In July 2003 Consort Healthcare was awarded a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract to design, build and provide a range of non-clinical services for Queens Park Hospital.
Alongside private equity partners, Balfour Beatty Capital Projects Limited (BBCPL) invested funds and established a dedicated company, Consort Healthcare (Blackburn) Limited, which in turn totally focuses on the individual needs of the NHS Trust in Blackburn.
Acute services in Blackburn are currently split between two sites, Queens Park Hospital and Blackburn Royal Infirmary. The need for 16,000 ambulance transfers every year will be eliminated by incorporating all facilities onto the Queens Park Hospital. A new cardiac catheter laboratory is being provided, plus a new energy centre and laundry facilities. In addition we are providing Managed Equipment Service (MES) for imaging equipment and a radiological picture archiving and communications system (PACS), further underpinning the state of the art approach to healthcare in East Lancashire.
Consort Healthcare have financed, designed and constructed a 42,000m2 extension and reconfigured approximately 20% of the existing hospital in order to maximise the use of new and existing space. The new hospital will be able to cater for 70,000 A & E attendances every year.
Working with Haden Building Management, Consort Healthcare provide the new hospital with services such as estates maintenance, security, grounds maintenance and eventually, car parking.
- Beds: 668
- Area: 71,000m2
- Staff: 2000+
- Capex: £100m
In Blackburn, the Trust team and Consort have formed an honest and effective relationship through transition; from procurement to construction and this bodes well for the operational phase of the contract
