Medical Architecture looks back on an 11-year partnership with a major north-east Englandbased mental healthcare NHS Trust, which has seen much of the latter’s estate transformed, and a number of its buildings winning coveted awards.
In February 2016, The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Commission to review provision of acute inpatient psychiatric care for adults published its Final Report for improving care for adults in England. The report credited the achievements of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust’s (NTW) successful 11-year partnership with Medical Architecture (MA, formerly MAAP), as part of the NHS ProCure21 framework with Laing O’Rourke (LOR) as Principal Supply Chain Partner (PSCP). The completion of the 122-bed Hopewood Park psychiatric hospital in Sunderland during 2014 was the culmination of collaborative design development over these years, showcasing lessons learned from a number of high quality major capital schemes and many valuable smaller projects.
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Formed in 2006, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest mental health NHS Trusts in the UK. At the time of its formation, it inherited a large estate, mainly made up of original Victorian buildings in very poor condition. This estate stretches from Berwick on the Scottish border to Sunderland and the border of County Durham.
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