 framework, the proposal for the new Catterick Integrated Care Campus is part of Richmondshire’s Local Plan to support integration of military and non-military communities. BDP is providing architectural, landscape, interior design, and planning services, working in collaboration with WSP and Hoare Lea as engineering consultants, as part of a team led by the preferred supply chain partner, Tilbury Douglas.
An opportunity to come together It was first proposed in 2015 that – due to the condition of the primary care estate for both the NHS & the MoD on the Catterick Garrison site, and the proposed influx of new residents under the Army’s 2020 re-basing scheme – there was a significant opportunity for both organisations to come together, and, for the first time, provide medical services in a fully integrated way. An initial assessment study was undertaken to look at various options for providing this accommodation, including new-build and refurbishment options, and it was concluded that the option to provide the MoD and NHS with a fully integrated facility at the Peronne Lines site offered the greatest value. The NHS has worked with the MoD to
develop the proposal for the CICC, which will deliver a cultural shift in the way health and care services are designed and provided. It is putting the principles of personalisation, co-production, prevention, self-care, and wellbeing, at the heart of the design model. It will work to engineer an innovative approach between the NHS and MoD to deliver an integrated healthcare service to MOD personnel, their dependents, and local residents in
A computer-generated view of the site.
Catterick and the surrounding area. The CICC will be the first of its kind,
offering a transformational building, bringing together local GP services, MoD medical service provision, community services, mental healthcare, and voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector services. The key challenge has been how to
combine such a multitude of services within a single building, ensuring that each is able to function optimally, while maximising the benefits provided by integration, and at the same time creating a clear, legible, and welcoming community facility which is easy to navigate and use. The creation of an NHS and MoD steering group, and an extensive engagement process with all stakeholders, have been key to unlocking the best design, and developing a scheme which meets everyone’s aspirations.
Layout The design has been developed around a central organisational feature – a linear atrium, or ‘street’, which provides shared
waiting areas and a visual and physical connection between all services within the facility. This creates a simple and legible plan form, and minimises travel distances between waiting areas and services. The clarity of wayfinding and building arrangement are vitally important for both staff and patient wellbeing. Ease of orientation, and the establishment of pleasant and efficient flows, will all work to reduce the stress of patients and healthcare professionals. We have developed a standardised arrangement of clinical and support spaces around a central circulation route based on optimal room depths for natural ventilation and daylight provision. This arrangement of accommodation was then configured around the central atrium as a series of wings.
‘Borrowed light’ and views from the atrium
One long wing wraps around the north and west edges of the atrium, with support spaces such as stores and meeting rooms arranged internally, with
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