Construction work on our new hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus is now complete.
Between now and April, staff at Royal Papworth Hospital will undertake training in the new building and the hospital will be equipped with thousands of items of medical equipment, from blood gas analysers and pacemakers to patient beds, linen and scrubs.
We will then move all of our clinical services from our current site in Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, to the new hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus during a three-week period from 23 April 2019.
Have a look at the latest photos of the new hospital here.
The new hospital will include five operating theatres, five catheter laboratories (for non-surgical procedures) and two hybrid theatres. There will be 310 beds for patients, including a 46-bed critical care unit, and most patients will have their own single, en suite rooms.
Designed by clinicians with patients in mind, the new hospital building will support Royal Papworth staff to deliver excellent care to patients suffering from heart and lung disease.
Design features of the new hospital include:
- Two dedicated lifts to take heart attack patients from the ambulance bay directly to the hospital’s cath labs (where non-surgical procedures take place) in an emergency
- A link corridor to Addenbrooke’s Hospital to support the transfer of patients needing treatment in the two hospitals
- A dedicated entrance and lift for relatives and friends visiting patients in Critical Care
- A specialist air filtering system in the hospital’s Cystic Fibrosis department to minimise the spread of airborne infections
- Single, en suite patient bedrooms to improve patient privacy and dignity and minimise the spread of infection
- All outpatient and diagnostic services based on the ground floor so that outpatients can access all services in one place without needing to visit the upper floors
As well as a brand new building and state-of-the-art medical equipment, patients and visitors will also benefit from improved facilities in the new hospital, from an atrium on the ground floor with a restaurant, coffee shop and convenience store to free Wi-Fi and up to 100 free TV and radio channels in patient bedrooms.
Stephen Posey, Chief Executive at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: “It is incredibly exciting to be able to walk through the hospital without hard hats and high-vis jackets and really imagine this impressive building as a fully-functioning heart and lung hospital. After many years of planning, we are now just months away from moving in and starting to realise the huge benefits that the new building and its location on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus will bring for our patients and staff.”
Josie Rudman, Chief Nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: “So much thought has gone in to the design of the new hospital and it’s wonderful to see how the layout and the facilities in the new building will help us deliver even better patient care. It is going to be a great place to work and I just can’t wait get there now.”
During the three-week move period in April and May, our services will gradually close down at the current site while new services open in the new hospital. Patients due to attend an appointment at the hospital after 23 April 2019 will receive an appointment letter before then to confirm where their appointment will take place and how to get there.