New Operating Theatre for Royal Surrey County Hospital

K2 Consultancy has successfully delivered a new Operating Theatre on behalf of Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust. This new facility represents an investment of approximately £4.5m on behalf of the Trust. 

 

On Friday 1 July, the operating theatre was officially opened by RT Hon Anne Milton, Conservative MP of Guildford.  A key fact mentioned during the presentation was that since the handover in April, 320 operations have taken place in the new theatre.

K2 provided Project Management to manage project design and delivery from concept through to operational readiness. The new theatre was handed over to the users a day ahead of schedule and well within the approved business case sum of £4.635m.  The team coordinated and worked, collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and to NHS standard processes and procedures to ensure project compliance. 
  
The scheme includes the addition of a Lamina Flow theatre, anaesthetic room, scrub space, dirty utility and prep room and an increase to the recovery area to provide 16 new bed spaces.  There is also additional storage space and a refurbished male changing room. 

John Setra, Managing Director K2 Consultancy said:

“We are proud to have completed this operating theatre within budget and before the scheduled delivery handover date. Our team worked to a strict timeframe, enabling us to complete the works within the shortest period of time for a facility of this stature.”

Bally Kalsi, K2 Project Manager commented:

“The project is a result of our desire to properly understand our client's needs and implement to ensure that their delivery requirements were met.  We worked collaboratively with multiple stakeholders to deliver a complex project within a live hospital environment.”

The Project Team worked with the Trust throughout the design and construction period. Every effort was made to minimise disruption to the day-to-day operations of the hospital and there were excellent management and collaboration during the construction process. We felt the project was managed extremely professionally, communication was excellent and the end product built to a high standard.  This new theatre will help RSCH to deliver better care to some of most needy patients.”

More about K2 in the Healthcare Sector:

K2's expert knowledge of the healthcare sector includes health planning, business case formation, estates strategies, cost consultancy, and project management, together with a comprehensive range of specialist health focussed consulting services. We understand that every project is unique and offer a bespoke service from business case to commissioning and operation. Our aim is to understand our clients’ needs and find ever more commercially driven solutions for the rapidly changing nature of the healthcare services. As a recognised leader in healthcare, we provide services to government agencies, NHS Trusts, consortia, contractors and funders on primary care, acute care, community care and mental health projects, working within PFI/PPP, NHS LIFT, Procure 21+ and more traditional procurement models.

The Project team consisted of Logan Construction, ADP Architects, DOA Structural Consultants, ANC Mechanical and Electrical Consultants.

 

Phase 2 completed at North Downs Specialist Referrals, Surrey

K2  is pleased to have completed the refurbishment and remodelling at the North Downs Specialist Referrals, Surrey -  an internationally acknowledged centre of excellence for Specialist Veterinary Care in the UK and Europe.

The project involved fitting out a light industrial unit to accommodate a clinical environment for specialist veterinary referrals. This included the provision of a new radiotherapy area, instrument care, brachytherapy, cattery, canine ward, recovery and high dependency along with reconfiguration of the existing facility with an improved environment for theatre prep, consulting rooms and procedural rooms.

 

K2 were appointed as client representative, project managers and cost consultants on stage 1 of this project with overall responsibility for the design, procurement and delivery. 
Having obtained planning permission for the scheme, works commenced early January 2013 and was completed on time in July 2013.

K2 had to work closely with a range of clinical disciplines to deliver a high specification unit, recognising the complexities and diversity of procedures that would be undertaken in the new development. Ensuring the detailed specification for each area was rigorously adhered to was critical to the successful outcome of the project. 

In April 2016, K2 were again appointed in the same capacity to deliver an additional recovery kennels unit within a 5-week on-site programme.

Alison Cumberland, Senior Project Manager at K2 Consultancy said:  “This project has showcased the comprehensive range of high-quality property consultancy services that we offer. We planned our work after consultations with the client, and kept in constant contact with them throughout the project to deliver the desired end result on time and within a tight schedule."

Bearing in mind that the refurbishment project was undertaken in the veterinary practice,   K2 ensured that the works were completed in a professional, manner, which helped keep disruption to an absolute minimum. Thanks to the work completed, the NDSR can now carry out more specialist treatments,by providing improved care for the animals.



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