The East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre for the region’s children was relocated from Glenfield Hospital to its new city centre home at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
The children’s department is now part of the larger Leicester Children’s Hospital within the LRI.
The relocation took place over three phases, with the first and largest element being a new-build extension to the Kensington Building to house the outpatient department, new cardiac theatre and new hybrid catheter lab.
The internationally renowned children’s heart service moved from its Glenfield home, where it had been since 1993. The new space includes a new cardiac ward, diagnostic department and cardiac paediatric intensive care unit.
One challenge the team faced was the constrained site building. It was next to the existing maternity building that was a live environment, as well as a busy street. The approach was to use modular construction methods to minimise disruption.
The cardiac ward and outpatient department were designed to feel as homely as possible, whilst still maintaining the clinical requirements for a hospital setting, as patients and parents can be there for several weeks.
| Client: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust |
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| Project manager, principal designer, electrical and mechanical: Pick Everard |
| Contractor: MTX Contracts |
| Contractor: Interserve (now Tilbury Douglas) |
| Contractor: Brown and Kirby |
| Contractor: DGM Builders |
| Architect: AFL Architects |
| Cost consultant: Rider Levett Bucknall |
| Mechanical and electrical designer: Sutcliffe Consulting |
| NEC supervisor: Ross Quality |
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