HOSPITAL DESIGN
A computer-generated image of the entrances to the new Children’s Hospital and the associated landscaping.
designs that are thoroughly patient- focused, and which place patient and staff wellbeing at the heart of our new hospitals. The designs give extensive access to daylight and greenery, and not only maximise wellness, but also bring something of the dales into the city centre.”
Children’s clinical services under one roof
For the first time in Leeds, a new Leeds Children’s Hospital (LCH) will bring all clinical services for children and young people under one roof. The new hospital will enable LCH to expand and meet the demand for highly specialised services in areas including cancer treatment, neurology, liver, kidney, and bone marrow transplantation, and congenital heart surgery.
A new Maternity Centre will, for the first time, incorporate a dedicated midwifery- led unit, and co-locate all inpatient maternity services and neonatal services on one site. This will give expectant mothers more choice about how they give birth, helping to ensure that they are able to stay with their new babies, even if they need extra care. The Trust added: “The new adults’ hospital will enhance the outstanding clinical services currently provided, supporting patients with all aspects of their care – from those attending for an outpatient appointment or a day case surgical procedure, to those needing our most advanced specialist care and support to recover from critical illness or injury.”
Imaging Unit
A 24-bed extension to the critical care unit will provide extra capacity for treating patients – and a new ambulatory Imaging Unit will help with diagnostics. The Adult Critical Care service will provide care for a wide case-mix of patients, with the increase in capacity also supporting the
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Trust in meeting the delivery of more complex services across a range of clinical services. A new diagnostic imaging department is expected to be at the heart of the hospital, with rapid uninterrupted flows from Outpatients, as well as maintaining a separate and lower volume of inpatients from cardiac and nuclear physics.
BDP and the Trust say ‘the outstanding new facilities in both hospitals’ will benefit not just patients in Leeds, but also those from across the Yorkshire and Humber regions, and even further afield. The unveiling of the new design concepts was attended by eight-year-old Mia Casey from Leeds, who had heart surgery at Leeds Children’s Hospital in 2015. Mia’s mother, Vicky Casey, healthcare architect and head of Business Development at BDP’s Leeds studio, is one of those who worked on the new designs. Her own experience of using the hospital with her daughter fed directly
into her support for the inclusion of green, family-supportive spaces. She said: “As a Leeds resident, and a parent of a child who has been cared for by the Trust, I know first-hand how vital it is that the new hospitals are built for, and around, the local community. The Trust sent us design ideas from local children and parents about what they wanted from their new hospitals, and they were passionate about creating a comforting experience for people in the most difficult of times, while they receive the very best treatment from the NHS.
Full of green spaces
“As a result, the new hospital will be the most supportive, stimulating, engaging and interesting place to visit, full of green areas, comfortable spaces, and interesting art – an exemplar, world-class hospital and workplace, leading the way in hospital design, not just for the north of England, but for the wider NHS.”
An external view of the restaurant at the new Children’s Hospital in Leeds.
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