CHASE FARM HOSPITAL, NHS TRUST REHABILITATION OF CARDIAC CARE WARD
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This project was to completely strip out a 1960's ward block and to reconfigure it as the new Cardiac Care Ward, now called Melbourne Ward, for Chase Farm Hospital NHS Trust.
The project included renewing the original 1960's fittings and stripping the building back to the structure, then reconfiguring the layout and partitions, updating all the plant and equipment and installing all new facilities in the ward. All the bedhead systems were replaced, including electrics, nurse call systems, and medical gases.
On the medical side, the project included new nurses' stations and reception desk, four new isolation wards with dedicated ventilation systems, and new dispensing areas, together with new CCTV monitoring, and cardiac monitoring to all bed spaces.
Architecturally, all doors were replaced, plus flooring, lighting, an element of drainage and curtaining. Ultimately, almost nothing was left of the original ward except the external envelope, the spine walls and some internal walls.
On completion, a working ward was delivered back to the hospital, ready for occupation by the nursing staff and patients.
The project was carried out to a very limited budget, and was completed in ten weeks against an eight week target programme. The project was completed within 7% of the original targeted figure, including 20% additional works.
Client: Chase Farm Hospital NHS Trust
Architects: P+R Associates
Project Management: P+R Associates
Cost Control: P+R Associates
Services Engineers: Michael Popper Associates
Project carried out direct for the Trust Management Executive
