Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has appointed BAM Construction to build a new hospital to support its role as the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester
Salford-based BAM’s appointment to the £68m major capital project follows a competitive process under the Procure22 Health Framework.
The development is named in honour of the organisation’s recently retired long-standing chairman Jim Potter and will provide the Trust with major trauma and high acuity surgery facilities in a modern, high-quality building.
BAM is now on Salford Royal’s site carrying out enabling works with a full construction programme start confirmed for 22 February.
Day Architectural has worked on the design with BAM and the Trust.
BAM’s recent track record in healthcare includes two new Nightingale Hospitals showing the company’s capability of using modular solutions and working in accelerated ways.
In Salford and Manchester BAM has delivered scores of buildings for every major client in the public and private sectors, including its most iconic buildings.
Ability to treat an additional 400 trauma patients a year
NCA chief executive Raj Jain said: “This important facility has been many years in the planning with a number of our local, regional and national partners and it’s great to now be just weeks away from the official start date of construction.
“We are proud to be the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester and this centre and the amazing state of the art facilities and our specialist clinical teams within it will allow us to provide trauma care and services to an additional 400 trauma patients per year and help save more lives.
“Our partnership with Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust will see us use this facility as the home for a new single-service for high-risk emergency general surgery.
“This new team will strive to provide a general surgery service with the best outcomes in the UK for its patients.”
Ian Fleming, North West regional director for BAM, added: “These facilities are right on our doorstep so we know very personally just how important they are.
“There has never been a more important time to help the NHS deliver the facilities it needs to keep people well and to be able to live their lives at a difficult time for us as a country.
“I’m very proud of our partnership with Salford Royal and the trust they have placed in us.”
The scheme aims to complete in summer 2023.
