A joint venture between Vinci and Sir Robert McAlpine has completed a delayed £107m new National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in Nottingham.
The building opened this week after a six-month delay due to water quality issues. Water standards required for hospitals are more rigorous because some patients might be immunocompromised.
The JV partnership Integrated Health Projects (IHP) had to replace 183 mixer taps throughout the building, stabilise the hot water system and install a chlorine dioxide unit to prevent any future issues.
The project is for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and was funded by the New Hospital Programme. It houses the most comprehensive robotics suite in the NHS and the first 360 hoist in the UK.
The 70-bed facility is for NHS patients who have experienced a life-changing illness or injury and is run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).
Anthony May, chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “This is a significant moment for NUH, for rehabilitation medicine in this country, and for the many NHS patients whose lives will be changed and restored in this pioneering facility, set in a unique location.
“Moreover, the innovation, research and knowledge generated from the NRC will help develop rehabilitation nationally and internationally.”
