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Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre
NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Community Health Partnerships (CHP) recognised that a new facility was needed to bring hospital referrals back into the community and to take the pressure away from the acute setting (accident and emergency department). The new centre would be aimed at frail elderly people to make the referral journey easier and more efficient for the patient, ensuring they are treated quicker and can remain in their own homes, or usual setting, for longer.
Sewell Construction was chosen to deliver the new £9.5 million health centre after a long partnership working with Citycare and the NHS to deliver 13 LIFT estates across the city.
THE Challenge
NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Community Health Partnerships (CHP) recognised that a new facility was needed to bring hospital referrals back into the community and to take the pressure away from the A&E. The centre would be aimed at the elderly to make the referral journey easier and more efficient for the patient, ensuring they are treated quicker.
Sewell Construction was chosen to deliver the new £9.5 million health centre after a long partnership working with Citycare and the NHS to deliver 13 LIFT estates across the city.
DEVELOPMENT
Due to complexities, a collaborative client approach and lots of community engagement took place from the outset. Sewell Construction was part of the design team alongside Sewell FM who maintains the building.
We also engaged with Pickering & Ferens Homes who were building a new houses on the same site. We worked together before construction began to plan how each team could work in partnership during the delivery phase.
Community engagement was key, with ‘meet the builder’ sessions, start on site letters, fortnightly updates and regular meetings.
The team's energy and enthusiasm to deliver such a high quality project safely was great to work with. The build quality is excellent and the approach to engagement with stakeholders, from end users to local residents, to deliver this innovative project really made the difference.
DELIVERY
The centre is in a residential area, so we worked between 8am and 7pm to reduce disruption for residents. Deliveries were co-ordinated with restricted access to avoid congestion.
Key milestones included creating a new road, erecting the steel frame, laying brickwork with guests from Estcourt Primary, internal fit out and onto completion.
During delivery, Sewell Construction installed six bat boxes around the site to create a home for the local wildlife during delivery.
Results
- The development was delivered on time and on budget
- 88% of labour was from the local area and there were 4 apprentices on site
- Sewell Construction also gave a helping hand to the local church hall when it had a damaged fence and offered to fix it free of charge
