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David adds: “We have also developed our own Managed Service offering that removes capital barriers to delivering urgently needed clinical facilities. This method secures VAT-efficient third-party funding, leases the facility to the Trust, and maintains it until ownership transfers the asset at the end of the agreed term. Our initiative echoes the government’s determination to create a new form of Private Public Partnership that can enable new investment in NHS assets.”
Maximising value for the NHS The Wycombe and Llantrisant projects are the latest in a series of large-scale NHS assets awarded to MTX. Later this year, the team will hand over the new Surgical Elective Centre (SEC) at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, which is being delivered through MTX’s innovative VAT- recoverable Managed Service model. Working in collaboration with Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust, a compliant financial solution was developed in accordance with COS 45, enabling the Trust to recover VAT and unlock significant savings – maximising value for money over the full contract lifecycle. This financial model removes the need for upfront capital expenditure, providing a predictable monthly payment structure and the transfer of operational risk. The five-storey surgical centre for OUH NHS
Foundation Trust has been constructed using a total of 365 offsite manufactured structural steel modules, installed over eight weeks during summer 2025. The ability to manufacture a structure before
groundworks are complete is one of the factors that enables MTX to deliver the new facilities in a shorter contract timescale and more cost-effectively than using traditional building techniques. The surgical hub will open to the public in phases, with
the first phase comprising seven new operating theatres on Level One of the 7,541 sqm building. This includes two hybrid operating theatres that combine medical imaging and conventional surgical suites into one treatment space, enabling the Trust to offer the most up-to- date procedures across multiple specialities. Hybrid operating theatres can be used for both minimally invasive and open surgical procedures. They allow surgeons to perform imaging, biopsy, diagnosis, and surgery in the same room, and remove the need to move a patient between an imaging suite and an operating room – which means operations can be completed more quickly and recovery time for patients is improved. Once completed, the SEC will boost capacity for
complex routine procedures and support growing demand across the Thames Valley.
Community Diagnostic Centres Another way in which MTX is supporting growing patient demand across the UK is through the design and delivery
of Community Diagnostic Centres. By increasing diagnostic capacity in community settings,
these centres are able to cut waiting times, improve patient experience, and reduce health inequalities by enabling faster diagnosis and treatment pathways. MTX is recognised as an expert in the rapid and cost-
effective delivery of CDCs, employing modern methods such as offsite manufactured structural steel units and modular mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems which are assembled on site. The structural steel units are precisely engineered to be craned into place, creating a weatherproof building within weeks of the site preparation, rather than months. MTX last year won an award for their simultaneous creation of two CDCs, built concurrently at Skegness and Lincoln, which together delivered more than 100,000 tests and patient procedures in their first year. Building on the success of the facilities, MTX is now extending the Lincoln CDC to further support planned care and additional diagnostic services across the county. The company is also in the early stages of transforming
the derelict former Boston United football ground in Boston, Lincolnshire, into a £24.9m state-of-the-art community diagnostic centre, due to receive its first patients in Spring 2027 – another project for the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG). At the same time, in Pitsea, MTX is currently building
the largest CDC in Mid and South Essex. The two-storey centre is due to open in spring 2027 and will play a vital role in improving access to health services; reducing waiting times across the region by providing more than 130,000 extra health checks each year. The new CDC will also be a key wellbeing hub for
the community, offering a range of services including a purpose-built activity centre and a community library. It will include an eight-room endoscopy suite and provide diagnostics including X-rays, CT and MRI scans.
Meeting the demands of modern healthcare With pressure on NHS estates continuing to intensify, MTX’s expanding project portfolio underlines the growing role of modern methods of construction in delivering real- world capacity at pace. For MTX, the focus remains on working collaboratively with NHS Trusts to meet the demands of modern healthcare – better, faster, and greener than ever.
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Above: Wycombe Hospital visualisation, courtesy of NBBJ.
Above inset: Left to right – Council Leader Steven Broadbent, Buckinghamshire Council Chairman Cllr Sarfaraz Khan Raja, MTX Director Adam Roberston at Wycombe Groundbreaking Ceremony.
MTX is a full-service healthcare provider, bringing together design, build, finance, operation, and maintenance expertise for healthcare projects throughout the UK. With over 40 years of experience and an unrivalled portfolio, we continue to lead industry innovation and the use of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to deliver healthcare buildings better, faster and greener than ever before.
mtx.co.uk info@mtx.co.uk
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