Priority Assessment Unit, St Peter’s Hospital

The Brief

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had a requirement for a 62-bed Priority Assessment Unit at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey to support the increased demand for emergency care.

The Challenges

• Offsite construction will allow the development of a very constrained site. The new building will be located in a courtyard and close to the Emergency Department which will require careful logistical planning.

• The building solution has been engineered to maintain patient flows between the existing facilities and the new unit, with continuous level floors throughout.

• Premier worked to a short programme for this project to allow the Trust to meet an urgent need to expand capacity for emergency care. The time on site was reduced to just over six months which reduced disruption to patient care.