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New urgent treatment centre to be built at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary
Urgent care in Newcastle is set to be ‘transformed’ through the construction of a purpose-built facility next to the Royal Victoria Infirmary’s Emergency Department, say the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Robertson Construction, appointed to build the centre. Formal planning permission has
been granted for a new urgent treatment centre, providing same- day care for people who have a healthcare need that cannot wait. The Trust says that each year, increasing numbers attend the RVI’s Emergency Department. It added: “Many do not have a life-threatening health emergency, but do need to be cared for quickly and with the help of a doctor or nurse.” Preliminary work has already
started on the new centre – which will provide more space and better facilities for treating minor, but urgent, injuries and illnesses in a separate setting, safely and conveniently away from major emergencies. Services will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The proximity to the main hospital will also allow for more flexible staffing. Rob Harrison, acting CEO of Newcastle Hospitals said: “We’re delighted to get the go-ahead from
Newcastle City Council for our new urgent treatment centre. “Patients will be able to see the right person to
meet their needs, through the centre’s team of doctors, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare staff.”
Robertson Construction’s appointment to build the new centre follows previous successful construction projects with Newcastle Hospitals, including the award-winning Freeman Hospital day treatment centre. Neil Kennedy, the company’s regional MD for Robertson Construction North East, said: “Our long-standing relationship with Newcastle Hospitals is built on trust, experience, and a shared commitment to delivering high-quality healthcare facilities.”
Royal Bolton’s ED ‘transformation’ plans
Royal Bolton Hospital will be ‘transforming’ its Emergency Department throughout 2025, with the plans including creating a new ambulance handover area and a new modern waiting room to help with demand. The Bolton NHS Foundation
Trust says the Department will remain open ‘24 hours a day, 7 days a week’ throughout. In all, £1.74 m in funding will be used to reconfigure the Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre to help meet national targets for the four-hour quality standard
and ambulance handovers. The Trust says the project ‘is designed to keep patients moving through the Emergency Department’. Once the work is complete, the hospital will have a new dedicated ambulance handover area, an additional rapid handover bay, and a newly-designed and modern waiting room ‘to support new ways of working to manage rising demand for services’. Rae Wheatcroft, the
Trust’s COO, said: “We have made a number of changes to our Emergency Department over the years, but we know that our population’s needs, and the
way people access care, are changing faster than ever before. This major transformation will allow us to create a modern healthcare environment that is better for both our patients and staff, and help us ensure that our sickest patients get to where they need to be as quickly and safely as possible.”
June 2025 Health Estate Journal 19
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
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