NHS PROPERTY SERVICES: SUSSEX
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress NHS Property Services is making on improvements to the NHS Estate across Crawley, Horhsam and Mid Sussex; and if he will make a statement.
Nicola Blackwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation: Progress in relation to capital improvements and investment at Crawley Hospital, Horsham Hospital and Sidney West Primary Care Centre as provided by NHS Property Services (NHSPS) is as follows:
- Site: Crawley Hospital
- Project 1: Sub-acute ward refurbishment
Outstanding works: The sub-acute will be handed over on 29 December 2016.
- Project 2: Transforming Urgent Care Refurbishment
Outstanding works: The Urgent Care Centre, formerly the Urgent Treatment Centre, scheduled to complete in January 2017 and Paediatrics in February 2017. There will be a follow on phase to non-clinical areas (reception and entrance canopy) which will complete in March 2017.
- Project 3: Infrastructure works including Theatre Air Handling Unit lifecycle replacement
Outstanding works: Works have been designed, tendered and started on site in December 2016. The programme for phase 1 is estimated to be complete in May 2017.
- Site: Horsham Hospital
- Project 1: New infrastructure and other works identified.
Outstanding works: Urgent roof repair works and new gym windows will be completed by 29 December 2016. Further areas of high priority work have been surveyed and a funding proposal has been submitted for consideration.
- Site: Sidney West Primary Care Centre
- Project 1: Improvement works, including diagnostics, x-ray and consulting rooms.
Outstanding works: Design is continuing and once complete the costs will be refined and a revised delivery programme drawn up for clinical commissioning group and NHSPS approval.
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