The scheme provides fifteen new consulting rooms – including a larger fully accessible consult – two procedure rooms as well as associated staff and support spaces. A critical part of the design brief was for the consulting spaces to be negative pressure to help prevent the spread of airborne particles to enable operational capacity to be maximised in pandemic conditions.

Acoustic performance was also a key requirement – both from a comfort and privacy perspective – which was challenging given the air-tightness requirements of the negative pressure spaces. This meant working closely with the consultant team to achieve bespoke solutions to each space to ensure the highest standards are met. The project included complex staging and decanting to undertake the construction works in a live hospital environment, managing the underslung works to the in-patient unit below required considerable careful coordination with client, builder, consultants and key hospital stakeholders.