First Wave Rises: Willmott Dixon Breaks Ground on £140m Emergency Care Building in Plymouth

First Wave 1 project of New Hospital Programme starts construction

Construction and interior fit-out specialist Willmott Dixon has broken ground on the £140m Emergency Care Building at Derriford Hospital

Willmott Dixon breaks ground on £140m Emergency Care Building for University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Willmott Dixon has marked the start of construction on a £140m state-of-the-art Emergency Care Building at Derriford Hospital, the first Wave 1 scheme in the New Hospital Programme to begin main construction. The four-storey facility, procured under P23 with Mace, will transform urgent and emergency care provision for the South West peninsula, creating modern, purpose-built spaces to replace the hospital’s current 50-year-old Emergency Departmen…

First Wave rises: Willmott Dixon breaks ground on £140m Emergency Care Building in Plymouth

Main construction has begun on Derriford Hospital’s new Emergency Care Building, the first scheme in Wave 1 of the Government’s New Hospital Programme to move from enabling works to full build. Procured under ProCure23 with Mace, the £140m four-storey facility will double urgent and emergency capacity for University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and is due to open in 2028/29. The project replaces the hospital’s 1970s emergency department with a m…