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Commissioning Group to generate plans for a new integrated health care centre on land adjacent to the existing community hospital. The proposal is for a new facility that will provide all of the services currently available at Trowbridge Community Hospital, as well as additional primary care capacity and an expanded range of other health care services. We’re delighted to have maintained our stamina during the pandemic, and trust among our customers, by remaining on track to deliver this new facility to the timeline set, submitting an outline planning application back in April.”
In Trowbridge, NHSPS has also been working with Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group to generate plans for a new integrated healthcare centre on land adjacent to the existing community hospital.
thus working with customers to ensure we receive requests ahead of any potential second wave or long-term needs. We want to be as prepared as possible to make the most efficient use of our spaces, and to help as many patients as possible, should this be necessary.”
JB: “Have a number of NHSPS schemes for new healthcare facilities had to be stopped temporarily during the coronavirus outbreak, and, where this has not been necessary, how has construction been managed? How significant a financial impact could having to halt some construction of new facilities / refurbishment have?” AP: Many of our projects have been able to continue thanks to the flexibility of the local authorities during the pandemic. Devizes and Trowbridge, for example, are two great examples of applications that our town planning team have been running for new integrated healthcare centres.
We have been working in partnership with Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), and other key stakeholders, on plans for a new
integrated care centre adjacent to the existing Devizes Treatment Centre. This new facility will accommodate the services currently provided at Devizes Community Hospital, alongside significantly increased primary care capacity, out-of-hospital urgent care services, enhanced extended hours services provision, and an expanded range of other healthcare services for patients. With the hard work of our teams and the local planning authorities, we were able to find solutions to the issues that COVID-19 has posed in order to avoid delays to planning permissions and construction. Last month we submitted a ‘reserved matters’ planning application to Wiltshire Council for approval, confirming appearance, design, layout, and other details of the healthcare facility. This was important to us, as any delays would have resulted in patients being without the important services and facilities that we are pleased to be bring to the local community.
New integrated health centre “Similarly, in Trowbridge, we have been working with Wiltshire Clinical
JB: “How much liaison has there been between the NHSPS team and local authorities over new procedures for speeding up planning permission for temporary healthcare facilities, as and when they are needed, for instance in response to a pandemic such as the one we are experiencing?” AP: “We have worked hand in hand with local authorities to ensure a smooth, yet compliant process is carried out when developing temporary facilities, or when renovating existing space for COVID-19 capacity. We have worked with a number of local authorities who have adapted their processes to enable us to continue with our planning applications over the past few months, and have been proactively tracking and producing guidance notes on changes to town planning regulations during the pandemic. This has been important in ensuring that we continue to provide the high quality service that is expected of us from our customers. We strive to make the most of all of the spaces that we are constructing, particularly at this time, when patients require urgent care more than ever. “It is essential that we have time to ensure that buildings are safe and fully prepared for occupancy. Through our work with local authorities, we have been able to help our people do a great job at ensuring these buildings are created to these standards as quickly as possible to support the NHS and its patients.”
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