Three-storey treatment unit approved for hospital

A three-storey NHS day treatment unit is being constructed with procedures planned to take place there from next year.

Proposals for the Stamford and Rutland Hospital in Stamford, Lincolnshire, were approved by South Kesteven District Council with no objections from consultees.

The application was submitted in February by the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which is also responsible for Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital.

The new building would provide clinical accommodation for the hospital, an associated plant room for equipment, rest rooms, supply rooms, offices and various procedure rooms for day treatments.

The building will be adjacent to the hospital, which is Grade II listed and was built in the 19th century, and will replace an old nurses’ area and meeting room, which were demolished in 2022.

The new premises will also replace the existing Dronfield Suite and Greenwood Day Treatment Unit, in which reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete was found last year.

Construction work began on the building in April.

The NHS trust said it would enhance services for patients in Lincolnshire once it was ready to open in 2025.

The plans were deemed appropriate by planning officers and were granted approval.

In the officer report it was concluded that the public benefits of the “continued and improved operation of the Stamford Hospital site” outweighed the “less than substantial harm to heritage assets” at the wider site.

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