£5m healthcare centre gets green light
A multimillion-pound Cancer and Haematology Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has been granted planning permission. Architect Aedas is involved in the scheme.
The architect, which has an office in Birmingham, will create the £5m centre to comprise a reception area, outpatient unit for haematology and oncology patients and a day unit for chemotherapy and head and neck cancer patients.
Support service and construction company Interserve will start work on site in August. The new unit will service about 25,000 appointments each year.
Andrew Humphreys, director at Aedas, said: "We have incorporated simple, generous work bases for staff. Work stations were kept low in order to remain open and welcoming to patients as well aiding in passive supervision throughout each floor plate.
"A final key element was the ‘fin walls’ that separate each treatment bay with services that are neatly incorporated within each area, with individual lighting for patient comfort."
The development has been part funded by almost £5m of donations from the Lingen Davies Cancer Centre Appeal, The Shropshire Blood Transfusion Trust and other charities.
