Project
The Elgar Unit, Worcestershire
Location
Worcestershire
Client
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Architect
Pinnegar Hayward Design
Sector
Healthcare
Value
£11M
Speller Metcalfe has been contracted by Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust to improve the Elgar Unit in Worcester.
The £11 million scheme will provide patients private, en-suite rooms through the removal of outdated shared sleeping quarters. This is 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, will be demolished and reconstructed to form part of the existing Elgar Unit, creating 30 new bedrooms.
Both wards will have access to a newly refurbished courtyard area, as well as living and kitchen areas.
The project will complete in late 2023 and is being built to the BREEAM Very Good standard.
