The development comprises a new four-storey building, the refurbishment of existing wards in the main hospital and will include new delivery rooms, obstetric theatres, a paediatric theatre, more maternity beds and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
The development represents the largest capital investment made to date by the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and is the fourth project IHP has undertaken for the same client under the NHS ProCure 21 method of procurement.
Commenting on the award of the contract to IHP, Graham Lord, head of estate development for the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust said: ‘IHP has already completed three large schemes for the Trust and we have established a good working relationship with the contractor and their team and look forward to another successful project.’
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