Project
The Elgar Unit, Worcestershire
Location
Worcestershire
Client
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Architect
Pinnegar Hayward Design
Sector
Healthcare
Project Completion
2023
Value
£11M
Speller Metcalfe was contracted by Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust to improve the Elgar Unit in Worcester.
The £11 million scheme provides patients with private, en-suite rooms through the removal of outdated shared dormitory style quarters, and forms part of a £400 million, UK-wide scheme, the ‘Elimination of Dormitories’.
The new facilities will improve the safety, privacy and dignity of patients experiencing mental ill health.
Two old, single-storey wards, Holt and Athelon, were demolished and reconstructed to form part of the existing Elgar Unit, creating 30 new bedrooms.
Both wards have access to a newly refurbished courtyard area, as well as living and kitchen areas.
The project has been built to the BREEAM Very Good standard.
